Crazy Quilt Academy

The winner of the first monthly drawing for $20 of crazy quilt supplies is Dorothy Carroll of Virginia. Here is Dotty’s reply when she received her squishie full of CQ goodies: I received your “goody” envelope and thank you so very much The items will be put to good use. I am planning a parasol […]

Hankies, just gotta love ‘em.               Time to take a trip down memory lane.  Do you remember the days when everyone carried a cloth hankie?  I spent many an hour ironing my father’s handkerchiefs when I was a child, but I do not recall my mother using them.             When my grandmother-in-law passed away […]

     Buttons.  Buttons.  Buttons.  For some, that word just means you can keep your pants up or stop your shirt from gaping open, but to a select group of people, the word – button — means so much more.  It makes them feel good, causes goose bumps on their forearms and a giddy feeling in […]

• Grovenore posted on June 30, 2011
  Comment regarding the button collection of your friend. My sister collects buttons. Awhile back she showed me his and her…

  I just had to share a quick photo of “what NOT to do with your buttons”.  You should NEver EVer embarrass your buttons in any way . . . see attached photo. In my previous blog post, I showed what you can do with a piece of lace to enhance a shank button and […]

• FairyKateH posted on May 24, 2011
  Welllllllllll....OKaaaaaaaay. I just HAD to share, but dang...it makes HER look silly, doesn't it? GGGrin!
• Laurie Brown posted on May 23, 2011
  She is not just annoyed, she is *rolling her eyes* about you!!! Please give that poor girl the setting she…

Do you remember the dream I told you about in the “previously published” blog post, “Spaghetti and Buttons”.   Well, I finally had time to actually make the lace motif I mentioned in that post and thought I’d share a few photos of it.  My dream worked perfectly. I used 8 inches of one inch wide lace.  […]

• FairyKateH posted on May 31, 2011
  LOL! Cynthia...maybe we'd better get you some protective gear to do CQ with. (mental note: Cynthia dressed in hockey--goalie gear...protective…
• Cynthia Green posted on May 29, 2011
  My husband still teases me about all the times I've stabbed myself with needle or scissors and only been worried…

  I’ve never seen such an interesting version of the wagon wheel stitch.   For those of you who do not know how to make such perfect circles on a CQ block, this is how “I” do it.  I’m sure everyone has their own way of making circles on CQ and as long as it […]

• FairyKateH posted on May 29, 2011
  I'm sorry to hear Andrea moved from your stitching group, but am glad she's still around so we can admire…
• LouAnne Sassone posted on May 27, 2011
  Andrea Campbell is no longer in California. We (the Delta Crazy Stitchers" lost her when she moved to Colorado. We…
• Laurie Brown posted on May 15, 2011
  I really like that, and usually wagon wheels don't do much for me! And thank you for how you do…