Only a crazy quilt could be compared ... the scraps were combined into blocks with decorative embroidery-type stitching meant to be seen. The blocks in this quilt were set on point, sewn onto ...

My poor sisters had to wear all the hand-me-downs ... Peggy uses different embroidery stitches to embellish her crazy quilts. They are the same stitches she would use when embroidering dish ...

Their colors were darker, the pieces more random and the maker often added fancy embroidery stitches ... to hold the layers together. Some crazy quilts were hand-quilted, but most were too thick.

Bothell, a crazy quilting ... seams of quilts in this delightful collection of stitches. She begins the book with a lesson on piecing, followed by an overview of essentials of hand embroidery ...