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TABLE OF CONTENTS

  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part 1: New Directions
    • Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
    • Creative Clothing
    • Landscape as Art
  • Part 2: The Basics
    • Choosing Your Fabrics
    • Laying the Foundation
    • Embellishments-
            Victorian Embroidery
            Ribbon Embroidery
            Punch Needle Embroidery
            Fine Line Sketching and Calligraphy
            Painting on Fabric
            Photography on Fabric
            Beads
            Buttons and Doodads
            Smocking and Fabric Manipulation
            Lace, Doilies and Hankies
            Ribbons
            Cords and Tassels
            Chinese Button Balls and Frogs
  • Part 3: Projects
    • Chatelaine
    • Swing Purses
    • Half-Circle Purse
    • Oval Barrette, Pendant, and Buckle
    • Contemporary Earrings
    • Traditional Earrings
    • Christmas Wreath
    • Victorian Ornaments
    • Punch Needle Rooster Purse
    • Punch Needle Floral
    • Ribbon Embroidery Brooches
    • Ribbon Embroidery Floral Pendant
    • Button-Jeweled Belt
    • Crystal Pouch
    • Landscape Scene
    • Weeping Heart Pendant
    • Victorian Picture Frame
  • Appendix:
    • Stitch Dictionary
    • Findings
    • International Terms and Measurements
    • Source Guide
    • Bibliography

Title: Crazy Quilt Odyssey: Adventures in Victorian Needlework
Author/Designer: Judith Montano
Format/Publication Date: TPB:1991
Publisher: C&T Publishing, Lafayette, CA
Language: English
Page Count: 144
Book Dimensions(ht. x w.): 11" x 8 1/2"
ISBN: 0914881418

SUMMARY- I hope you can see from the Table of Contents how much interesting ideas get presented. She started part one with a poem I liked very much, "A Crazy Quilt" by Douglas Malloch. The book is in black-and-white except for the photo galleries - and you get two of those in different sections. This wasn't originally part of my mother's collection - she hated handwork of any kind. I always got my gifts from her done up to the point of finishing the bindings, which she left to me! I bought this book on a whim because she used tatting in a clever way in the quilt on the cover - as the trees roots! That really worked, and I wanted to see what else she did. I'm happy I picked this one up. She's clever and creative and gave me lots of ideas. I think she would do the same for you.