Product Description
by Kathy Seaman Shaw (Author)
Softcover book, 8.5 x 11.0 inches.Title: Crazy Quilting Volume III Fancy Seam DesignsContent: 500 Fancy Seam Designs that include simple embroidery stitches as the Base Seam. Additional embellishments include more thread embroidery, silk ribbon embroidery, beads, buttons, and sequins. The book covers all skill levels. Beginners will enjoy using the templates to successfully create the thread embroidery seams, which will always be neat and pretty. The intermediate stitcher will be able to easily create the layers of beautiful embellishing using more thread embroidery, silk ribbon embroidery, and glorious beads/sequins/button. The expert will imagine even more ways to adorn these gorgeous seams with other layers and change the designs to really make them unique one of a kind seams.These seams can be created using templates to mark the Base Seam (shown in black) or can be free-hand stitched. The template pages are provided and can also be downloaded for free at shawkl.comEvery seam can be "re-designed" to eliminate some components or to add even more layers of embellishment. So, even though 500 are included, the real number is limited only by your imagination!Every seam is shown in full color! You can change the colors of course when stitching on your own crazy quilt project, purse, clothing item, etc.
Author Biography
Faith, family and friends can get you through anything...but stitching will keep you sane! That is truly my motto. Life's always a challenge, and stitching keeps me motivated and interested in people, places, and activities. While I've always shared my knowledge of the needle-arts by teaching basic skills in sewing, crocheting, cross-stitch, ribbon embroidery, beading, jewelry making, and traditional quilting at local guilds or gatherings of friends...I did not get serious about teaching until I retired from the Department of Defense in 2009. In 2011, I began a series of free online crazy quilt courses. This drew hundreds of ladies from across the globe to participate. This led me to self-published three books on crazy quilting techniques. Crazy quilting allows me to use skills from my other hobbies as possible embellishment ideas. This keeps me creative and interested in expanding my knowledge. The books are a series in various aspects of crazy quilting. Volume I is a "how too" book that takes a novice from the beginning to the end of creating a crazy quilt block or blocks. Volume II expands on the embellishing with ribbon, specifically silk ribbon; although other types play a small part in the book. My current book, Volume III is full of fancy seam designs that use thread embroidery, silk ribbon embroidery, beads, sequins, and buttons to create 500 beautiful crazy quilt seam designs. In my spare time, what little of that there is, I teach free online courses in traditional quilting and crazy quilting. My blog is at shawkl.com and there are also tutorials available there for download. So, I'm happily retired and doing what I love...a fortunate person for sure!
