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A fantastic source of inspiration and instruction!

A fantastic source of inspiration and instruction!
A fantastic source of inspiration and instruction!

I am having a wonderful Saturday, stitching, watching the Travel Channel, doing some laundry. I am stitching on my red and gold project. I am surrounded by favorite crazy quilting books, but a source I like to check for inspiration and instruction is Sharon Boggon’s blog, Pin Tangle. Her “I Dropped the Button Box” quilt has every type of seam embellishment you can possibly imagine, and that’s just one of her resources!
One of the (many) things I like about Sharon is that she uses braids and trim to decorate seams (like I have in this piece.) She also uses embroidery and beads to embellish those braids. Check out her beautiful attachment of gimp: http://inaminuteago.com/buttonquilt/buttonbox49.html

Internet Goodies!

Internet Goodies!
Internet Goodies!

Well here I am again, night #2 of a hateful virus that has me feverish, then freezing (malaria?–no, that’s a sporozoan!) Except for steping out on the porch to snap a couple of photos, I have spent my day (and now my night) surfing the net in search of all things needle worthy.

I recently joined the Yahoo group of Crazy Quilting International. It’s actually 4 groups and you need to join all 4 to access all it’s features:


Click to join crazyquiltinginternational

Click to join crazyquiltinginternational

The eye candy alone is worth the trouble. It’s so rich, you can feel your teeth rot when you look at it!

I visited fellow members’ blogs:

http://pinyoncreek.blogspot.com/ (Be sure and click on the photo on her July 24, 2010 post so you can get a better look at this gloriosity!)

http://www.shawkl.com/ (Ummm,umm,ummm, what beautiful work and generous giveaways!)

http://olderrose.blogspot.com/ (Check out her tutorials.)

http://dianem.wordpress.com/ (She knits preemie caps!)

http://www.pintangle.com/ (I recently joined her “Stitchin Fingers” group.)

http://karensouth.blogspot.com/ (I was inspired by her vintage ladies!)

http://kerrykatiecakes2.blogspot.com/ (Did I mention eye candy?)