Table of Contents

Dedication Acknowledgements Introduction Basic Sewing Requirements and Foundation Piecing Projects Tablet Purse Sewing Pouch Summer Slippers Up-Cycled Wool Bag Hexagon Purse Wool Tea Cozy Glasses Purse Spring Flower Bag Trinket Box Sewing Basket Stitch Dictionary Basic Embroidery Silk Ribbon Embroidery Beading Beaded Forget-Me-Not Beaded Leaf Beaded/Couched Sequin Bullion Knot Bullion Lazy Daisy Stitch Buttonhole Wing Stitch Button Chain Stitch Chain Stitch Rose Charm Chevron Stitch Chevron Stitch with Beads Colonial Knot Coral Stitch Cretan Stitch Delphinium Feather Stitch Feather Stitch with Beads Fern Stitch Fishbone Stitch Five-Petal Flower Fly Stitch Fly Stitch with Beads Fly Stitch Leaf Freeform Flower with Beaded Center Glove Stitch Herringbone Stitch Knotted Fly Stitch Lazy Daisy Stitch Lazy Daisy Stitch with Bead Lazy Daisy Stitch Flower Looped Bullion Knot Stitch Looped Ribbon Stitch Loop Stitch and Flower Padded Stab Stitch Palestrina Knot Stitch Pistil Stitch Plume Stitch Raised Chain Stitch Ribbon Stitch Ribbon Stitch Flower Ruched Rose Ruched Silk Ribbon Garland Single Bead Button Single Bead Stitch Spider Spider Web Rose Stacked Buttons Stab Stitch Couching Stab/Straight Stitch Stab/Straight Stitch Leaf Stem Stitch Stem Stitch with Beads Tufted Bud Twisted Chain Stitch Wheatear Stitch Whipped Chain Stitch Woven Spider Web Woven Trellis Stitch Zigzag Chain Stitch About the Author

About the Author

Jenny Clouston lives on the beautiful Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. She shares her home with her husband Vaughn, two small white dogs, George and Gemsquash, and Charlotte, the cat. Her two adult children, Gareth and Ainslie, have recently flown the nest.

Reviews

Discover 10 excellent quilted projects that are perfectly useful, stylish and practical. See how to combine different types of fabrics in your crazy-quilting with full-size patterns. That is a bonus, as you will not need to re-size anything. Find 60 embroidery and beading stitches with instructions. That's bonus number 2. There are 10 projects in all and I would be happy to make all 10. How often can you say that you would make every project in a book? My favourites are the slippers and the spring flower bag, but all the projects are attractive. They include more bags, tablet case, glasses purse, sewing pouch, trinket box, sewing basket and tea cosy. They can be seen altogether on the Contents page. This book has excellent tips, ones I have not seen before. It also teaches you foundation piecing. The clear diagrams and photographs are superb along with easy-to-follow instructions. Fabric and thread requirements are seen at a glance. With the stitch dictionary and using the ideas in this book, you could easily make many more projects of your own. That's bonus number 3. This book clearly explains techniques and provides wonderful projects and ideas. Superb book, highly recommended. yarnsandfabrics.co.uk, 2/29/2016 Learn this time-honored technique of mixing cottons, wools, linens and silks in 10 quick-to-stitch projects, each with full-size patterns. Look for purses, bags, slippers, baskets and boxes. There's also a dictionary of 60 embroidery and beading stitches, information on foundation piecing and beautifully photographed stitch maps for each project. American Quilt Retailer, February 2016 Ten eye-catching projects, with detailed how-to's (and images) for embroidery, beading and embellishing stitches, including silk ribbona must-have book for every crazy-quilter's library! Quilter's Connection, Spring 2016 Utility and embellishment can co-exist, as shown in Jennifer's follow-up to best-selling Foolproof Crazy Quilting. She shares 10 small, useful crazy-quilted projects ranging from a tablet purse and summer slippers to a tea cozy, each with full-size patterns. Beginning and experienced crazy quilters will love her dictionary of 60 embroidery and beading stitches, foundation piecing primer, and stitch maps for all seam treatments and embellishments. Generation Q, Spring 2016