{"id":29121,"date":"2015-01-03T03:30:56","date_gmt":"2015-01-03T09:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nancyzieman.com\/blog\/?p=29121"},"modified":"2015-01-03T03:30:56","modified_gmt":"2015-01-03T09:30:56","slug":"todays-crazy-quilting-with-your-embroidery-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nancyzieman.com\/blog\/sewing-with-nancy\/todays-crazy-quilting-with-your-embroidery-machine\/","title":{"rendered":"Today&#039;s Crazy Quilting with your Embroidery Machine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you have scraps of fabric, thread, and an embroidery machine, you can immediately become a crazy-quilting expert. Wondering how?\u00a0 All the patches, stitches, and elegant embroidery are programmed into the design. The process is extremely gratifying!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-69772\" src=\"https:\/\/nancyzieman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_6991-imp-1.jpg\" width=\"586\" height=\"563\" alt=\"Today's Crazy Quilting with your Embroidery Machine as seen on Sewing With Nancy Zieman\" title=\"Today's Crazy Quilting with your Embroidery Machine as seen on Sewing With Nancy Zieman\" \/><\/p>\n<p>First a brief history lesson: Crazy quilting became popular in the late 1800s. Small, random patches of fabric were hand-stitched together and then embellished with elaborate embroidery. My great-grandmother Alice Lea Larson hand-stitched this quilt. The fabrics are leftover silks, wools, cottons, and anything that could have been salvaged from worn-out clothing and her fabric stash.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29187\" title=\"Today's Crazy Quilting with your Embroidery Machine as seen on Sewing With Nancy Zieman\" src=\"https:\/\/nancyzieman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_7275-imp.jpg\" alt=\"Today's Crazy Quilting with your Embroidery Machine as seen on Sewing With Nancy Zieman\" width=\"527\" height=\"352\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29188\" title=\"Today's Crazy Quilting with your Embroidery Machine as seen on Sewing With Nancy Zieman\" src=\"https:\/\/nancyzieman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_7277-imp.jpg\" alt=\"Today's Crazy Quilting with your Embroidery Machine as seen on Sewing With Nancy Zieman\" width=\"527\" height=\"352\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The quilt, without a backing, was given to me several years ago by Alice\u2019s daughter. Before finishing the quilt, I took a photo of the backing fabric\u2014old tablecloths cut into squares. Waste not, want not.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29183\" title=\"Today's Crazy Quilting with your Embroidery Machine as seen on Sewing With Nancy Zieman\" src=\"https:\/\/nancyzieman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_7274-imp.jpg\" alt=\"Today's Crazy Quilting with your Embroidery Machine as seen on Sewing With Nancy Zieman\" width=\"527\" height=\"352\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Fast-forward to today. Crazy quilting can be totally created using an embroidery machine. Eileen Roche, embroidery specialist and editor of <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dzgns.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Designs in Machine Embroidery,<\/span><\/a><\/span> has mastered the technique using 21st century technology and is my guest on the 2-part <a href=\"http:\/\/wpt.org\/SewingWithNancy\/Video\/today\u2019s-crazy-quilting-your-embroidery-machine-part-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Sewing With Nancy<\/em> series, <em>Today&#8217;s Crazy Quilting with Your Embroidery<\/em><\/a><em><a href=\"http:\/\/wpt.org\/SewingWithNancy\/Video\/today\u2019s-crazy-quilting-your-embroidery-machine-part-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>\u00a0Machine<\/em><\/a><\/em>. Watch <a href=\"http:\/\/wpt.org\/SewingWithNancy\/Video\/today\u2019s-crazy-quilting-your-embroidery-machine-part-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">online<\/a> or on PBS.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wpt.org\/SewingWithNancy\/Video\/today\u2019s-crazy-quilting-your-embroidery-machine-part-1\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29150 aligncenter\" title=\"Today's Crazy Quilting with your Embroidery Machine Eileen Roche &amp; Nancy Zieman\" src=\"https:\/\/nancyzieman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Screen-shot-2014-12-29-at-12.20.29-PM.png\" alt=\"Today's Crazy Quilting with your Embroidery Machine Eileen Roche &amp; Nancy Zieman\" width=\"454\" height=\"384\" \/><\/a>Preview of Crazy Quilting with Your Embroidery Machine<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>First select fabric; either silks or cottons are best. Solid colors showcase the decorative embroidery. Eileen and I chose silk fabrics for our projects.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29186\" title=\"Today's Crazy Quilting with Your Embroidery Machine as seen on Sewing With Nancy Zieman and Eileen Roche\" src=\"https:\/\/nancyzieman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Screenshot-2014-12-30-15.54.49-imp.jpg\" alt=\"Today's Crazy Quilting with Your Embroidery Machine as seen on Sewing With Nancy Zieman and Eileen Roche\" width=\"415\" height=\"299\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Then, check out the embroidery designs as found in the book\/CD combo, <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Today&#8217;s Crazy Quilting with Your Embroidery Machine<\/span><\/em><\/span>. There are numbers that are only stitched on the stabilizer to provide the sewing sequence,\u00a0straight stitching lines to stitch down the fabrics, and then the embroidery stitches.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29181\" title=\"Today's Crazy Quilting with Your Embroidery Machine as seen on Sewing With Nancy Zieman and Eileen Roche\" src=\"https:\/\/nancyzieman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Screenshot-2014-12-30-15.54.38-imp.jpg\" alt=\"Today's Crazy Quilting with Your Embroidery Machine as seen on Sewing With Nancy Zieman and Eileen Roche\" width=\"269\" height=\"263\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hoop a tear-away stabilizer and stitch the initial thread color of the embroidery, only on the stabilizer\u2014the outline of the block and the numbers.<\/li>\n<li>Roughly cut out fabric pieces and position right sides to the stabilizer. The machine will stitch the pieces in place. How easy is that!<\/li>\n<li>Before adding the next fabric piece, flip to the right side.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29185\" title=\"Screenshot 2014-12-30 15.55.02Today's Crazy Quilting with Your Embroidery Machine as seen on Sewing With Nancy Zieman and Eileen Roche\" src=\"https:\/\/nancyzieman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Screenshot-2014-12-30-15.55.02-imp.jpg\" alt=\"Today's Crazy Quilting with Your Embroidery Machine as seen on Sewing With Nancy Zieman and Eileen Roche\" width=\"319\" height=\"280\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stitch the decorate embroideries, which have characteristic Victorian styling.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29179\" title=\"Today's Crazy Quilting with Your Embroidery Machine as seen on Sewing With Nancy Zieman and Eileen Roche\" src=\"https:\/\/nancyzieman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Screenshot-2014-12-30-15.55.14-imp.jpg\" alt=\"Today's Crazy Quilting with Your Embroidery Machine as seen on Sewing With Nancy Zieman and Eileen Roche\" width=\"342\" height=\"280\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Learn how to personalize the crazy-quilting blocks, adding dates or initials.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29182\" title=\"Today's Crazy Quilting with Your Embroidery Machine as seen on Sewing With Nancy Zieman and Eileen Roche\" src=\"https:\/\/nancyzieman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Screenshot-2014-12-30-15.55.23-imp.jpg\" alt=\"Today's Crazy Quilting with Your Embroidery Machine as seen on Sewing With Nancy Zieman and Eileen Roche\" width=\"307\" height=\"289\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Unhoop the fabric, cut along the final stitching lines, and the blocks are ready to add to a project.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29184\" title=\"Today's Crazy Quilting with Your Embroidery Machine as seen on Sewing With Nancy Zieman and Eileen Roche\" src=\"https:\/\/nancyzieman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_6992-imp.jpg\" alt=\"Today's Crazy Quilting with Your Embroidery Machine as seen on Sewing With Nancy Zieman and Eileen Roche\" width=\"454\" height=\"469\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29178\" title=\"Today's Crazy Quilting with Your Embroidery Machine as seen on Sewing With Nancy Zieman and Eileen Roche\" src=\"https:\/\/nancyzieman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_6993-imp.jpg\" alt=\"Today's Crazy Quilting with Your Embroidery Machine as seen on Sewing With Nancy Zieman and Eileen Roche\" width=\"460\" height=\"469\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Select cotton fabrics as another option for crazy-quilting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29189\" title=\"Today's Crazy Quilting with your Embroidery Machine as seen on Sewing With Nancy with guest Eileen Roche\" src=\"https:\/\/nancyzieman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_7013-imp.jpg\" alt=\"Today's Crazy Quilting with your Embroidery Machine as seen on Sewing With Nancy with guest Eileen Roche\" width=\"469\" height=\"469\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Today&#8217;s Crazy Quilting with Your Embroidery Machine<\/span><\/em><\/span>, it&#8217;s a book with a CD<em><\/em><\/h3>\n<p>You too can duplicate your great-grandmother&#8217;s crazy quilting designs the easy way with Eileen&#8217;s book\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Today&#8217;s Crazy Quilting with Your Embroidery Machine<\/span><\/em><\/span><strong><em>.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>The 80-page book includes a multiformat CD that features 23 embroidery designs: three different block designs, 12 accent designs, and eight designs to complete three in-the-hoop projects.<span style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nancysnotions.com\/product\/todays+crazy+quilting+with+your+embroidery+machine+book+and+cd.doextid=fbnz&amp;code=NNOADV-1310\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29198\" title=\"today's Crazy Quilting with Your embroidery machine by Eileen Roche as seen on Sewing With Nancy\" src=\"https:\/\/nancyzieman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Screenshot-2014-12-30-17.10.34.png\" alt=\"today's Crazy Quilting with Your embroidery machine by Eileen Roche as seen on Sewing With Nancy\" width=\"300\" height=\"292\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Watch<em>\u00a0<\/em><em><a title=\"Crazy Quilting with Machine Embroidery on Sewing With Nancy\" href=\"http:\/\/wpt.org\/SewingWithNancy\/Video\/today%E2%80%99s-crazy-quilting-your-embroidery-machine-part-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Today\u2019s Crazy Quilting with your Embroidery Machine<\/a>\u00a0(<a title=\"Sewing With Nancy\" href=\"http:\/\/wpt.org\/SewingWithNancy\/Video\/today%E2%80%99s-crazy-quilting-your-embroidery-machine-part-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Part 1<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a title=\"Sewing With Nancy\" href=\"http:\/\/wpt.org\/SewingWithNancy\/Video\/today%E2%80%99s-crazy-quilting-your-embroidery-machine-part-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Part 2<\/a>)<\/em><em><strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<a title=\"Sewing With Nancy Zieman\" href=\"http:\/\/wpt.org\/SewingWithNancy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sewing With Nancy<\/a><\/strong><\/em>\u00a0online.<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<a title=\"Sewing With Nancy\" href=\"http:\/\/wpt.org\/SewingWithNancy\/Video\/today%E2%80%99s-crazy-quilting-your-embroidery-machine-part-1\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-42449\" title=\"ScreenShot-CrazyQuilting\" 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