Often, the scraps were combined into blocks with decorative embroidery-type stitching ... 1876 helped the growth in popularity of crazy quilts. “The design principles of the Aesthetic Movement ...

Bothell, a crazy ... the seams of quilts in this delightful collection of stitches. She begins the book with a lesson on piecing, followed by an overview of essentials of hand embroidery (tools ...

They have random fabric designs ... quilt, crazy quilts were usually tied. String or yarn was pulled from the back to the front and then knotted to hold the layers together. Some crazy quilts were ...