My Life A Little Less Crazy...........is finished!

I am so delighted with how it turned out....................and I have to say..............I will probably do another quilt.....................someday.This measures about 20 x 16 inches and is ready to hang. I backed it and binded it with a floral green fabric, that was soft enough in color to let the embroidery stand out.

This is the first "crazy quilt" I have ever stitched.

As you remember, a few short weeks ago,  I started this quilt with this one center block..........with the idea in mind to build around it............the things I hold dear in my life.

Soon  a butterfly and beaded flowers found their way to flutter and to bloom...........

as well as a beaded dragonfly.............

the spider web along with the crawling spider..........even though it might freak some of you out..........represents the love I hold for  nature's insects............... and then there are pumpkins that I grow every year. As you look through each photo..........notice the different embroidered borders I used to stitch the blocks together? Some I used in traditional "crazy quilt" method and some I used my "creative license" to stitch..

Another sweet insect.............the lady bug, crawls on the leaf

of a cluster of roses.  I embroidered on all of the printed roses, leaves and flowers as I went along.

I added some embroidered sample pieces I had of my embroidery...............

and I had to add a set of china...........another thing I love. I stitched over the roses on the china to make the design pop.

I love flowers that grow wild and on the vine so I went a little "more crazy" with these.........

another snippet of embroidery work.............

my favorite fabric that I used years ago for my children's nursery............I stitched over the flowers and added the bumble bee............. when I see this piece.........I think of my family and the sweet times we shared.

I love trees and leaves..................

especially in the fall............

and of course............I had to add my rooster walking among a cluster of blackberries.........to represent my country life of raising chickens. I embroidered over the printed rooster and added some color to his tail.

The blackberries were made by sewing clusters of seed beads together..........I totally love this effect.

I finished the quilt and was ready to put the backing on.............when my sweetie husband said

"wait.............where is the needle and thimble??" He was so right...........that is exactly what sums up my life............so I quickly added that to the corner.

It's been quite a journey doing this quilt. I loved the stitch techniques along the way and the way I was able to let my imagination take complete control in how this whole design worked out.

And now I am off in search of another project to stitch.