My First Crazy Quilted Purse Post 1

A few months ago, Jo-Ann Fabrics had a sale and their Butterick patterns were only ninety-nine cents.  Knowing I wanted to make a crazy quilted purse in the future, I bought a couple of patterns.  Last night, I decided it was time for my first attempt.

I chose purse B from Butterick's pattern number B5728.  I cut out the pattern pieces.  Then, I pinned all of the pieces I wanted to crazy quilt onto muslin.  Using a permanent fabric safe marker, I traced the patterns onto the muslin, including cutting lines, the seam lines and other notations.  After that, I pieced each section, leaving a couple of inches of muslin around each one.

Two of the pieced sections may be seen below.  One will be the front of the purse.  A pocket will cover a large section of this piece.  The second is the front of a flap that will close over the pocket.

Front of purse

Front flap of purse

This evening, I embellished two seams on the front of the purse.  (The pocket will cover a bit of both seams.)  For both seams, I used ideas from a book my husband gave me for Christmas, The Magic of Crazy Quilting: A Complete Resource for Embellished Quilting: Second Edition by J. Marsha Michler.

First, I added small flowers.  The leaves were stitched with 2 strands of DMC 954 (a light green.)  The flowers (stars) were stitched with 2 strands of DMC 4215 (a variegated blue, pink and purple floss.)

Next, I added two flowers made of lazy daisy stitches with French knot centers.  I used a single strand of Edmar Lola #093 (a variegated blue and pink rayon floss.)

I have also been working on my second CQJP 2013 block.  However, I plan to finish it before posting pictures.  I think it is about halfway there.

Thanks so much for stopping by! 
-Renee