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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Book in excellent unread/unused condition. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> A crazy quilt is widely viewed as a quilt having a patchwork design that appears more like fractured glass than a traditional uniform setting of blocks and rows. Today crazy quilts are heavily embellished on top of this fabric patchwork layer but early crazy quilts included only thread embroidery work. In the early 1900s crazy quilts included some embroidery within the fabric patches as well as along the seamlines. In the mid-1900s magazines began including embroidery motif patterns to encourage readers to embellish the fabric patch area between seams advertising the beautiful and affordable new silk threads Still seams themselves remained relatively simple in color and design using only different types of thread. Lace or cording was more often promoted as embellishment for home or garment items so these early quilts included primarily embroidery stitching. Opulent silk or velvet fabrics were often seen in the construction of small lap-size quilts with embellished seams of delicate embroidery stitches. The fabrics were just as important as the embroidery work and were often garment remnants from women’s dresses or men’s waistcoats. Less affluent (LL)