Crazy Quilting was a domestic art form of the Victorian era, reaching its zenith in popularity in the 1890s. It was a means to show off a woman's skill with "fancywork" (skill with a needle, including a variety of embroidery stitches). Leftover fabric scraps from splendid ball gowns, dinner gowns, and other luxurious materials of all shades and hues, weights and textures were used in a haphazard or "crazed" pattern, patched randomly over a foundation fabric. Different from other forms of patchwork quilting where pieces needed to be cut exactly to fit together into precisely patterned blocks, each piece within a crazy quilt was creatively stitched and trimmed as the artist worked along. After patching, each seam was covered with embroidery. For women with more leisure time, not only the seams were embellished, but designs of all kinds were painstakingly stitched within the patches as well.

Random crazy quilt patching of a host of hodgepodge colors and textures takes some patience. It requires breaking free form the more orthodox quilt techniques of precision. This crazy quilt pattern will provide you with a guided introduction to this fascinating art.

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#CD01 Visits With a Victorian Lady® "Musical Reflections of Hearth and Home"

Enjoy a selection of sixteen fireside songs from the 1800s celebrating home, sweet home. Escape to a more serene, genteel time with musical renditions of such favorites as "Home, Sweet Home," "Love's Old Sweet Song," "To Stay at Home is Best," "A Boy's Best Friend is His Mother," and many more! $14.95 + $2.00 shipping and handling ($3.50 shipping if outside the U.S. (U.S. Funds only) (Colorado residents add 4.2% sales tax). NO CHECKS -- Money orders only

#1004 "Gibson Pompadour Hair Rats" and instructions

Do you want to create the "Gibson Girl" hairstyle? Women of yesteryear knew that hair rats were crucial for just the right "puff." They used wads of their own hair, saved from their hairbrushes in "receiving jars," just for this purpose. The "Gibson Pompadour Hair Rats" packet consists of two (synthetic) hair rats in your choice of black (for really dark hair), brown (for medium shades), cream (for blondes), and white (for light gray or white hair) and complete pictoral instructions to guide in creating the Gibson. *$12.95 + $2.00 shipping and handling ($3.50 shipping if outside the U.S. (U.S. Funds only) (Colorado residents add 4.2% sales tax). Be sure to state color preference. NO CHECKS -- Money orders only

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All sales are final. The only returns possible are for those items that arrive damaged or missing a pattern piece. Those orders will be replaced with a duplicate of the same item upon returned receipt of that item. Note: If a customer receives a damaged or incomplete item, they must notify us via e-mail upon receipt of the item(s) and return item(s) within 48 hours of receipt. Returns must be sent back the same way they were shipped (i.e., first class, priority mail, global priority). A refund of the return postage will be included with the duplicate/replacement item when shipped back to the customer.

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