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Shawkl wins 2010 CQ purse contest

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Holy mackeroly! Look what Kathy Shaw (Shawkl) made! Her tote, The Queen’s Garden, has such a wealth of exquisite details, it’s no wonder that it took first place in the Crazy Quilter’s International Yahoo Group purse contest for 2010. In fact, Kathy used such a wide variety of techniques to such remarkable effect, the term crazy-quilting seems like too small a word for this work. You’re going to want to examine everything: the stitches that perfectly portray the queen’s hair, and the sumptuous long-and-short stitch of her gown, and the twisted beading that forms the trees, and and and… Go to Shawkl’s blog post to see close-up photos.




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  1. Tutorial: Beaded trees · Needlework News @ CraftGossip on May 12, 2010 8:54 am

    [...] Remember this award-winning CQ bag by Shawkl? Kathy is now sharing the secret of how she made her amazing beaded trees! She claims that it’s an easy technique. See the tute. [...]

  2. Anna Brown on May 31, 2010 7:16 am

    Amazing!

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