Susan of Suztats shared photos of a number of stitchy projects, including this fun and colorful crazy-quilt block in progress. Her beaded spider is perfection. Although she doesn’t explain how she made it, her close-up photo makes the technique clear enough for an experienced stitcher to figure it out. Maybe if enough of us give her great feedback on this beauty, she’ll put together a tutorial for us! See her post.
I agree that Susan’s spider and block are delightful. She does say on her blog that she learned these techniques at Stitchmap and this is her class project.