A few years back at the Buggy Barn quilt show I saw a way super fun Crabapple Hill Studio quilt that looked so amazing that I never dreamed I would be able to do anything like it. But since I have been trying my hand at embroidery with the Splendid Sampler, I decided to try the Mystery of the Salem Quilt Guild pattern on the Crabapple Hill website. I ordered all of the panels and the finishing kit.
I traced, colored and heat set the fabric. I used a large window and taped the pattern and fabric down to get it traced accurately.
Coloring was so fun! I felt like I was back in grade school again:)
I organized all of my threads and started embroidering. It is like a permanent fabric adult coloring book with thread. FUN!!
I just can’t say how much I am enjoying this project. I am excited to start panel #2 of 3.
I know I will not have this embroidered, pieced and quilted by October, but maybe by next year…
It’s all SWEET!–Tracy:)
It's a T-Sweets day! 
This is wonderful! I love the way the illustration quality combines with the stitching 🙂
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Thank you Janine! I love it too:)
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Tracy,
Your skill as a painter is coming through loud and clear. Beautiful shading, and the embroidery puts an exclamation point on the design. I can envision this application on some tea towels. I’m assuming it is colorfast, or would a kitchen use be too much wear? Your thoughts?
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Hi Kathy! Yes, the heat set makes it color fast. I think tea towels would be a great idea! I hope you do some. I would love to see them:)
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This is wonderful. I love all of the color and detail! Great job.
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Thank you Stephanie! It has been fun to be sure:)
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This is absolutely amazing!
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Thank you so much:)!
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Cute, cute, cute! What brand of pens did you use to color the fabric? Thus looks great!
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Thank you! The pattern said to use a brown Pigma pen, but I used a fine tip black sharpie. It worked great:)
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Oh my!! That’s pretty much the best of all worlds! Coloring, embroidery, quilting. So cute!!!
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It’s really is! Thank you for stopping by:)
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What an amazing idea! It really is just redwork stitching, but the final effect is just marvellous! May I ask what you use to colour with?
I am not a quilter, I am an embroideress, and I am not up on the newer techniques like this, but I think I can feel a new craft coming on!
Fabulous work!
Baba StringThings
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Hello Baba String Things!– A new craft is definitely in the future:). It is so fun! This really is simple. I colored everything with a white base to begin and then colored over the top with the colors. The crayons were the ordinary crayola crayons used by my children. I bought a new 64 count box just for me. When I opened them up I felt like a child again as I smelled that wax aroma and looked at the pretty colors just waiting to be held and colored with. Really, it was so fun. I hope you try it. You will LOVE it!
– Thank you for your comment — Tracy:)
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Wow, I am so impressed and I am absolutely going to try it! Time to start looking for my favourite illustrations… Thank you! ❤
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Thank you! I hope you give it a try. It is really tun:)
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I love this. I like to do stitching but never considered this before. I have tons of coloring books that I make stitching designs from. Thank you, I now have something else I can do when not sitting in front of the sewing machine!
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I’m with you Lori! I feel like I am wasting my time if I am not doing something with my hands at all times:). Coloring books for this type of embroidery are a GREAT idea! I can’t wait to see what you do:)
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I saw this kit at the AQS show last week. I love all things Halloween and was totally tempted to buy the whole kit and kaboodle. Thoughts of my stacks of unfinished projects and my general ‘too cheap-ness’ kept me from getting it, but it still looks totally awesome. I may end up with it yet!!!
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I know what you mean by stacks of projects! But you could totally amp this one up with all of your bead work:)! I am jealous even thinking about it! Lol!
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You may be tempting me tooooo much!
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Stunning work. You are very talented.
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Why thank you Jan!! I’m so glad you stopped by today:)
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I bought these patterns a few years ago and have still not started them. I want them to be amazing like yours, so afraid to try. They may come out just wrong for me.
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No Worries! You will love them. Just jump in and enjoy the process
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How can I get the Salem Quilt patterns?
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https://www.crabapplehillstudio.com/
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