Crazy Victorian Patchwork! (It's not all about invisible stitches)

[@KristineVike]

To all the sweet people who keep asking where I got my "stitch cards" in the crazy patchwork video - I have some good news! It is literally just a printout of the (free!) reference pamphlet I talk about in the beginning of the video from 1884. The size was because I fail at printing, but it was readable sooo... I was loathe to spend more ink and paper on printing a larger one because it worked, it's fine. 🫠 So if you wish to peruse the stitches that I used in the video for yourself, go forth and have fun! This be the link: archive.org/details/instructionsforp00inga

[@dustyrelic25]

I love it and I have two quilts that need patched. Thank you.

[@yauhungtsang7278]

1:00 in

[@born2refresh667]

Thank you!

[@jankuhnert4768]

Thank you 🫶

[@marionbartley214]

I really like your embroidery work It's beautiful on your handmade pouch. I enjoyed watching the video, but I would have liked to have seen how you do each stitch individually. Thank you for posting this video.

[@Cdngardengirl]

Silk thread was commonly used in the 1800's and early 1900's and readily available. Silk scraps were bought from dressmakers to the wealthy so poorer people could stitch them up fancy as showpiece quilts to display (and never used) with the woman's sewing ability also on display. The process was a joyful hobby for women of limited means and they'd incorporate beads, ribbons, and anything else 'fancy' they could obtain and the process wasn't rushed. Values have certainly changed since then. I have a taffeta lap quilt I started years ago that I never finished and think I might dig it out along with all the beads, charms, and silk ribbon I bought to enhance it, something one of my granddaughters might want to cherish.

[@angelmochi9630]

Thats so cool. What was this type of thing called? I really want to look it up so i can see examples

[@Cdngardengirl]

Victorian crazy quilts

[@yankeecitygirl]

"The work is meant to be loose and a little bit mad"...I guess that's why I've always been drawn to crazy quilts!

[@ainaschultz2701]

Thank you so much for bringing the quilt back to the original homemakers who just wanted to use their scraps😊 i feel quilting has been "stolen" by the privilegded the last decades, at least in norway. Theres so many expensive gadgets and the fabric cant be used for anything else because its too fragile. Watching you take it back to its roots is so inspiring❤

[@prunabluepepper]

This randomly showed up in my feed and I am so happy it did. Although I would never do something like this, it is an amazing work of art you did there! I am so happy that people like you exist and create such wonderful pieces of fabric, design, colour and joy.

[@hiddenplacestudio]

Nice work! I used to work at a historical reenactment museum and we made these as "Crazy Quilts". I still have a pillow done this way that my mother made with lots of embroidered insects and plants.

[@mog-gyveroneill2500]

The cat obviously is being neglected, and needs more affection...😆 Absolutely adorable! Great patchwork!

[@KristineVike]

I expect we'll hear from her pawyers any time now... 👀

[@dianemoril7612]

@@KristineVike You put on a little pillow to keep her out of your work. I did the same, working with papers and on my computer, my cat always walked on the keyboard, or on my papers. until I put a cardboard box next to me. she sleeps right there and watches me work... so adorable!

[@autumnangel4808]

@@dianemoril7612 my son's cat does this, she has a little doughnut cat bed actually on his desk, so cute 🙂

[@pearlskylar]

You are inspirational. I've been knitting, crocheting, felting, quilting, and sewing. Now with my limited experience in embroidery you have encouraged me to take my scraps and experiment with a project like yours. Thank-you for this video.

[@KristineVike]

There is always room for learning another craft! 🪡🧶

[@xinalorreen2031]

I just made a brown linen skirt for myself and I used scraps from previous linen projects (light green and pink) to make a border around the bottom, different sized and shaped triangles all pointing upwards, and a dark green bias tape around the hem. It adds weight to the bottom which I really like, as well as colour to an otherwise drab garment. I didn't get nearly so fancy with the stitches tho, just a wide zigzag by machine so the scraps all have slightly fuzzy edges. I really like how your pouch turned out, maybe next time i'll get fancy and learn some new embroidery stitches. Thanks for the inspiration.

[@werelemur1138]

That is beautiful and looks like so much fun! Your assistant is so cooperative. Mine usually stands right in the middle of whatever I'm working on, yelling at me to pay attention to her instead.

[@the_quiet_life]

I'm Breton and I had no idea our embroidery had had an impact outside of Brittany! Thanks for the learning.

[@marijkeschellenbach2680]

The embroidery stitches just make the quilt! I love this and am looking forward to using my scraps in this fashion as I have always loved the old Victorian patchworks. Thanks for sharing.

[@GaraksApprentice]

I've been thinking about doing something in this style of patchwork for *ages*, but I've been having trouble visualising how exactly a project is meant to go together. Yours is the first video I've seen that actually shows you how to do it. And the pouch turned out gorgeous!

[@KristineVike]

I am so happy It finally clicked for you! I hope you make something amazing! 🥰

[@1angelofthelight2]

That was so restful to watch and the end result so very charming. Thank you for the pleasure.

[@precisiongrinder]

It’s a shame your cat is abused so terribly… and only provided one super soft, warm and snuggly pad to lay on.

[@KristineVike]

Ah, yes. I expect we will hear from her legal team any moment. 👀

[@gingerkitty1425]

You're right. I'm starting a go fund me for a double bed with feather mattress.

[@texasred2702]

That poor cat needs a nice warm keyboard to lie on.

[@bassdivamtm]

😂

[@susannechinn647]

Your cat is my cat’s twin. I was trying to sew yesterday and she was unraveling my yarn. Being in Australia during a heatwave, she didn’t need a nice blanket or pillow.

[@bburke6650]

Thank you, Kristine! I've been searching for an alternative to knitting, and your crazy patchwork has given me an idea! I love the style of your videos, and also I love you kitty.

[@KristineVike]

I am so glad I could inspire you! These are great fun when you need something that can be done quite mindlessly. 🥰

[@hirsch5922]

What a wonderfully sweet project! I shall endevour something similar when my current project (a 1890 underbust corset) is done! I feel like blackwork embroidery might also work well here, or frankly anything one feels like. Also love the term "recovering perfectionist", such a mood! I must yet again say that your editing and music choice is so lovely, it just makes your videos feel so cozy to me.

[@nemoforvermore8085]

Such a great idea for using up those small pieces of fabric! I once made a blanket out of scraps which i cut into squares but that in turn left me with quite a few even smaller scraps, so i hope to try this soon, it turned out so cute and whimsical with the embroidery ☺

[@KristineVike]

I have tried more structured patchwork too, and I agree! I just adore the loose and whimsy of this style. ❤️

[@AlexOrozco-Social-Pariah]

I've just started sewing my own clothing like 2 years ago and little by little have taken it as a more frequent project amidst all my creative projects, and now that I finally see how I can actually use my scraps, this has just put sewing upper in the value scale. And I was about to prepare myself to go out to a friend's house/biz to pick up MORE fabric he had from his late mother and given up projects, so, there will soon be more scraps to feed my creative compulsion.

[@nancyhurt7145]

So happy to find your channel from Shannon Makes! I’ve been on a marathon with her channel the last few days while I’ve been down with a cold. I’ve just begun my slow stitching life this past year. After hundreds of quilts, years of altering bridal wear, and sewing many garments, I’m so at peace with this new process. Love your take today and will be catching up with your makes!

[@SpiritlessFool]

What a lovely project! The colours made me smile, it's a perfect selection for a rainy autumn day ❤

[@KristineVike]

I shall now think of my fabric preferences as rainy autumn day aesthetic. How marvellous! I thank you for the association!

[@dragnfly917]

I'm recovering from eye surgery and can't quilt until my eye heals. So, I'm watching other people quilt❤.So GLAD I found your video! BEAUTIFUL project, I'm putting this on my list of things to make as soon as I am able to quilt again!

[@KristineVike]

I hope you have a speedy recovery! This would definitely be a great “get back into it” project. It is very forgiving. 🥰

[@nocomment4642]

This is wonderful ! I have always loved the look of patchwork but I find the neatness and planned patterns quite daunting.Also I love to hand sew and embroider.This is a much freer way of creating the look.Thank you for sharing your skills

[@DailyDashOfLife]

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE this style of work. I definitely need to try this one day. Gorgeous work.

[@nonisnest9718]

I have always wanted to make something in the crazy quilt method. Your project was just right and the result was beautiful. I really enjoyed your little “assistant” also.

[@krasavitsarose]

I think this is one of my favorite videos you've made! I do patchwork or "scrappy" hand quilting with my mom and a group of ladies, so immediately you caught my attention. One of my favorite squares is a scrappy square. But adding the embroidery to each of the seams or maybe even just a few here and there would make it pop. Thank you for sharing.

[@KristineVike]

Scrappy squares are such a great idea! Especially if a fabric is bigger and you don’t want to lug the whole thing around with you at once. And such fun!

[@alessazoe]

oh wow, I didn’t expect it to turn out so fantastic when you started this. very inspiring to try something similar. also: what great timing is this? I just started to dip my toes into embroidery, so it’s just a perfect nudge! ps: forever in love with your furry assistent whenever they make an appearance. lovely and cozy how they always keep you company on these projects. heart-warming!

[@KristineVike]

She is such a social little snugglebug! She’d be on top of my project most times if I let her. 😅

[@alessazoe]

@@KristineVike some of mine also do that, I’m glad only two of four like to sit around on my fabric even while I’m running it through a machine... if everyone would be in on the fun, it would be such chaos. :D

[@virginiaseedsskogen2038]

Couldn't agree more, love how the needle case turned out, the stitching is beautiful! The furry little assistant is cute too :)

[@dalehoward5416]

@@alessazoeI had a cat who LOVED to watch me knit, stitch and garden. Would snuggle down in front of me watching everything I did and would purr up a storm.

[@andreaditlefsen8599]

I do my “basting” the same way! I use a beading needle which also is bent. LOVED this whole video. 😍♥️

[@antoniafitzgerald3803]

I have always loved these type of quilts. Thank you for doing this. Really lovely. I thought it would be a very cute doll blanket. You are really talented

[@josequins9099]

I have trouble matching fabrics that work well together but I really want to try this. The finished product is just beautiful.

[@KristineVike]

I just took what I had (I just so happen to be predictable 😅) but I think livlier fabric choices would be fun too!

[@brendatucker35]

Brilliant project, love how it turned out. My grandmother spent one winter sewing a crazy quilt for us, it is over 50 years old and still looks great!!!❤❤❤

[@DrSowmyaSuryanarayana]

Omg!!!!!! I love it!! I guess saved all my scrap treasures all along to see this video and create one of this kind!! 🎉 Thank you for sharing ❤😊

[@danniefrenchpea63]

Wow, this is really beautiful! What a great scrap project, even if the dent in the pile is not that big 😄 and the colours of the embroidery are so wonderful. Thank you so much for sharing 🙏💖

[@ritad673]

Excellent video. I'm glad to have found you! Have extensive quilting plans for the near future. I am very much taken with your knitted leaf neckwear and look forward to that video. I've some bright red merino fingering weight that I spun several years ago, never realizing the perfect project for it until now. ❤

[@eliza7413]

Oh this is so cute! Would also be really cute as a small shoulderbag for the cases where an outfit does not have (enough) pockets 👀 (which might also be inspired by me lugging my phone around because my halloween outfit had no pockets)

[@estellemeyer4554]

I really enjoyed watching how this lovely pouch was created. Your stitching is so neat and I like your fabric choices. Thank you for the inspiration 😊

[@alexwilson5320]

Well done! What a beautiful use of scrap frabric.

[@aimeemorgado8715]

I teach writing and coach writers. Your childhood experience of drafting is a breath of fresh air. Drafts are there to capture ideas. They are NOT meant to demonstrate perfection . I love crazy paper piecing . I can’t line up corners to save my soul- but paper( or muslin) changed the game. Thank you for encouraging folks to just make something!

[@shyladwynter]

It might be kind of fun to have matching work bags and needle books and such! I may have to pull my scraps to do this!

[@KristineVike]

That would be amazing fun, indeed! ❤️

[@racheljolley26352]

Oh my goodness, what a stunning piece of beautiful creativity, I love it, gorgeous work indeed! And what a darling companion you have there! 🏆🥰

[@squishgram]

Thank you…so very much for sharing! I seldom comment.. but I feel compelled to let you know, that I find you to be an adorable soul. The pamphlet you shared is very much like the one I own. Mine belonged to my great grandmother’s brother. It also is dated 1884. I have treasured it for many decades.. so it I extremely excited to learn of another like it! Blessings from, Cleveland, Ohio

[@elisacastillomartin2157]

Qué maravilloso trabajo, muy creativo y bonito de ver.

[@amdupreez2188]

I was mesmerized and completely glued to your demonstration. Loved the finished little doodle baggy..toggle and all. And the buttonhole in variegated thread.

[@amdupreez2188]

Will look out for more of your little art piecing. Coller in green just so pretty.

[@glynissweeney]

Absolutely fabulous, I've been doing this for ever, it's super creative and I hate waste so much I can't even through away my threads and yarn snippets. I have a thread dust bin that is the size of a tea cannister, then I use it on my felting machine to make a different sort of scrap fabric. It is extremely addictive! 😊❤

[@susiedavis2341]

Thanks for sharing this project! It's inspiring and feels doable as a first attempt at crazy quilting!

[@honeyLXIX]

i already loved the color composition but as you started adding the little flourishes with the colored floss it became so magical. i love it.

[@bettablue2660]

You’re making a using a usable Crazy Quilt. These began in the Victorian Era, but today we do it for fabric busting (like you are here), keeping memories of past projects, and usefulness to save money. Thank you for sharing how your creating this.

[@CraigsOverijse]

What a lovely video thanks for sharing. A friend of mine took a university course which included a topic about women sewing covert subversive messages into samplers, "Prim and proper" were always subverted in needlecraft. This is actually called being thrifty, materials cost a large amount and were hard to produce so people attempted to use every scrap. I learnt some of these stitches as a child at school on a loose woven material we called the binka mats I believe. I really emhoyed seeing your project.

[@hilarykemsley5627]

LOVE the variety of stitching around each piece! Beautiful and interesting!!!

[@sheilabennett3289]

What a lovely project❣ Thank you so much for talking me through your process. I have scraps waiting for just such a project, and you've given me the inspiration I need to get going. Liked "recovering perfectionist" 😂

[@madebymaryssa]

Whenever you want to do a tiny seam allowance, remind yourself: "It's okay if the piece gets smaller and I need to add another patch - I'm scrap busting!"

[@KristineVike]

But optimising thooo. xD

[@elinordrake9716]

The embroidery is lovely, how well the entire project turned out!! Thank you for posting the link!

[@Tania-xu7xe]

Beautiful and inspirational. Love the idea of adding the different embroidery stitches.

[@schoggikuacha1166]

I am so happy your video showed up in my recommedations, what a wonderful work! I am knitter, but now i am inspired to start embroidering as well!

[@KristineVike]

One of us, one of us. 💚🧶

[@keiranbbb]

Your stitches are absolutely lovely 😊🪡 recovering perfectionists unite!!

[@KristineVike]

Thank you! It helps when it’s great fun. 😊

[@Zimothy]

Absolutely beautiful results! a great scrap and perfection busting project. And a good one for the longer winter nights coming too, with the more time consuming hand sewing. Thanks for sharing!

[@Meredith36]

This is beautiful! So your channel was recommended to me 💚🪡🧵💚

[@theREmissionary]

This is something I could do while camping this winter. Love the embroidery stitches!

[@KristineVike]

You definitely could! ❤️

[@christenagervais7303]

I just love your hand sewing! ❤

[@shawnh8754]

That is really cute. I love handwork. Thx for the link to the pamphlet. I foresee some winter evenings in the recliner hand stitching! :)

[@dawnagoad9745]

I do embroidery work and always loved this type of project. I've never done one. I liked this so much, its inspiring me to give it try. Thank you so much!

[@ElizabethBeaver]

off-topic, but that is a beautiful cowl! i'm looking forward to tackling my own scrap-stash with a technique like you showed (so liberated from prim and propriety!), but i'm even-more looking forward to knitting up a cowl like you have!

[@KC-ku9dq]

Beautiful work, thank you for sharing. I do similar patchwork things, but more sashiko/boro inspired. But, this looks like a lot of fun too. And such cozy fun with your kitty inspector.☺

[@evelynbourne2500]

Thanks you for uploading the stitch cards! I can't wait to add some of those "fancy" stitches to my stitching projects. ❤

[@erick7542]

😮cuanta dedicacion es un trabajo muy hermoso❤/a beautifull work w/ a whole dedication

[@lynylyn316]

What a wonderful video to wake up to!! I’m very inspired to make a tarot deck pouch for a friends bday upcoming. Thank you again for sharing this beauty 💖

[@KristineVike]

That sounds like a glorious little project, such a gift would surely be well-loved! ❤️

[@cristinacortes7912]

Bello....bello...bello😍... felicitaciones!!!!! saludos desde 🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱

[@laurellewis1638]

Lovely channel, just found you and subscribed…looking forward to more. Thanks for the mellow music and calmness 💕

[@jayneterry8701]

I'm over from Shannon Makes channel as she was inspired by your project and made her own Victorian knitting tote! It came out great! And so did yours.👍💓Linen tape is not easily found here in Canada. Ours tends to be polyester. Thanks for the lovely video.

[@KristineVike]

I found mine online from a small mill in Italy. Amazing what treasures we stumble onto sometimes. :)

[@isabellegt9826]

Beautiful work. My mother used to do our play skirts with this technique. Play skirts are just that, costume for kids to create and use their imagination. I remember vividly tracing the visibles embroideries with my fingers, day dreaming.

[@lactarius7781]

This is stunning! I absolutely love your work

[@KristineVike]

Aw, thank you!

[@emmam586]

Gorgeous work, this is truly an aspirational project for me at this point in my journey. I will be saving all my scraps until the day I am ready to try to make this.

[@cherylrosbak4092]

I've never seen Victorian patchwork embroidered before! I love it.

[@dweb9409]

That was so fun to watch. I can’t imagine doing all that hand stitching but love the finished product. 😊

[@MaryamBehairy]

❤ Absolutely lovely...love all your videos. In fact I'm hand sewing (mostly 😉) a pettycoat (out of 2 king size cotton pillow covers with a beautiful border) using your tutorial on different stitches. This looks like another great project... Autumn got my sewjo back 🍂 🍁

[@jeannechero7652]

Realmente é um trabalho de paciência e bem elaborado... tiro o meu chapéu pra você é esse gatinho lindo 😍😍😍🐈🇧🇷👏👏👏👏

[@bethmaldonado4200]

I just love this! Your finished work is gorgeous!! I am absolutely a perfectionist when it comes to sewing and this is a great idea for letting go of that and letting the creativity flow! Thank you!!

[@KristineVike]

I hope you do give it a try! I love that you get a portable little stitch library to check back on if needed too. ❤️

[@bowenarrows7819]

I love this. What a great idea and yours looks great. I'll be scheming about making knitting pouches and otherwise for friends and family 😈

[@carefreedelight2355]

What absolute fun. Thank you. I feel terrible about all my scraps and I feel terrible about not using my embroidery stitches book. Voila!

[@godschildyes]

I just had to subscribe after watching this!just wonderful! Thank you so much for keeping these handiwork alive! 🙏💜😁

[@chloegrl1366]

LOVE how this turned out wow what you turned all those bits into!!! Thx for the inspiration!!!!!

[@suzannakoizumi8605]

What a wonderful little project. I heard you can buy linen clothes at thrift stores. Thanks for the link to the instructions!

[@gypsychc]

Hello my friend... s always in awe with what you share. Thank you! I will now go pull cabbage and scraps. What fun! Hugs to you.

[@KristineVike]

Oooh, I hope you do! So much cabbage fabric, so much potential! ❤️

[@gypsychc]

indeed @@KristineVike 😘😘

[@Tvianne]

I have bent needles too! no judgement here! (your assistant is always lovely!) Nice project, very satisfying! The stitches are gorgeous 🤩

[@KristineVike]

Bent needle society… 👀 but yes! Trying to figure out the stitches was so much fun!

[@janholman6192]

Whenever my cat walks on my project, I view it as a "go ahead to move forward with it"!

[@HannahHann1984]

You have totally inspired me to get back into stitching thanks so much, your bag is exquisite!

[@evermateo6166]

Wow this was amazing! I’m inspired to try this wanting to make more of my clothes with natural fibers and wanted to learn how to embroider my own unique pieces- new subscriber can’t wait to watch the other videos thank you!

[@KristineVike]

I hope you do! Projects like these are such a great place to start. ❤️

[@craycray375]

Thanks!

[@KristineVike]

Thank you! 🥰

[@craycray375]

@KristineVike You're welcome 😊 Your projects are inspiring, and your resources are very useful.

[@knitsforthesoulpodcast4186]

So lovely and your knitted collar is beautiful as well. Thank you for sharing this idea!

[@elizzievb]

This was so fun! TFP Kristine! Love your furry supervisor! 👏🏻❤

[@SamK864]

I adore this! Your videos are so calming

[@elzaferreira7370]

Lindo trabalho feito com muito amor !!! Um grande abraço cheio harmônia do Brasil 👏👏👏👏♥️😻

[@pennysargent9557]

Wonderful & inspiring just love the whole concept. Thank you

[@alycevonrothkirch8698]

This is just lovely. It occurs to me that this type of patchwork and embroidery would also work really well with the 18th century tie-on pocket, which is featured in one of the Burnley & Trowbridge tutorials...

[@KristineVike]

It would work very well for that, indeed!

[@beckjaq3608]

Luv this! My kitty cat does the same thing. Whether im readin or sewin she always gets right up on my work. She knows i cant resist pettin her. What did u do with the blue thread around the button (not talkin bout the buttonhole). Great work!

[@Kokum11]

Your work is wonderful, your project completely lovely. What a great video.

[@elenabjxrn]

My "too much" instinct is kicking in and telling me to do this to a pair of trousers...

[@KristineVike]

They would be an epic pair of trousers though. 👀

[@cozycasasmr4510]

my too much gene also kicked in, and I ended up making a house coat like this lined with flannel 😂

[@truthseeker6610]

Such beautiful work! I absolutely enjoyed it. Thanks.

[@ebonies]

This is SO incredibly cool and I am in love!!! I'm a total beginner at both sewing and embroidery, but I really hope I can make something like this. It would be wonderful to have a storage option for my knitting needles like this. :D

[@KristineVike]

You totally can! It is a very beginner friendly project. :)

[@juanajimenez7631]

Really lovely idea but I don't think I would have the patience. Well done Kristine fascinating project.