J. Marsha Michler
Author of The Magic of Crazy Quilting: A Complete Resource for Embellished Quilting
About the Author
Marsha Michler is an accomplished researcher, designer, and writer. She has authored a number of books about crazy quilting and has won several quilt awards. Marsha has published in a variety of magazines, a skilled gardener and photographer, she resides in Maine
Works by J. Marsha Michler
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- 20th Century
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designer - Short biography
- J. Marsha Michler has authored 14 printed books on the topics of crazy quilting, jewelry, knitting, and needlearts, and 9 ebooks on crazy quilting, embroidery, and silk ribbon embroidery. She has written many articles for magazines and has won awards for her crazy quilts. She currently teaches crazy quilting through correspondence courses offered by the Embroiderers' Guild of America. Crazy quilting, embroidery, fiber spinning, knitting, fiction and poetry writing keep her busy, and in her spare time she gardens, builds stone walls, and enjoys ballroom dancing and travel. She resides creatively in the beautiful foothills of Southern Maine with her husband and cat.
- Nationality
- USA
- Places of residence
- Limerick, Maine, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- Maine, USA
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Another case of why I shouldn't judge books by their covers. The pictures in this book are hilarious out of date and un-fashionable. HOWEVER, the advice, instructions, and guides are all exceptionally useful (some of the most straight-forward and useful I've seen outside of wikihow.com). Most of the sweaters are only out-dated because of color choices (most...).
If you are looking for one book from which to learn crazy quilting, this is it. It teaches the basic methods of patching a crazy quilt, and talks about embellishments and surface work. It compares and describes machine and hand methods, and gives examples of styles of crazy quilt. It even includes 100 embroidery stitches with excellent diagrams! I cannot recommend this highly enough.
Very little information about the fibers mentioned. The patterns are pretty, though I wish they had more photos, so you could get a better idea of how they really look.
The only book I've seen that shows how to make a toggle and clasp. The outstanding projects are the thick wire bangles. Beautifully photographed and laid out.
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