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Unhappy Results

I decided to try a little beading and embroidery on the May tote for my calendar project, but while I did get some beads sewn on, the embroidery did not work out at all, so I removed what little I did.


The problem is the age of the crazy quilt fragments, which are actively shattering. Every time I manipulate these patches they split and shred. Each bead I sewed on made the fabric fray, too, as you can see here.

I was trying to preserve the fragments by incorporating them into the tote, but that was a mistake (I now understand why so many collectors simply frame them.) I'll only destroy the fragments even more by removing them, so I think I'm done with this tote. Once I sew it back together and line it I'll call it a day.

Not the results I was hoping for, but now I know not to try and sew, embroider or bead century-old quilt pieces. :(

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