Here is an African-Inspired Crazy Quilt that I've been working on this week. I'm calling it, Kitambaa (piece of cloth in Swahili).

It's a fabric collage with beaded embellishment. I'm using bead stitches that are similar to those in thread embroidery: chain stitch, cross-stitch, feather and fly stitch and so on.

I've used commercially printed fabrics with the exception of one PFD ~~ prepared for dying ~~ piece that I dyed with herbs from my garden.

I audition and select the fabrics I want and lay them onto batting or fleece and pin them stability. I use my sewing machine in free-form "thread play" to hold them together. It will be about 6 inches when it's finished.