Stars: 5 Review Title: Crazy-Quilted Memories "Crazy Quilted Memories by Brian Haggard is a gorgeous book with wonderful inspiration for making your family pictures and small heirloom collectibles into a work of art. The instructions are quite detailed, including various embroidery patterns and stitches to use as accents. Most everyone who sews has an accumulation of buttons, laces, beads, and such that can be used on these projects. I absolutely love this concept and plan to create a family gallery of photos on a wall hanging featuring some of my ancestors using some of the author's techniques and tips."

– Donna Keating, Customer Review

"Crazy Quilted Memories is a wonderful resource book for both the novice and advanced crazy quilter, plus fabric artists of every sort. Quoting a portion of the author’s introduction: “This book is something new! As you read, you will find that it is not like traditional quilt books. The heart of what I want to show you is how to start with something you really love and let it build from there. Measurements don’t matter. Design as you go – let the piece grow organically and let your imagination take you where it will.” For anyone who loves that vintage look, this book is perfect. The elegance and time worn look of an era long ago is brought to life in the pages. With each chapter the author breaks down the process of creating a crazy quilt. From choosing fabric, piecing methods, embellishments and stitching techniques to blocking your finished blocks and assembly. It is an extremely well written book with clear and easy to follow directions. Within the contents of the book are ten projects, basic and combination embroidery stitches, full-size, traceable embroidery designs and motifs, and instructions for embellishing your quilts and pillows with photos, beads, buttons and personal mementos."

– Crazy Quilted Mag - on line

Brian Haggard shares his journey of creating a series of quilts and pillows that celebrates and commemorates his ancestors. If you're someone who revels in vintage things, has a stash of old family photographs and would love to find ways of presenting them in unique ways, it's likely that this book wil be of enormous value Interestingly, Brian works in a palette that's almost entirely neutrals-perhaps he and Pay Wys are in the nanguard of a new trend? - But there's no reason why his 10 projects coudn't be implemented in every colour of the rainbow and look just as wonderful. In addition to step-by-step instructions for a variety of embroidery stitches for embellishing your crazy patchwork, Brian provides notes on printing photographs on fabrics, "antiquing" your fabrics, a gallery of his work (in addition to the projects) and a number of full-size traceable embroidery designs.

– Australian Homespun

Brian Haggard in his new book Crazy-Quilted Memories walks the sewer through the steps to create beautiful crazy patchwork with 10 specific projects capturing family moments and memories. Each project starts with a special family memento, and the creativity under Brian’s guidance grows from there. The book’s design and most of the projects are presented in old-fashioned, soft sepia tones. Design a class where everyone brings in a photo or other small family treasure to use in their own project. Read Brian’s preface in the first session and let the storytelling begin.

– American Quilt Retailer