I have just a few quilting friends here in Romania but they are good friends. I met them years ago and since then we share the passion for quilting. I still have the first message Sanda sent me back in 2005. Silvia and Ortansa live in the same town and they visited me a few years later. Mihaela was my first Romanian customer. Ela is an old friend, we shared a lot while we were part of a larger … [Read more...]
WIP
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How to Make Shadow Trapunto Quilts- Tutorial
This shadow trapunto quilting tutorial is part of the series 1 Design - 5 Quilting Techniques. Here is the shadow trapunto sample I stitched for this tutorial. Many layers! The shadow trapunto quilt has 5 layers. From top to bottom: organza (a sheer fabric), trapunto design made from batting (the white part), and the 3 layers of the familiar quilt "sandwich". This kind of … [Read more...]
WIP- Hexy Cubes
In the last weeks I kept this project hidden in a box - I thought I don't have time for it. But you don't know when a sister comes, demanding :"I want to stitch hexagons, I have only 30 minutes, let's stitch!". So yesterday I cut some hexagon templates and fabric and now I have made some progress- I added the dark grey hexies; 100 more hexies and I will finish it. I keep thinking how to quilt … [Read more...]
How to make Trapunto Quilts – tutorial
This trapunto quilt tutorial is part of the series 1 Design - 5 Quilting Techniques. In just a few words, trapunto means a quilt design raised with an additional layer of batting and with a pronounced "stuffed" effect. While it wasn't an easy technique in the past, today's quilters made it easier- you just have to try it. Here is a small sample I made. You can see below (you can … [Read more...]
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