Blog - Geta's Quilting Studio

New Purse

March 26, 2013 18 Comments

I made this to welcome spring, only that now it is snowing! The pretty Ann Kelle fabric was the perfect choice for this small bag. It is small ...see below. Do you like the fancy pocket on the lining ? I made it in 3 minutes! I cut it out from a shirt! So save those shirts! Even if it is only for the pockets! Because the bag is small, my initial thought was to fuse 2 layers of … [Read more...]

Teach Me 12- Smocking fabric

March 25, 2013 9 Comments

Here is my first attempt at smocking fabric. I love it and I imagine many uses for such textured fabric. I learned to do this following this easy tutorial. It's not that I don't already have too many boards on Pinterest, but I created a new one, Fabric Texture. Now back to the boring task of writing a pattern! Have a great sewing week, Geta Edited: One of my … [Read more...]

How to Make Wholecloth Quilts – Tutorial

March 22, 2013 25 Comments

This wholecloth quilts tutorial is part of the series 1 Design - 5 Quilting Techniques. The top of a wholecloth quilt is a single piece of fabric - no piecing or appliques. The design must be transferred to the top then the marked fabric is layered with batting and backing and the sandwich is quilted. A wholecloth quilt is about color and texture - one color and a lot of texture; it's … [Read more...]

Whip stitch by machine

March 21, 2013 5 Comments

Because most of the time you can find me using the sewing machine, I tried to make English Paper Piecing faster. I basted the fabric to paper templates with glue and instead of stitching the pieces by hand, I whip stitched them by machine. I placed the pieces right sides together and stitched the edges with a very narrow and dense zig-zag stitch. Yes, it was faster than stitching by hand. … [Read more...]

Hexagon Virus!

March 18, 2013 9 Comments

I contaminated one of my dear friends with the hexagon virus. She lives nearby and while I write this, I realize that in the future there will be opportunities to meet and stitch together. Her name is Luminita. I met her in 2007, in dramatic circumstances, for our family and for her as well. We helped each other, probably she helped us more than we helped her. And she became our … [Read more...]