I am happy and excited to share with you my latest quilt! I enjoyed so much working on it - no wonder- I made it for Alex, my 8-month-old nephew. He can't yet build himself little castles from wooden blocks, so here are the 12 little castles I built for him. I started cutting and piecing the blocks thinking that this step will take me forever because all the blocks are different and … [Read more...]
Puff Quilt- the last quilt of 2010
Happy New Year! I wish you a wonderful 2011, with lots of time for creating beautiful things!Here is the quilt I finished a few days ago. I made for the first time a puff (biscuit) quilt and now I am in love! I see many quilts like this in the future.I planned to make it for my little nephew, Alex, but in the last moment I changed my mind.Just before to wash it, I noticed that some fibers migrate … [Read more...]
New Quilt, New Pattern, New Give Away
Quilting in Romania is sometimes challenging! You can't be bored! I will tell you about some challenges in January. Now I am glad I can finally share this quilt with you. I made it for my sister Nina. I did not plan to make a quilt for her, but I had purple fabric in my stash and since she loves purple, I had to use it. In my family we can't keep secrets too long. I wanted to keep secret … [Read more...]
Piecing Fleece
One of my friends sent me a few strips of fleece and yesterday I made a blanket for my little nephew. These are 5'' squares. I stitched them with long stitches and the widest seam allowances. I pieced the blocks and finger pressed the seam allowances open then I stitched them down. No bulky seam allowances on the back side. Some of the blocks distorted more than others so that I adjusted … [Read more...]
The quilt for my hubby
He waited for it for 10 years ! But the waiting was worth it ! I used cotton batting, I love the look of the quilts made with cotton batting after washing . The quilt is huge, 80x92 (2x2.3 m) and stitching all those pebbles took me 3 days, and a lot of thread. I used the three green spools of King Tut. Detail of quilting. It was very easy to … [Read more...]
Quick and easy project
1 yard of cotton fabric + 1 yard of flannel + thick polyester batting. I quilted the sandwich following the pattern on the fabric - no marking lines. I used the only decorative stitch I have on my machine.A very lightweight piece, soft and puffy. Like a comforter.Happy Friday ! … [Read more...]
A new baby quilt
I am glad you like Adelina's quilt, I hope you will like this one too. It' s for a baby boy. I love contrasts and the quilts with light colored background are always my favorites. I love bubbles too, so no wonder I quilted bubbles again. So nice texture - it invites you to rub your hands all over the quilt. The white quilting looks great on dark fabrics. I love it ! Usually I don't … [Read more...]
Baby quilt
Delivered ! It measures 45"x45". Pictures of the quilt top here and here Initially, I wanted to quilt just the background but the largest pieces left unquilted did not look nice so I had to quilt them all. I took the pictures after the quilt was washed. I don't use too often cotton batting, but in this way I can appreciate it even more, right ? I love the look of the quilting and … [Read more...]
I am back at work
I didn’t sew anything in the last weeks. We made some renovations in our home, painted the walls and other hard things like these. My husband had a few days off, but we both worked at home. Now I am back to my quilts. I cannot sew because my sewing machine needed a few small repairs and only at the end of the week I will have it back home. But I have a lot of work to do on my … [Read more...]
Trapunto quilts
My adventures with shadow trapunto started a few years ago with ...trapunto.These are a few quilts I made in the last years.Sometimes I stitch the motifs using a zig-zag stitch and a variegated thread. One thing I don't like about trapunto is trimming that thick batting. It seems that the trapunto motifs are enhanced by light colored fabrics. or shining fabrics (like this taffeta).These are the … [Read more...]