These are the small and quick versions, made in Christmas fabrics. Bored by free motion quilting, I quilted them with the walking foot and loved it. Hopefully I will finish it soon! … [Read more...]

Amy is organizing again the Blogger’s Quilt Festival - a great opportunity to see new gorgeous quilts and make new friends. Thank you Amy for creating such a fun time!I've decided to share this quilt with you (some of you already know its story) because this is one of my favorite quilts.Ten years ago I discovered quilting on Internet, absolutely by chance. I live in Romania and here quilting is an … [Read more...]

One lesson I don’t want to learn: to add labels to my quilts. I have never paid attention to this detail. Probably because the permanent markers I have are not so permanent…I think that after washing the writing will fade anyway.But my friend Mihaela helped me to become a serious quilter. A few weeks ago I received from her a beautiful box and inside of it I was so surprised and excited to find a … [Read more...]

On Monday I started to work on my husband quilt. I made the top in February and since in two weeks will be his birthday, I want to finish it until then.I thought I will quilt it in a day, being helped by my friend Jack. But I was wrong, I forgot that quilt measures 80"x92". I worked three days on it and still I have to wash it an add binding.Meet my friend Jack, my industrial sewing machine !It's … [Read more...]

Hi everyone, I hope you spent a wonderful weekend, mine wasn't wonderful at all. After I made a beautiful quilting on the center of a quilt, on Friday evening I started to quilt the background. I will never take decisions on Friday evening ! Especially after dinner ! After a half hour of work I decided I don't like the quilting so I started to rip out the stitches. But it took me 8 hours to … [Read more...]

...without creases !This is the way I store my shadow trapunto quilts. That rod is usually used for hanging curtains.My husband mounted it on the wall. It takes some space, but I have easy access to any quilt.Many hanging sleeves are waiting to be hand sewn. Hopefully one of my sisters will help me ! Have a great evening (or night, or morning )! … [Read more...]

I wash all my quilts after I finish them. If a quilt is not too large I wash it by hand. After washing, all the quilts go in the washing machine for a short cycle of spinning. After that, if the quilt is small I lay it to dry on a flat surface. If the surface I have is too small for the quilt, I usually hang the quilt to dry on this cardboard tube ( used by the fabric manufacturers for … [Read more...]

A few weeks ago I had to buy a spool of water soluble thread. But how to justify $14 shipping for just one spool of thread ? So that I ordered a few yards of fabric too and I ended up paying $29 ! Great math and great saving !I just couldn’t resist to these fabrics from equilter.com.These are from 'Serenity' collection by Daiwabo for E.E. Schenck. And these are from 'Connections' collection by … [Read more...]