A few days ago I pieced 4 blocks for 4 pillows.I made simple blocks and I wanted to enhance them with trapunto.I don't have a dense and thick batting so I used for trapunto 2 layers of batting, just to be sure that the motifs will show well.Acum cateva zile am pisuit 4 blocuri pentru 4 pernute. Le-am facut simple si am vrut sa le infrumusetez cu trapunto pe centru.N-am avut vatelina foarte groasa, … [Read more...]
Electric Quilt Tutorial: How to make wreaths
In the last months a few people asked me how I made the designs for my shadow trapunto quilts. I used the "WreathMaker" tool from Electric Quilt software. Here are some tips to help you make beautiful wreaths: NOTE: At the end of this article there is some information for beginner users of Electric Quilt. In ultimele luni cateva persoane m-au intrebat cum am facut desenele pentru … [Read more...]
My stained glass quilts
I learned to make stained-glass quilts after I bought a pattern by Brenda Henning (it's all you need for that). This is the quilt !Am invatat sa fac quilturi-vitraliu dupa ce am cumparat un pattern de Brenda Henning ( e tot ce ai nevoie ). Iata quiltul:After this, I made a few others using Clover Quick Bias tape.Dupa asta, am facut cateva quilturi utilizand banda bias de la Clover. I love to … [Read more...]
New Quilt
I made this quilt 2 years ago.My sister Oana loves blue color, so she wanted this quilt !I love to make stained-glass quilts ! This was the last one I made. After this I fell in love with trapunto and shadow trapunto so I abandoned this technique.Am facut acest quilt acum 3 ani.Surorii mele Oana ii place culoarea albastra, asa ca l-a vrut ea !Imi place sa fac acest fel de quilturi, gen vitraliu. … [Read more...]
Merry Christmas
to all the readers of my blog ! … [Read more...]
Sweet Memories Quilts / Quilturi cu amintiri dragi
A few days ago was my youngest sister's birthday. Because she loves flowers, I made for her a little quilt with pictures of tulips from her garden. It was hard to select only a few pictures ! Zilele trecute a fost ziua de nastere a celei mai mici surori. Pentru ca iubeste florile, i-am facut acest quilt cu lalele din gradina ei. Cum nu a fost timp, l-am facut micut, si mi-a fost cam greu sa … [Read more...]
A New Shadow Trapunto Quilt- a table runner
After miniatures or large quilts (for shadow trapunto a 52 x 52 inch piece is large enough !) I made a table runner ! It was a pleasure to work on this scale ! Dupa miniaturi si quilturi mai mari (un quilt de 130 x 130 cm e mare pentru shadow trapunto !) am facut o fata de masa ! A fost o placere sa lucrez la dimensiuni mai "normale" ! 15.5 x 33 inch (39 x 83 cm) The flowers are big … [Read more...]
Quilting tips
Chain piecing :Cusutul "in lant":After you sewed the pieces, stack them and then remove all the pins at once.Dupa ce o serie din bucati au fost cusute, asezati-le unele peste altele, si scoateti boldurile din toate bucatile odata:When you want to piece different shapes ( like triangle with rectangle or square ) : draw those shapes on a piece of cardboard , add 1/4 inch seam allowances (or whatever … [Read more...]
Quilted gifts for a little girl
In a few days the little girl of my best friends will be 5 years. For her first anniversary I made this quilt (my first quilt with flannels):Peste cateva zile fetita prietenilor mei implineste 5 ani. Pentru aniversarea de 1 an i-am facut quiltul acesta (primul quilt din flannel): The quilt for second anniversary (the first quilt with pictures); Quiltul de la 2 ani (primul quilt cu … [Read more...]
The latest Kaleidoscope quilts
Ultimele kaleidoscopuri de anul asta:I finished these blocks very quickly (every block is a little quilt), because my husband gave me a helping hand: he wanted to do the unskilled work ! Le-am finisat destul de repede, pentru ca am avut ajutor: sotul meu a vrut sa faca el "munca necalificata" !The piece of fabric was gorgeous, I wouldn't have cut it for anything else than Kaleidoscope … [Read more...]
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