Is it bad or is it good ?My newest addiction: dots! There will be lots of dots in my next quilts. Flannel for Alex:) Obsessed by apples too...and these are FAVORITES: "Wonderland" by MoMo, an older collection, and "Wrenly Wildfield" by Valori Wells Enjoy Sunday! … [Read more...]
Quilted Postcards
Do you remember them ? … [Read more...]
New Fabric Box
After the pretty little things I made (here and here) for Christmas I just had to make a box, too. I made an octagonal one... and I covered the top edges with organza ruffle trim. Making boxes is addictive! Different colors, different fabric combinations, different shapes and sizes, different edge treatments... Sorry for the bad pictures, my camera doesn't like red color. I hope you … [Read more...]
Christmas Ornaments
I am in love... with this pretty little thing I made last night... but especially with Fast2Fuse interfacing...This was the first try so I made it small... Fast2Fuse is a firm and heavy interfacing, is fusible on both sides. After I pieced the front, I used it to cut the interfacing and the backing.I fused the backing to the interfacing and finished the edges with zigzag stitches. Then I fused the … [Read more...]
Christmas Gift Bags- Decorations
Last week I made my "Pockets with Love" in Christmas fabrics. Practice is the best teacher! If you bought my patterns, here are a few more tips. For a set I used a little heavier interfacing than I usually use and I broke two needles. If you want to make some pockets, stitch using Jeans/Denim needles #90/14. If you want to use them as gift bags or as decorations, you can make them … [Read more...]
This and that…
I am in love with Robert Kaufman fabrics. I am happy just looking at the pictures of their wonderful collections of fabrics.I just bought this fabric from the Holiday Flourish III collection and I think it is the most beautiful Christmas fabric I have ever had. Can’t wait to make something out of it. A kaleidoscope, I could not cut it for other thing than a kaleidoscope. I told you that I have the … [Read more...]
Pockets with Love
Finally, I can show you my new patterns: I wanted to make something different (but at the same time something quick) for the little girl of my friends and this is what I came up with : folded pockets, made with origami technique ! These are the quickest things I have ever sewn ! Initially, I planned something else for my next patterns but after I made these pockets and I saw how cute they … [Read more...]
A Tired Santa…
...visited me a few days after Christmas...because he came all the way from Brazil...My friend Lucia sent him to me...Isn't he a cute Santa ? I can tell you he is even more beautiful in person... He measures about 15".Lucia and her friends make fabulous hand crafted things; too bad they don't have a blog to share them with the world...Thank you, Lucia. He makes me smile... … [Read more...]
Other Christmas gifts…
received from Ortansa...She has an incredible patience to make these things. And they are so time consuming, I am amazed by how many she made. You can see them here and here, they are wonderful !And Ortansa's friend, Silvia, send me this little pocket. It's wonderful !Thank you, my friends !If you are interested to make something similar, I found a few tutorials.From KatrinaBall ornamentOn Blue … [Read more...]
My Interview for EQ Newsletter
Would you like to know more about me and my passion for quilting, and especially for shadow trapunto ? You can read my interview for Electric Quilt newsletter. The entire newsletter Eight years ago when I started quilting I did not dream that this could happen to me. At that time I did not know anything about quilting. I can’t thank enough to Penny McMorris for this opportunity. And for … [Read more...]