After a few days of work for my shadow trapunto pattern, I felt the need to sew something. It seems that for me this is the season of bags. So I wanted to sew a new bag.I layered some fabrics and started to quilt. But I couldn't quilt at all ! I had just skip stitches and broken threads. It seemed that my sewing machine need a good cleaning ( after I tried, without success, to do other things to … [Read more...]
Another surprise for a friend
I made this colorful little piece for my friend Mary. She makes wonderful quilts. I am in love with her scrap quilts and I admire her patience in making difficult things, like this quilt. Do you remember this table runner ? I loved so much that multicolored fabric. This type of fabric is my first option for background. This little piece measures about 10". This design remind me of the … [Read more...]
A summer bag
I made it from the fabrics I bought last week.How I wish to match it with a skirt or a pair of pants made from the same fabric. But I don't have enough patience to sew a skirt ( I have patience to cut batting away for 2 weeks but not to sew a skirt for a few hours ).Since I discovered quilting I hate to sew clothes. But this is a good thing, where I could store so many clothes ? My house is full … [Read more...]
A surprise for a friend
I made this little piece for Lucia- a special friend from Brazil. In the last years I saw on TV a few great Brazilian telenovelas ( "The Clone" was one of them ). And now, "Sinha Moca" is the joy of my every weekend. So I was so happy to meet Lucia ! Though she traveled a lot she never saw snow so I sent her a wreath of snowdrops ! I hope it will cool the atmosphere of the hot summer days … [Read more...]
Fabrics for bags
Some of you asked me where I found the denim I used for my latest bags. Well, we didn't have here quality cotton fabrics for quilting but there is in my town a shop with gorgeous fabrics for clothing. Last week I found these pieces of denim (it is not the same quality as the denim used for jeans but it is still a good fabric for making bags): The fabric below is not denim but I could not … [Read more...]
The bags obsession continues
This time I made two bags from denim.The white one is irresistible... This type of handles requires so much fabric... … [Read more...]
Bags Obsession
I made other two bags using a printed fabrics (I didn't applique those flowers !).The fabric is similar with the one used for making this bag and these pillows - just another color scheme. Unfortunately, I used the last piece of fabric... … [Read more...]
Pretty little things II
Here in Romania we are happy with simple things, like the possibility to buy ric-rac from our shops :) I made a few flowers, then a few little purses. I combined the flowers made using the tutorial from Betz White with yo-yos, I added piping, and I made plaited handles for the first time : It was fun to make them ! My sister Oana saw them and said : "I want to be a little girl … [Read more...]
Quick and easy strip quilt- Tutorial
I made this quilt for my mother's birthday. It took me just 4 days to piece it and quilt it. This is an easy project for a beginner quilter and a very quick quilt for a skilled one. I made the sketch using Electric Quilt. I love Electric Quilt. You can scan your fabric, import them in the program and see how your quilt will look like even before you cut a single piece of fabric. Quilt … [Read more...]
I did finish with the bowls
These are the last ones, I think. Shadow trapunto looks gorgeous on these bowls, but they require a lot of work... On this pink bowl I made a lot of mistakes, finally it looks good and I like the double-stitched bottom.Cutting the slits: A flat or a deep bowl ? It depends of how large you cut the slits and how large the bottom will be. And a few "kaleidoscope bowls".They don't need to be filled: … [Read more...]
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