I made it for my sister Oana and today I told her to leave the bag home so I can take other pictures !Am facut-o pentru sora mea Oana si astazi i-am spus s-o lase acasa, sa pot face poze ! The back/spateleAs lining I used the main fabric but on the wrong side.Captuseala e din acelasi material, doar pus pe dos. But I made a little mistake when I sewn the handles in place and my husband was the … [Read more...]
New finished project- but no pictures !
The new project was finished ! But I took bad pictures ! And I can't take others until Saturday !This one is good. It is what I pieced from those swatches. They were really small as I ended up with 0.75 inch squares.I can't wait to show you the finished product ! … [Read more...]
A few swatches and a new project
These are a few swatches and a large piece of fabric. It' s polyester, hard to cut and hard to sew !Could I resist and not to sew it ? No way ! It' s a great palette of colors !I hope at the end of this day I will have a new project. … [Read more...]
Colors for quilts
After I made this quilt, I fell in love with blue color and blue+green combination !Dupa ce am facut acest quilt, m-am indragostit de albastru si mai ales de combinatia albastru+verde !Don't you know what colors to use for your next quilt ? Just pick up a fabric you like !Look at its colors and choose some fabrics in those colors !This fabric was the starting-point for my color scheme:Nu stiti ce … [Read more...]
Sample #2 of my shadow trapunto quilts…
...reached it's recipient, in Hungary !I hope sample # 3 will arrive safely in USA. … [Read more...]
Tutorial strip quilt II
Follow this strip quilt tutorial and sew this quilt with me! I pieced it in a day, I quilted it in the second day and I added the binding in the third day ! Quilt size: 62 x 86 inch; Finished block size: 12 x 12 inch; Number of blocks= 5 x 7 = 35 (if you need a larger quilt, piece more blocks ). This quilt don't have borders; if you need a larger quilt, you might add borders; because you … [Read more...]
Samples of my shadow trapunto quilts
This is the first from a series of 3: It's 8 x 8 inch and I really loved to make it.This is a better picture:Pictures of the samples #2 and # 3 - after they will arrive to their new owners. … [Read more...]
Wasted time (and fabrics too) ! Timp pierdut (si materiale de asemenea ) !
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...]
New little things
Today I spent half of the day making flowers like these: On the blog of Betz White there is a tutorial. Betz made her flowers with wool felt. I made mine using a kind of light polyester flannel. Before Christmas I made other 2 baskets for dolls and for a new look I added some of these flowers: I like so much to make these little things ! … [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...]
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