Geta's Quilting Studio

WIP

April 25, 2012 7 Comments

I played a little and made new designs for my newsletter subscribers. This could be a paper-pieced block. You need a lot of patience to make such a quilt, but it is definitely worth the effort. I love the secondary design created when joining the blocks. And this is something simple, for a busy quilter. I am choosing now fabrics for a new green quilt ! Lots of green! For me, … [Read more...]

Rainbow Quilt Finished

April 17, 2012 33 Comments

And I love it! I usually like to use a background that offers more contrast ( like white) but this gray fabric worked good as well. Some rules of quilting can be safely broken but there is one that I will ever follow from now on - starting quilting from the center to the outside. Especially for circular designs. I was too confident - in me, in the cotton batting, in my sewing machine. … [Read more...]

Zig zag quilt finished

April 11, 2012 9 Comments

This is such a quick and easy quilt. The pattern can be made with half square triangles (a lot of work!), but I used this tutorial - piecing strips, cutting squares and piecing blocks on point. I would have liked more a quilting done with perfectly straight stitching (and walking foot). But rotating the quilt under the needle every few inches is not for me. Not now, at least. I … [Read more...]

Zig zag quilt

April 10, 2012 18 Comments

Quick post - just to show you this top. In love with simple things! Have a great sewing day, Geta … [Read more...]

WIP

April 6, 2012 6 Comments

I tried something and I am disappointed. I would have needed 4 polka dot fabrics. And I would have made 2 baby quilts at once. I have to come up with something else in the next 10 minutes! The rainbow quilt is quilted, I have to wash it. Wishing you a great weekend, Geta … [Read more...]

My Rainbow Quilt

April 4, 2012 22 Comments

I finished the top. At first I made this. This was the initial idea for the design. Please pretend that the floor is the background fabric. It would have been a quick and pretty quilt... Then a new idea and I made this... and this... Then I spent some time thinking of how to finish it. One of the ideas was to make a quilt with 12 sides. It would have been a pretty play mat for Alex. Or a … [Read more...]

Anxious to sew

April 3, 2012 5 Comments

These are the pieces for my next quilt- a baby quilt. Plus a little background. I already did things I usually don't like - templates, marking intersection points on fabric. The fabric - rainbow Kona cotton from my stash. I want to teach the colors to Alex. It might be just a dream, since Alex is only 19 months old. I don't think my hubby knows the difference between turquoise and fuchsia. … [Read more...]

Shopping in Romania

April 2, 2012 6 Comments

I spent the last week with my little nephew Alex. Surprisingly, I found out that it is easier to take care of a 19 month child than to sew quilts. Or maybe I am just tired of sewing... But definitely I am not tired of shopping. This time I visited one of the two local fabric stores.Usually I can't find what I need, but this time I was lucky. Wide fabric for the back of future quilts... I … [Read more...]

WIP- shadow trapunto quilt

March 22, 2012 19 Comments

The batting is cut away. Normally I would say that the hardest work is done. But not in this case. Actually I am quite nervous thinking of the next steps. I added a colored fabric under the organza so you can see the design better. It measures 52''x52''. This will not be the background. There will be something more... I hope there will be much more... I clipped the organza only … [Read more...]