GIVEAWAY and Patterns ON SALE

How about a special giveaway ?

I will give away two of my shadow trapunto quilts to two of my new customers.
Purchase “Pockets with Love” collection or “Amelie ” or “Belle” and get a chance to win one of these quilts. Two patterns- two chances.

OR
Buy all the patterns at a special price and get three chances !
See the details here.

I will randomly choose the two winners on 8th of July.
It’s the perfect time to start making some “Pockets of Love” or some new bags.

I love, love these quilts ! The back is as beautiful as the front, quilting looks gorgeous on the white fabric. Click on the pictures for larger images.

24”x24”

This is my first shadow trapunto miniature. It’s 11.5”x11.5”.

These are special quilts to me. But my customers are special too!
Thank you for being my customer.

Baby quilt top

I am not totally satisfied how it turned out.

Hopefully I will like it more after quilting.

Baby quilt pieced !

I spent some time cutting all the pieces...

but I found an super easy way to keep all the patches in order.

Halves of block

Very easy to make- nothing to match.

I wanted perfect blocks so I adjusted the "not so perfect" 12" blocks to 11.5".
It took me 6 hours to piece 16 blocks...

...and one more hour to join the blocks.
I 'll show you tomorrow the top, it is already night and I can't take good pictures.

Enjoy a beautiful weekend !

First step...

I made the pattern for my next baby quilt.
I wanted to make a quick and easy quilt and I ended up designing a block with 21 pieces. But it is easy, only squares and rectangles.

I will use these fabrics for half of the blocks

and these for the other half. Background fabrics are included.
Hopefully I will not change my mind until Thurday when I'll start cutting the fabrics.

Enjoy a beautiful day !

Easy blocks

I will have a busy summer and there is not a chance to finish the quilt for my husband.
I want to make two pillows to complement the quilt, I am happy that I made their center!
I need bigger blocks so that I will add some strips to them.

I used a striped fabric, I cut four strips and I stacked them. Fabrics with straight stripes work best.

I cut a set of quarter square triangles with this ruler,

then another set.

There will be a little waste of fabric, it is not a good method to make a king size quilt, but it is great for making a few blocks.

Nothing to match - no headache!

It seams I will not be able to make new tutorials for you in the next few months. I am working hard on the large project I started a few months ago. But I will try to compensate this with a few free quilting designs.

Have a wonderful week !

Green things and a new beginning

My friends know I love all things green. I love daisies too.
Teodora sent me these pretty little things. They are to dye for. Thank you, Teodora !

After 23 years, we have a new baby in the family. My favorite cousin has a baby girl. So I pull out from my stash all girly fabrics because I have to make a baby quilt.

If I could cross the street to buy a large scale print for this palette, I would do that. But, of course, I can't.
I don't know yet what pattern I will use, do you have a favorite pattern for baby quilts ?

I am happy that I have one more reason to make pretty little things ! And the fun just begin ! We are so blessed because my youngest sister will have a baby boy in August. The blue palette is waiting !

And not only the babies will be spoiled, the mothers as well ! I am so excited !

Bags

Hi everyone,

I am still here ! I am making new projects but I can’t show them, yet. Surprise!

Last week I was spoiled. A quilting friend came to visit me. A few weeks ago Silvia sent me pictures of her Amelie and baby Amelie bags.

Then I was happy to see a new Amelie in person !
We spent together just a few short hours, but now we have another memory to cherish.

Speaking of bags, here are a few other "Retro Fun" bags , made by

Lynn Marion
Corina

Jan
Mihaela

Renata

Naomi made three Belle bags.
This miniature is a coin purse, Naomi added to it even a zipper !
Sylvia (Iowa)

I was so glad to see them all. Different fabric choices, quilted or unquilted- all are wonderful !

If you made something using my patterns or my tutorials, we would be glad to see them ! Just upload them in the group pool.

Have a great week!
I have to finish a few projects and start others, so here it will be a busy week. And we have a very hot weather, not a pleasure to keep three layers of fabrics in the lap and quilt them!
Pepe- the cat, is sleeping on the coolest thing in the room - the cutting mat !

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 most wonderful sisters ? They love quilts very much ! There was a time when they helped me to piece many quilts.

Do you think that cutting away the batting for trapunto is a hard work? Look at them! They are not quilters! But they are happy to help me !

Pepe is happy too! But we have to keep an eye on him every minute!

Have a wonderful weekend !
This flower is in bloom since the beginning of March!