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...]
Fabric boxes
Do you use interfacing? For making bags, pouches, bowls? Maybe garments? If your answer is positive, I am sure you have many leftovers, small scraps you don’t want to throw to the trash. I consider interfacing (especially the heavyweight one) as valuable as the fabrics I use in my projects. I am happy I found a way to use every bit of it ! These boxes use 5 squares of interfacing. I made … [Read more...]
Labels for quilts
One lesson I don’t want to learn: to add labels to my quilts. I have never paid attention to this detail. Probably because the permanent markers I have are not so permanent…I think that after washing the writing will fade anyway.But my friend Mihaela helped me to become a serious quilter. A few weeks ago I received from her a beautiful box and inside of it I was so surprised and excited to find a … [Read more...]
“Nicole” bag
I am glad to show you my latest bags! I modified my bag patterns and I made two extra large totes. These are my gifts for the new moms in our family. This is the "Nicole" tote bag. I named it after the name of my youngest sister. My nephew will come into the world tomorrow so she needs this bag. You can see its size, it's really big. 17.5-22'' (top and bottom) wide x 14.5" tall x 5" … [Read more...]
The quilt for my hubby
He waited for it for 10 years ! But the waiting was worth it ! I used cotton batting, I love the look of the quilts made with cotton batting after washing . The quilt is huge, 80x92 (2x2.3 m) and stitching all those pebbles took me 3 days, and a lot of thread. I used the three green spools of King Tut. Detail of quilting. It was very easy to … [Read more...]
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