My friend Mary stitched this quilt a few days ago. She was so kind and tested my shadow trapunto pattern. She did a wonderful job ! Thank you, Mary ! I made for her a simple design so she can finish the quilt quickly. It is 18" square and she worked on it for about 6 hours (including hand finish of the binding). I love it ! Today was supposed to be one of the happiest day of my life ! … [Read more...]
Twenty Years of Happiness
20 years ago, I went at my first date with my husband. It's unbelievable how time flies.I lived twenty years of happiness with the best husband in the world. Maybe I did something really good in a previous life that I was blessed with such a sweet, good and loving man.Without his support today I couldn't have made quilts. I try very hard to make a living working what I love the most. He always … [Read more...]
Boring post…. other purses !
My sewing machine didn't want to sew even after I cleaned it. I think the needle I used to sew was too thin for the thickness of the sandwich I wanted to quilt so I ended up with a lot of skip stitches. After many headaches, much patience and a strong desire to throw the machine through the window, I replace the 90/14 needle with a 100/16 needle and the machine finally sewn well... It seems that … [Read more...]
A purse for me
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...]
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