Hello friends, I just checked and the first time I used the knife to cut out a small design was July 31. Now, less than four months later, I have two patterns out that use this technique! Because it's too cool not to use it! This time I made some designs that look great on Christmas quilts. To me, they look great on any fabric, anyway, but with Christmas around the corner, I thought to use … [Read more...]

From time to time, any quilter needs a little variation. It could be a new tool, a new technique or a different fabric than what we usually use. To me, it was this precision knife! Inspired by amazing papercut artists and dreaming (day and night!) of INTRICATE designs that I want to cut out from fabric, I started with some simple projects. Some fusible web fused to fabric and a quick cut out … [Read more...]

HELLO! "Hello" is a new fabric line by Susan Emory for Michael Miller Fabrics. A blog hop that features this line started a few days ago and I am part of it, too. Today is my turn -  I am excited to share my project with you! But first, you should check out the fun prints of this collection here. I know, I know - hard to choose  a favorite! For my quilt I used the letter print and what … [Read more...]

Do you know someone that needs a word of encouragement? Creating messages with batting and thread is simple task! Let's see the example below. Enhancing a quilt design and giving it a pronounced “stuffed” effect with an additional layer of batting is called "trapunto". It's a beautiful technique, it requires simple steps and the effect is gorgeous -  you don't only see it, you feel … [Read more...]