Hello, friends! I am so glad to show you my latest quilt. Let's start with the top! Here are a few of the 54 blocks I made. The beautiful fabric is from the Fossil Fern collection by Benartex. In spite of the intricate look, the pattern is really simple. I wanted to make the piecing as quick, easy and accurate as possible, so I made a few versions until I was happy! Oops, only … [Read more...]
Small wholecloth quilt – free motion quilting practice
Hello friends! Here is a new wholecloth quilt, it's small, the rosette measures 20''. This design can be quilted with the walking foot; it can also be free motion quilted- this is what I chose to do. I used a puffy, polyester batting and the texture achieved is just amazing! I quilted the rosettes and then I washed the quilt, in order to get rid of the marking lines. I … [Read more...]
Free Motion Quilting- burning questions answered!
A few weeks ago I received this message from Ellen: Good Afternoon Geta, I love your work and I am now ready to practice free motion quilting. I do have a few questions for you that never seem to be completely answered on any quilting tutorials I have read. I thought that probably there are other beginning quilters that have the same questions, so here is the questions and the answers! 1. … [Read more...]
Rainbow coaster
Isn't this block (from the Loving Hugs patterns) wonderful? I have made many two-color versions, now I am glad to see the rainbow version. I started with a 2'' octagon (1 1/2'' finished) and this is the first row of triangles added around the octagon... And this is the second row. It measures now 8 1/2''. Happy quilting! Want to learn more about this piecing … [Read more...]
A special binding
Hello friends! Do you love preparing and sewing binding to your quilts? For me, this is not a favorite task. I want to finish it as soon as possible! Usually, I cut straight strips from one of the fabrics used in the quilt and this is my binding. Many times I am lazy and I join the strips with straight seams (not a crime, of course, but here quilt police is right: the bias seams are … [Read more...]
New Wholecloth Quilt Pattern
Do you remember these little white hexagon flowers? I love the look so much and I thought to quilt an entire flower sphere with this motif. And here is the result: The flowers are small and easy to quilt and you may think that I changed the color of the thread after each flower? Not at all! I quilted with the same color 4-5 flowers then I changed the thread and quilted other … [Read more...]
Ideas for using gradation/ombre fabric for quilting
There are a few cool things about my latest quilts. One is the reverse applique technique, then it's the knife and then the pair design+fabric. I started with simple solid fabric but there are so many options for all the 18 designs included in the pattern. For my next two samples I used a gradation/ombre fabric - it's called Gelato by Daiwabo for E.E. Schenck (I bought it from … [Read more...]
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