I finished the baby girl quilt. I like it ! Very much ! It is heavy quilted, still it has much texture. Can't wait to show you, but I need time to select the pictures.Until then, this is the new project started today. It will be a quilt for a baby boy - my future nephew !All the blocks are already sewn.Tomorrow a dear friend ( quilting friend, yes !) comes to visit me. No time for sewing, but I … [Read more...]
Baby quilt top
I am not totally satisfied how it turned out. Hopefully I will like it more after quilting. … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
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 ! … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
A quilt for Blogger Quilt Festival
Amy, – Park City Girl, – is once again organizing the Blogger’s Quilt Festival. Thank you Amy for creating such a fun time! I've decided to share this quilt with you (some of you already know its story) because this is one of my favorite quilts. While I quilt I usually listen music and Mylene Farmer is my favorite singer. Mylene is one of the most successful artists of all time in France. I saw … [Read more...]
Batting
I just bought a new bolt of batting for my future projects.It measures 84"x 55 yds. I did not sell my house to buy it ! Because I did not buy it from abroad ( if you don't know that shipping is so expensive for batting, lucky you!).I am still lucky because for most of my quilts I can buy batting here in Romania.It's a thick fluffy polyester batting but it works wonderfully for many of my … [Read more...]
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