The fabric is Fossil Fern by Patricia Campbell for Benartex. Pat designed this fabric line 15 years ago! I was sad when I learned about Pat's passing, a few months ago. Have a great sewing week, Geta … [Read more...]
The Tammy Bag Blog Hop
Hello Tammy bag creators! If you are here to see a Tammy bag, I apologize for not seeing one. Due to some medical issues, I was unable to sew mine in time for the blog hop. I adore the small coin purses I made last year using Madame Samm's pattern and I would have loved to sew a version of her Tammy bag. All I can do for now is to admire your Tammy bags. Thank you Madame Samm for the … [Read more...]
Our Friendship Quilt won a prize!
We just found out that our quilt won one of the Viewer's Choice prizes from the Blogger's Quilt Festival. We would like to thank you all who voted for our quilt; thank you, Amy, for your efforts in hosting this event and thank you Fat Quarter Shop and all the sponsors. You can see here all the winning quilts and here there are almost 700 participant quilts - each one with a story … [Read more...]
Hexagon Cubes- a finished top
With the help of my sisters, I managed to finish this hexagon cube top. I enjoyed stitching the lovely colors; the fabric is from one of my all time favorite collections- Fusions 5573 by Robert Kaufman. Each cube consists of 61 hexagons; counting the surrounding hexagons too - the top has almost 500 hexagons- you wouldn't say ! A fun project! Excepting the applique step. I appliqued the … [Read more...]
Blogger’s Quilt Festival
It's "Blogger's Quilt Festival" time again. Lots of quilts to see and enjoy! Visit Amy's Creative Side and be inspired. Thank you, Amy, for offering us so much inspiration in just one place. This is our entry for the Group/Bee Quilt category. It is a quilt I stitched with my Romanian friends. We learned a lot - about hand stitching, friendship, patience, determination, passion and love for … [Read more...]
Washed Quilt
All the week I sewed bags (large bags, small bags, I am sick of bags!) and today at 8 PM I thought it is the best time to wash our hexy sphere quilt. I put it in the washing machine, filled the machine with water and after a little soaking, I added some detergent - the same detergent I use for my colored clothes, only half quantity. I washed the quilt at a gentle cycle then I used the spin … [Read more...]
Free Motion Quilting in Progress
Thank you for your response to our hexagon sphere quilt. We were overwhelmed by your wonderful comments. I have never enjoyed free motion quilting like these days. The sewing machine is my best friend and the thread (Aurifil) did not break even once! Today I will finish quilting onto the sphere. So I apologize for not continuing today with Tutorial #4 of the 1 Design - 5 Quilting … [Read more...]