Stitching

This is the quilt I made for the mini quilt swap "In the good ol' summertime". I even quilt a sand castle! eheh I hope my partner likes it.

In my country we can say that is summer all year but ,here in Portugal, summer lasts only three months. Sometimes and, lately, we have such a strange weather!! lol

I don't think I would be able to leave in a place without beach - I'm a beach girl, eheh.

I miss our quilt group so, as I have a free day, I was able to join them. It was a sunny day and it was good to be there. The ladies were very busy.
Theresa is pinning her table runner.






And here are Betty and Katy; each of them have a new sewing machine, good for them.

Workshop with Jenny Bowker

Another year and Jenny Bowker came to Portugal again. Her she is showing some of her sketchs before she starts a quilt.

Here she is explaining the color variation; everybody are so concentrated!!

















And here are some of her quilts - beautifuls aren't they?!

Jenny doing demonstrating free quilting.

Paula and Inês while they were doing the exercise, eheh.

And in the end, a photo of the entire group.

Sawps

To the Spring Blooms Mini quilt Swap I started these two houses - I just blocked and couldn't make up my mind each fabrics I would choose!! This is my first swap and don't know my partner, she is a complete stranger to me.




At this point the blue house is my favourite but, I will not give up on the red house.

Because I didn't give up on the red house, now is my favourite one and the blue house is appart; I'll finish it another time. I realyy couldn't make up my mind!eheh. Normally I am not that kind of person.

For the Pincushion Summer Swap I made this owl pincushion and this fabric postcard




I hated the green square fabric but but now I love this tote bag.

I don't know who said this but, now I agree with him/her: there's no ugly fabrics
This is my own pattern.

Handmade gifts

For the Triangle Humbug Swap I made this bag and a pincushion to go with. I choosed purple because it's one of Annet's favourite colors.

I am so excited, this is my first swap!

The two sides of the pincushion.

It was so fun making this pincushion that I made more two; I don't like reds but this cherish red is very beautiful ...and sexy!ehehe

I bought this fabric to Vicky before she return to the States, I wish I could find more like this, it is beautiful.

I saw this pattern on a spanish magazine so, pick up my fat quarters, my fabric stash and start to work on it. As you can see I mixed diferent styles.

This is the final result!

Now I need to choose a fabric to the border and because I used so many different fabrics, this is gonna be a very dificult task.

Sampler Quilt

I finished two more blocks for my sampler block for my sampler quilt.

Rail fence block with only two fabrics.

Nine-patch block.

Quilt Calss

Nélia terminou o centro do quilt - foi todo costurado à mão!!uf! Agora vamos para as bordas e, está decidido que essa parte vai ser costurada à máquina - afinal não tem piada costurar tiras de tecido! eheh

Nélia has finished the center of her baby center quilt - all hand pieced! uf!

Now is the borders and she decided that she is gona use a machine - after all tehre's no fun in sewing strips! eheh.

A D. Fernanda não pára: mais três projectos terminados!eheh

More three projects finished - she's fast! ehehe

A new student: D. Olinda. She says she works slowly, ehehe!

And here she is playing with the squares!

Hoje tivemos uma nova aluna - D. Olinda. ela diz que gosta de trabalhar devagar, eheh!

E aqui está ela a brincar com os quadrados que cortou!


And all the three blocks are ready to sew - this will be a table runner.

E os três blocos estão prontos para serem costurados - isto vai ser uma pano de mesa.

Quilt Class

We had a quite afternoon - perfect for sewing!

Uma tarde sossegada: perfeita para costurar!

Nélia gave me this piece of fabric - olive green. It belonged to her mother. I loved it.
A Nélia deu-me este bocado de tecido que era da mãe; adorei!! é verde azeitona apesar de na fotografia não se ver bem.

And D. Fernanda's pillow is finished!! She ie ready to start another project - a bag!

E aqui está a almofada que a D. Fernanda estava a fazer: terminada e pronta para começar um novo projecto - uma mala!!

I showed her my black and pink bag I made - thats the next project even without the written instructions! ahaha!

Mostrei-lhe o saco preto e rosa que tinha feito e, apesar de ainda não ter as instruções prontas (passadas no computar e com os moldes é claro!!) a D. Fernanda quis fazer uma igual. E aqui está a parte de fora já pronta.

Paper Piecing and so on...

Paper Piecing

It is also called Foundation Piecing and is made by sewing pieces of fabric onto a temporary foundation. It is a traditional quilting technique, very simple for you to try.

Também denominado de Foundation Piecing, consite em coser bocados de tecido numa superfície temporária. Esta é uma t´cenica tradicional, muito simples de se executar.

Since I am almost finishing my daughter's quilt - binding part, I am! - I decided to use this technique on the label.

Uma vez que o quilt para a minha filha já está quase pronto - a pregar o binding - decidi usar esta técnica e fazer a etiqueta.

And the label is done!! ehehe - another heart!

Being at home sick doesn't help me too much! But my hands are ok and so is my imagination so...fabric bag step by step!!

Isto de estar em casa doente não ajuda nada! Mas uma vez que as minhas mãos não têm nenhum problema e nem a minha imaginação...sai uma mala com passo a passo!!

You will need two fat-quarters (black and plack with pink), pink, freezer paper and fabric for the inside.

São necessários dois fat-quarters (preto e preto estampado), uma tira de rosa, fita grega a condizer, papel freezer e tecido para forrar a carteira.

Cut and sew them; apply freezer paper template on pink fabric. Iron both.






There's a button missing!! ahaha






I decided to make a sampler quilt and my first block is the Pinwheel block. I think everybody has problems with the triangules but I found this method: very easy and is perfect. The only problem was ...maths!!! Inches ... I always lived on a centimeter/meters world, not inches/yards!! So imagine me calculating, complicating...

But the block is done!! eheh