What I've been doing............

Well, my fingers are sore and my knees have given up completely. But my two least favorite things to do are behind me, marking a quilt design and basting a quilt sandwich. I gave up trying to sew/baste. My poor knees just wouldn't take it so I safety pin basted after stretching and pinning the sandwich to my carpteting. And this is a king sized quilt so I did a lot of crawling that day.

Marking, I ended up using two different marking products on "Wish You Were Here" quilt. Yep, I gave it a name. Anyway, I used Pounce on the darker fabrics and a quilting pencil on the lighter fabrics so that worked out well. I am trying Pounce for the first time. I love it. It does just what it sez it will do. Hard to believe a little powder will stay even with a lot of handling. The pencil I use is called Ultimate Marking Pencil For Quilters and Crafters. Kind of pricey and I've had it a long time so I don't remember where I purchased this but it gives a very fine line so I love that. My Pounced lines are thick but that's the fault of the stencil I used. I'll remember that next time, not that it's much of a problem.



And I love my PVC quilting frame. Maybe one of my favorite quilty tools ever.






And when my fingers just can't take anymore for awhile, I've been working on this little cutey for Easter. I have a bit more detail to embroider before she's finished. Crying out for her nose, isn't she? But I'm having fun with that big ricrac. I want to get some of the newer really jumbo jumbo ricrac that's out now to play with on a kids quilt one of these days. Have you seen it? It's huge ricrac. Here's my Easter bunny eating a slice of watermelon.

More than just trapunto...............

A few weeks ago I showed you a baby trapunto quilt, my first trapunto project. Pretty common compared to what first gave me the itch to try trapunto. I'd like to share with you the inspiration that first triggered my first attempt at trapunto. I should say what and who. The who is, Geta. Geta is from Romania and a self taught quilter. She designs her own trapunto quilts and let me tell you, they are unique and extraordinary. I'm guessing you may have already begun seeing some of her work on the internet. I first became aware of Geta and her shadow trapunto quilts thru The Quilt Show website. If you'd like to learn more about Geta and trapunto, visit her sites. Geta's blog: Geta's Quilting Studio at
http://cadouri-din-inima.blogspot.com/
and Romanian Quilt Studio at http://romanianquiltstudio.com/

First take a moment to read Geta's profile. It's well worth the time as Geta really opens up and shares her life with us. Probably one of the most interesting blogging profiles I've read. It's a joy getting to know Geta more.

Today, you might be interested to see her blog about her first give-away. It's really something sweet and I plan to enter my name for a chance to win this beauty.

Next check out her work. You'll see links to her quilts and her other site in her sidebar but take the time to look. Her work is just amazing.

For you EQ'ers out there, Geta designs with EQ software and plans tips and project sharing in the future. Geta is also planning to begin offering her patterns for sale. I hope soon!

So, visit with Geta awhile. She's an inspiration all by herself but when you see her quilts.....................Oh my!

Just one of Geta's beauties...........