Aurifil designer of the month

I am so flattered and happy to be featured on the Aurifill blog, as the designer of the month (September).

My Aurifil thread collections: Indelible and Voluminous are great match to my fabrics and you can find them in the craft and quilt shops. You can read more HERE about my Voluminous thread collection.

My task as the designer of the month was to design and make a pattern for the quilt block that was inspired by the color Blue. Be sure to download it!!!

 Here's the collage created with my pics, including the blue hues that inspire me.

Be sure to hop to the awesome Pat Sloan's blog and enter your block version for the chance to win some thread!

Hope you can join,
xx Katarina

New Aurifil thread boxes

A few months ago, Art Gallery Fabrics decided to re-brand AGF designer Aurifil boxes to better match the identity of each AGF designer. Each of the boxes (large & small) come in a variety of thread weights, that was hand picked and curated by the designers to better match their designs and theirs collections.

My collection is a mix of colorful 40 wt threads and neutral 50 wt threads and is called Voluminous!
It's a perfect match to all of my fabric collections and can easily cover all kind of sewing projects from quilts and quilting to clothes and accessories.
Unfortunately, my first Aurifil thread boxes- Indelible will no longer be available, but you may be able to find them still somewhere...

So, to celebrate these great news, AGF is having 10 days of giveaways on Instagram!! You can enter to win the following prizes:

A mixed selection of prints from the featured designer's collection(s) with coordinating AGF solids. (15 fat quarters) A large box of the designer's Aurifil threads (12 spools) Small box of the designer's Aurifil threads (10 spools)

This giveaway will run for 10 days (weekends not included) starting Feb 1st. Each day a different designer will be featured, so feel free to re-post all the images you want. Each winner will be announced the following day, in the caption of that day's giveaway. (ei: Monday's winner will be announced on Tuesday and so on so and forth.)

My turn is on February 4th-tomorrow!!!! I am so excited!!!!

How to participate: please read carefully, as all steps will be verified. Private IG accounts aren't eligible to participate. This giveaway is open to those inside and outside USA (worldwide).

Follow on IG - @ArtgalleryFabrics, @aurifilthread + the AGF designer displayed in the image. (a different designer will be featured everyday) Tag 5 friends that you think, would love to participate in this giveaway. Re-post the image of the the bundle you will like to win, along with 2 Aurifill boxes. (as displayed in the image) When re-posting the image, let us know why, you would like to be the lucky winner of this $150+ prize. Remember to use #AURIFILforAGF to ensure your post comes out in our daily pool.

This giveaway is valued at $150+! Get ready to be in sewing paradise when creating with Aurifil threads and Art Gallery Fabrics.

You can check all the details on the Art Gallery Fabrics blog as well.

Good luck!

Cross stitched rose hoop

During this Xmas period, we were visiting my husband's family in Italy.
It was the great opportunity for me to enjoy some spare time and do some stitchery.
I used my Pixel rose quilt pattern as guide to create this stitched piece.



Here is the finished piece:

And all the gorgeous floss, the numbers:

2410
2425
2435
2225
2530
4030
2830
2370
2845
4644





I am not sure if I ever shared the stitched banner I did for my Recollection wall (for the Quilt Market in Houston), as that was the opportunity to get all the beautiful matching Aurifil floss.



Here is the corner of the banner, unfinished (it took so much time to stitch and I had to send it over to US), that was the great excuse to attach the gorgeous wooden Aurifloss spools to it.



The image was previously printed on the cloth, and it gave me a good base for the cross stitching.
Hope that you feel inspired:)
Katarina

Aurifil thread collection - Indelible and a giveaway!!!

I am so proud of this collaboration with the Aurifil, the Italian top thread manufacturer.



Thanks to that licensing agreement, I have 2 wonderful 100% cotton thread boxes that perfectly match my Indelible fabric collection









The best part of this awesome collaboration is that everything I sewed x the Market was made with it. I totally enjoyed it and it spared me a lot of time, nerves and money thinking about weather I will be able to find the good quality, matching thread for my projects. And even the free motion quilting projects (that I was so afraid to embrace) were a joy!!!

Thank you Aurifil!!!!

And here are some pics of the projects I prepared for the Quilt Market....
















What I totally adore about this collection of thread and my Indelible fabric collection is that you can get the perfect vision of the colors used in the fabric collection and choose the matching solids or blenders to play with.





You can choose between the large: 12 spool thread box - (1094 yds each) in 40 WT cotton thread or the small: 10 small spools thread box (164 yds each) in 40 WT cotton thread
And I think, that 40 WT thread is the most versatile one, as you can use it for all your sewing and quilting projects. And the quality? It's the best. Made in Italy ;)
And you can hear what I think about that in this video clip my hubby made...pardon my English and excitement that I just couldn't hide ;)
Unfortunately, the video isn't showing a lot of the Quilt Market, only part of my the Aurifil schoolhouse presentation, the sample spree and the end of the Market, the last seen before we left...but Art Gallery fabrics is preparing the booth coverage ;)

Quilt Market Pittsburgh 2014 from Katarina Roccella on Vimeo.

And now here is a giveaway sponsored by the Aurifil and Art Gallery fabrics for the entire box with 12 spools of Aurifil thread and one fat quarter bundle of Indelible fabric collection!!! 
Please, be sure to enter and share:)
a Rafflecopter giveaway
xoxo,
Katarina

I ♥ Aurifil

Have you ever used Aurifil threads? If you haven't, you have to try. Because they are a MUST. Not only because they have a wast selection of gorgeous colors, but also because they have different thread weights , appropriate for each project. And the quality is really something else.
And they are made in Italy :)








I have already used it before for my sewing projects, but for the first time I had the pleasure to try the cotton floss. And felt in love with it!! Can't wait to show you some more stuff, that I am doing for Quilt Market.
xo, Katarina