Skopelos vacation 2015

We spent 2 amazing weeks in Skopelos island, 4th year in a row. It's our happy place and we are so grateful for everything this island gave us. For me it's an amazing source of inspiration and sort of serendipity that warms my heart. The views, the sounds, the smells.......and especially the shapes, the textures and the colors......a place that warms all your senses.



You can find so many Skopelos pics in my blog already, but here a few new ones, that are very special to me, especially those that involve some Skopelos fabrics. As you maybe already know, this island inspired my Skopelos collection and I was so proud and happy to make some shoots of the Skopelos fabrics in Skopelos island.































Full circle of happiness :D
xx, Katarina

Skopelos blog tour - part III

The Skopelos blog tour has come to it's end :(
It has been such an amazing experience and I enjoyed seeing all the incredible projects popping up.

Please don't forget to visit :
part I
part II
to see all the amazing stuff.



 So lets do the final, part III overview.

I was so lucky to have one man on this tour, so talented Paul Hallinger of EvilDemonDevildog Quilts. I was introduced to his stunning work while promoting my Indelible line. Paul was so sweet to use the fabrics I sent him to smallest pieces and so he created not one, but 4 qulits. He was inspired with a wonderful book titled A Quilter’s Mixology by Angela Pingel. Two quilts are quilted by long arm quilter Sue : the swirls and curves helped to embody the island in the sea.
There is a lot more behind his inspiration and work, so be sure to check it directly on his blog ;)

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Sharon McConnell of Color girl Quilts made a throw size quilt using blocks from her Jumping Jacks pattern.

April Rhodes created this stunning little dress for her adorable daughter in knit.

Jane Dividson of Quilt Jane made this outstanding quilt, contrasting the Pure element Nocturnal background, with some Skopelos prints, where the paper pieced design reflects the geometric patterns found in ancient greek art and architecture. Finished quilt size : 29" x 29". Quilted with Aurifil 1248 50wt cotton with a dense geometric pattern.

I hope that you enjoyed seeing all the Skopelos fabric projects.
If you are a flickr user, please add your projects to my flickr group featuring this fabric line. Or for some more inspiration, be sure to browse through the gorgeous LOOK BOOK that Art Gallery fabrics has created.
Huge THANK YOU to all my wonderful makers that make this blog hop not only possible, but so outstanding and inspiring!!!
xx, Katarina

Skopelos blog tour, part II

The second week of the Skopelos blog tour  is finished and I am so excited to make this overview,  admiring all the beautiful creations of amazing makers/bloggers that took part of it.

Erica Jackman of Kitchen Table quilting used a few of the prints from the fabric line mixed in with Pure Elements solids in Nocturnal, Raspberry Rose, and Grapefruit. She used a curved template that she drafted in EQ7 for the quilt. the quilt is listed for sale in her etsy shop.

Jessica Alexandrakis of Life under quilts, whose husband is Greek, wanted to work with this line also because she thinks that Greece is really underrepresented in the quilting world. For her stop on the tour, she decided to make a Dresden Table Runner, one of the projects in her NEW BOOK.
The runner is made of five 9" Dresden blocks on point. You can get the tutorial on her blog ;)

Svetlana Sotak of s.o.t.a.k. handmade created this stunning summer bag made out of Paparounes pastel (poppies are her absolute favorite flowers) in combination with Essex Yarn Dyed Linen.

She even made a matching Lola pouch and scissor keeper (brilliant pattern by Amy Friend found in Make it, Take it book) just because she loves this fabric so much.

Kathleen Riggins of Kathleen Quilts used a variation of her Avonroy Tiles pattern, to create Skopelos Tiles pattern.She made so many beautiful pics, that you have to hop on to her blog and see it, plus some amazing quilting shown in details here.

Caroline Hulse of Sew Caroline made this beautiful maxi dress, using her Tank Dress pattern as a base for this dress. She adjusted the length along the shorten/lengthen line to make it hit around her ankles and sewed it out of a knit so it has a little more give. She loves how easy this dress is to make and wear.

Hope that you feel inspired!!!
See you soon with some more amazing creations!!!
xx, Katarina

Skopelos blog tour, part I

The first week of Skopelos blog tour has come to its end and I am so excited to do this blog post, previewing beautiful creations of amazing makers/bloggers that took part of it.

Lynne Goldsworthy of Lily's quilts created this gorgeous quilt, made of paper pieced diamonds and will appear in the quilting magazine Quilt Now later this year, so you will be able to make your own version with this great pattern.

She mixed Skopelos fabrics with some of the navies, corals and aquas from Recollection collection  and with some Art Gallery Grapefruit pure elements which is a pale coral colour.   The quilt is an explosion of all the colours of summer both on the back and the front of the quilt. 

Up close you can see more of the Grapefruit Pure Elements used to frame the diamonds as well as the  prints from both Skopelos and Recollection.  She quilted it with a diamond cross hatch following the lines of the coral diamonds and using a  cream 50wt Aurifil thread. 

Allegory Lanham of A 1000 needles choose to play with eight of the prints from Skopelos against Pure Elements in Mystic Grey, using her own block pattern design which she named Pirouette.
That lighter grey plays really well with the deep navy and magenta while still giving the low volume prints a chance to shine.

Erica Toole of Skynme2 created 2 gorgeous bags using Swoon patterns:

Charlotte City Tote and Vivian Traveler

Rachael Gander of Imagine gnats made a wonderful whole cloth duvet style quilt using the main floral print and adding some special touches with Aurifloss - little hand-stitched X’s. She has a tutorial for this duvet on her blog, so be sure to check it out, as well as many other gorgeous pics of it.

Amy Friend created the Anna Blouse that is beautifully finished with french seams and details like bias binding and the key hole. Amy highly recommends the pattern and pairing it with voile, just like she did.

Marija Vujčić of Fabric of my life used a sweet Sugar and spice dress pattern to create this stunning girlie dress for her granddaughter who will be one in a few days!





And last, but certainly not the least for this first blog post is this magnificent quilt by Dana Bolyard of Old Red Barn Co that used 10 prints and two coordinating solids from the line. Using a 1/2 yard of each, she cut 288 5"x5" squares and sewed them in a totally random fashion, making a twin sized quilt measuring 67.5"x 85.5".

Hope that you feel inspired and that you already chose or will be choosing your favourite project and repost it in the Instagram #Skopelostourgiveaway pool for your chance to win the half yard cuts of the entire collection!!! I will randomly choose the winner from the hashtag pool on May 6th!! If you are not on Instagram, don't worry, there will be another giveaway during this upcoming week on the Art Gallery fabrics blog, so be sure to follow up ;)
xx, Katarina