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

Mark your calendars: Skopelos blog tour

On next Monday, the tour begins, can't wait!!!!
Here is the complete list with names and dates of the participants - the wonderful and talented makers that will show, share and inspire with theirs creations with Skopelos fabrics:


1. LYNNE GOLDSWORTHY - April 20th
2. ALLEGORY LANHAM – April 21st
3. ERICA TOOLE - April 22nd
4. RACHAEL GANDER - April 23th
5. AMY FRIEND - April 24th
6. MARIJA VUJČIĆ - April 25th
7. DANA BOLYARD - April 26th
8. ERICA JACKMAN - April 27th
9. JESSICA ALEXANDRAKIS - April 28th
10. SVETLANA SOTAK - April 29th
11. KATHLEEN RIGGINS - April 30th
12. APRIL RHODES - May 1st
13. PAUL HALLINGER - May 2nd
14. SHARON MCCONNELL - May 3rd
15. CAROLINE HULSE – May 4th
16. JANE DAVIDSON – May 5th

See you soon,
Katarina,xx

Sewing with Skopelos fabrics

In a few days Skopelos fabric collection will hit shelves of the quilt stores and I am trying my best to make a few quilt and garment samples out of my strike offs. Beside that, I am also trying to make 2 new PDF patterns. One will be for the "Lola drawstring bag" (on the following pictures)...





...and one for the new Quilt pattern that will probably be called Greeka (like four of the geometric prints).



When I say I am trying, I really mean that, because life sometimes get too crazy and trying is the best I can do.

On the other exciting side, I will have some sneak peaks of my upcoming lines, very soon.
I hope that you are following me on IG, because I am more active over there :)
Happy spring!!!
Katarina

Skopelos fabrics strike offs!!!

I was so excited when I finally received some strike offs of my third collection for Art Gallery fabrics- Skopelos.

 

If you are reading my blog, you would know that we are choosing Skopelos island as our summer Vacation spot, over and over again. We are so in love with that beautiful Greek island and that's why I had to use that inspiration for my newest fabric collection.

I hope that you will be able to feel that magnetism that Skopelos has for me and that you will enjoy using the Skopelos prints for your creations!!!

Here are some more Strike offs pics...more of that soon :)











xx, Katarina

Birchen quilt - AGF stitched

I had a pleasure of being part of an amazing group of people creating the Birchen quilt, which is a new and exciting collaboration between Fat Quarter shop and Art Gallery Fabrics, called AGF Stitched.
You can find out a bit more about that collaboration HERE.

You can watch the entire clip here:



and get the pattern HERE
 
Of course, I wanted to do something, mixing both of my lines:
Indelible and Recollection.






You can see my top finished.....and a few WIP pics....

I really loved the pattern, and appreciated very much Kimberly's suggestions and methods (like doing HSTs with triangles on a roll ) and I highly recommend it.
You can see many variations of this pattern, in combinations of beautiful AGF fabrics, just go to this post, to discover them all.
There is also an Aurifil giveaway included, so be sure to enter it!



Can't wait to quilt and bind it! :)
xo, Katarina

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