Brown Quilted pillows

In my posts in april I wrote about how to sew pillow in Patchwork Spiral stile. With example of a divan pillow I'll described the steps to making it. "Spirals" is one of techique of patchwork. This particular technique gives room to imagination as small pieces of fabric assemble an inimitable design, that’s why every piece of work made in this style is very unique and original. And a result is a lovely refreshing accent for your living room or patio! Your guests will notice this wonderful quilted pillow!
I made this two pillows about one month ago, but didn't have a time to wrote about it. The first one was in teal and white shades. These two are in brown and cream color combination with backing in brown gabardin cotton.

You can find it in special section in my shop: there

Etsy Promo Love first summer online catalogue

I'm a member of Etsy Promo Love. It's a Facebook group for promoting handmade items and discovering new crafters. In my previous post: Big Giveaway with Etsy Promo Love you can read about Big Giveaway and can win many beautiful item.
The first Etsy Promo Love online catalogue are featuring some of most active members of the group and my Patchwork Bag CINNAMON was included there!

Sono membro di Etsy Promo Love. E' Facebook gruppo per promozione capi artigianali e scoprire nuovi talenti. In mio post precedente potete leggere di Big Giveaway con Etsy Promo Love e potete vincere molti belli capi.
Il primo Etsy Promo Love catalogo online rappresenta alcuni piu attivi membri di gruppo e la mia Borsa CINNAMON era inclusa!

Happy May - third time I was featured on Etsy Front Page

It's so happy May for me! Already third time I was featured on Etsy Front Page! Today it was Patchwork Bag TEAL DREAM. This bag is one of my favourite items that's why I so glad!
E' un felice maggio per me! Infatti è già la terza volta che sono stata sulla Prima Pagina di Etsy! Oggi era su Patchwork Bag TEAL DREAM. Questa borsa è una tra mie preferite perciò sono cosi felice!

How to sew Patchwork Spiral stile you can read here: Sew pillow in Patchwork Spiral stile. stile


This listing was included in an lovely treasury by FindingsNThings.

Other featured Etsy Artists: chefjen137, AbbeyJames, NeroliHandmade, YuliyaArt, Diamblond, StudioElenus, TomBjornDesigns, Arctida, michelemaule, Sherrisscendsandsoys, Lightkeeping

My Pillow Cover was yesterday on the Etsy Front Page!

My TEAL Patchwork Quilted Pillow Cover was yesterday on the Etsy Front Page!
Mio cuscino era ieri su Prima Pagina di Etsy!

How to sew Patchwork pillow cover you can read here: Katrinshine: Tutorial: sew pillow in Patchwork Spiral stile

This listing was included in an amazing treasury "Lazy Afternoon"by Arctida!

Other featured Etsy artists: MetamorphDK, dbabcock, LaTouchables, Monicaj, JuliaFelt, lanadearg, BlueberryCream, steinschmuckdesign, daimblond, TonyaUtkina

Business cards

I understood that i need business cards. For long time I worked like a designer in Publishing house and I decided to design for myself some ones. I wanted to use the orange I use on the Etsy shop and the same font. Naturally I designed the cards in CorelDraw. This is the final result:

Also I made stickers for making package and “Thank you” cards:

My Necklace SAHARA was featured on the Etsy Front Page

My Summer Necklace SAHARA was yesterday on the Etsy Front Page!
Mia collana estiva SAHARA era ieri su Prima Pagina di Etsy!

This listing was included in an amazing treasury by BlueberryCream!

Finally i made earrings!

Finally i made earrings! This is another addition to my PINK FANTAZY collection of textile jewelry. This is beautiful earrings in a shades of fuchsia, iris, pink and white. Wooden beads are covered with high quality italian silk fabric and filigree flower bead caps. Now you can matching wonderful summer set with necklace or bracelet.

Finalmente l'ho fatti orecchini! Questo è un altro addizione a PINK FANTAZY - mia collezione di bigiotteria textile. Sono bellissimi orecchini nelle tonalità di fucsia, iris, rosa e bianca. Palline di legno sono coperti della seta italiana di alta qualità e le coppette filigrane. Adesso puoi combinare il meraviglioso completo estivo con collana o braciale.

Earrings are already in my Etsy shop and are just waiting for their new owner!
Sono gia in mio Etsy shop e gia aspettano il suo nuovo propritario!

Mu summer collection of textile jewelry

Here comes another additions to my summer collection of textile jewelry:
Ecco un altra addizione alla mia collezione estiva di bigiotteria textile:

Summer necklace SAHARA. This is textile art necklace in beige shades. I named it SAHARA because it has colour of the sand and shape of the dunes of Sahara. It hand embroidered with pearl seet beads.
Collana estiva SAHARA. E' collana d'arte tessile in tonalita beige. L'ho chiamata SAHARA, perche ha il colore di sabbia e forma delle dune del Sahara. E ricamata con perline di vetro.


Summer short necklace SEA WAVES. I called this fabric so because a patern of the fabric seems waves of the sea with many tones in grey, blue, green, teal. It seems morning and mist, sea waves and olive foliage... This is only beginning of SEA WAVES collection of textile jewelry - in future I'll create many new additions!
Collana corta estiva SEA WAVES. E' il perfetto acessore per la primavera e l'estate! Sono ispirata tanto da questa stoffa in tonalita di grigio, viola, iceberg blu e verde! Sembra mattina e nebbia, onde di mare e fogliame di ulivi... Questo e solo inizio di collezione SEA WAVES - in futuro creo molte altre addizioni!

Adorable organza!

Some days ago I saw in the shop amazing irridescent organza. I couldn’t be able to turn off my eyes and bought all colours! When the ray of sun touch this organza these green, violet, purple, pink colors flare up with thousands of shimmery shades. This organza inspired me to the new creations for my summer collection of fabric jewelry.
Qualche giorno fa ho visto in negozio bellissima cangiante organza. Io non potevo togliere gli occhi e ho comprato tutti i colori! Queste tonalita verde, viola, purpureo, rosa gatteggiano sutto il sole in milla sfumature. Questa organza mi l'ha ispirata per le nuove creazioni per collezione estiva della bigiotteria textile.

Necklace and bracelet Fresh Berries

Necklace and bracelet Holiday Shimmer

Necklace and bracelet Purple Mist

Necklace and bracelet Morning Dream

Tutorial: sew pillow in Patchwork Spiral stile

I wrote already about Patchwork "Spiral" style - Katrinshine: Patchwork - introducing Spiral style. Today by the example of a divan pillow I'll describe the steps to making the finished product. You need fabric scraps, fabric for base, fabric for backing and zipper of suitable length (I used zipper of 40 cm). I wrote earlier about choosing fabrics.
Ho scritto gia uno post dello stile Patchwork “Spiral” – Katrinshine: Patchwork - introducing Spiral style. Oggi su un esempio di cuscino per il divano vi spiego come realizzarlo. Vi servono scampoli di stoffa, stoffa per base, stoffa per il retro di cuscino e una cerniera di lungezza adatta (ho usato una cerniera di 40 cm). Come scegliere le stoffe ed i colori l’ho gia scritto nel precedente post.

Images show you the steps to making patchwork detail:
Sulle foto potete vedere succedenza delle operazioni:

The finished project must be approximately such picture at the end of work:
Alla fine deve essere circa come quello della foto:

Cut out the backing of the pillow. Place it together with front patchwork detail. Pin it and sew together leaving one side open for zipper.
Tagliate il retro della fodera. Componete il retro con la parte davanti fatta in patchwork. Attaccatele con gli spilli e cucite insieme, lasciando un lato non cucito per la cerniera.

Invert and press the seams, then baste the zipper and sew it using a special foot.
Rovesciate e date una ripassata col ferro alle cuciture. Imbastite la cerniera e cucite insieme usando premistoffa per le cerniere.

Pillow-case is finished.
La fodera e pronta e adesso possiamo mettere il cuscino dentro.


You can find Quilted pillows in special section in my shop: there.

Patchwork - introducing Spiral style

I like very much all kind of needle and craft work, it seems like things made with your own hands fill your soul with warmth and home with a comfort... When I was teen I start to needlepoint frivolite, cross-stitch, crochet and knitting. But in a last time I like especially patchwork.
Patchwork or "pieced work" is a form of a needlework that appeared in England during the 17th century. It involves sewing together pieces of fabric into a larger design. Fabrics at that time were very expensive, that’s why every piece was put into work. Patchwork quickly became very popular and now there are a lot of styles it, including my favourite stile “Spiral”. This particular technique gives room to imagination as small pieces of fabric assemble an inimitable design, that’s why every piece of work made in this style is very unique and original.
Why do I like Spiral style? It’s fast. And always the piece you make is very unique. Also it’s a great way to utilize scraps of fabric left over from sewing. You don’t even have to use the same type of fabric – say, you can combine cotton and wool.

For creating patchwork in Spiral style one can use pieces of fabric with colourful patterns or mono coloured ones. You have to start work in the centre, pin your pieces to the base fabric and sew them to each other, going clockwise. The fabric for the base could be any unused piece, since it won’t be seen in the final work. But if your final piece is going to be used as a pillowcase or cover, choose a thin fabric for a base, if it’s a bag or a potholder – use a thicker fabric.

Usually, the centre of the work has a light and bright coloured piece of fabric – say white or yellow. The size of pieces changes from very small in the centre to large on the edges. Fabric pieces are combined by colour using different ideas. For example, you can sew together light coloured pieces first, and after finishing a circle, use darker coloured ones, but in the same colour gamma (“colour stretching”). Sometimes contrast coloured pieces can be used next to each other. In any case, it is a good idea not to put

together pieces that are too close to each other by colour or pattern because they might destroy your composition by creating a large mono coloured spot. Are you interested in patchwork «Spiral» stile? In next post I’ll tell you how to make pillow for divan in this stile for decorate your sitting room.

Mi piacciono molto tutti i tipi di lavori feminili, sembra che le cose fatte con le tue proprie mani riempiano l’anima di calore e la casa di particolare accoglienza... Ancora in gioventu ho cominciato a tessere merletto frivolite, fare punto a croce, lavorare ad uncinetto e sferruzzare. Ma negli ultimi tempi ho un particolare amore verso il patchwork.
Patchwork e un modo di cucire che si e sviluppato in Enghilterra nel 17° secolo, cucendo insieme molti piccoli pezzi di stoffa varia come in un grande quadro. Le stoffe in quel tempo costavano molto, percio venivano usati tutti i piccoli pezzi. Da un po’ di tempo il patchwork e diventato molto popolaree e adesso esistono molte sue varieta, tra cui il mio stile preferito “Spiral”. Questa particolare tecnica da enorme spazio alla fantasia, poiche i pezzi di stoffa separati si combinano in un quadro irripetibile, percio ogni oggetto eseguito con questo stile e unico ed originale.

Perche mi piace lo stile Patchwork Spiral? E’ veloce ed i capi vengono sempre unici. E’ anche una buona idea per utilizzare ritagli di stoffa rimasti dopo aver cucito. Si possono combinare vari tipi di stoffa: cotone e lana, lino e poliester, etc…
Per creare un capo in patchwork stile Spiral si possono usare stoffe variopinte o monocolori. Bisogna cominciare dal centro, puntare con spilli sulla stoffa di base e cucire i pezzi uno dopo l’altro in senso orario. La stoffa per base puo essere quasiasi pezzo inutile, perche non si vedra alla fine del lavoro. Ma se il capo finale sara usato come federa o sopraccoperta, scegli stoffa morbida, se invece sara una borsa o presina – usa una stoffa piu pesante.

Di solito, al centro del capo si trova il pezzo piu chiaro e acceso – come bianco o giallo. Le dimensioni dei pezzi cambiano da molto piccoli al centro a grandi sui bordi. I pezzi di stoffa vanno messi in vari modi. Per esempio, puoi cominciare a cucire prima i pezzi piu chiari, per poi finire il circolo aggiungendone di piu scuri, ma della stessa tonalita (“allungamento di colori”). A volte tutti i pezzi accanto fanno un contrasto di colori. Comunque, e una buona idea non collegare vicino i pezzi troppo simili di colore e disegno, poiche cosi si puo rovinare la vostra composizione creando una grande macchia monocolorata.
Sei interessato in patchwork “Spiral” stile? Nel prossimo post vi raccontero come cucire in questo stile una federa per cuscino da divano per decorare il salotto.

This article you can see also here:

http://etsyrussianteam.blogspot.com/2010/03/patchwork-introducing-crazy-quilt-style.html

EURO WEEK 2010 on Etsy!!!

This week Etsy has the spotlight on Europe! We'll be celebrating the European art and artists of Etsy, and the event is called Euro Week.
From March 22 through March 27, 2010 I will offer FREE SHIPPING WORLDWIDE e for all the items in my Etsy Shop!!!! Don't miss the opportunity!

Questa settimna Etsy ha proiettore su Europa! Noi celebreremo arte e artisti europei di Etsy, e questo evento si chiama Euro Week.
Dal 22 Marzo al 27 Marzo Io propongo SPEDIZIONE GRATIS IN TUTTO IL MONDO e per tutti i capi di mio negozio Etsy!!!! Non perdete l'occasione!

Tablecloth, pillows - peasant details of my sitting room

Tablecloth, pillows on the divan, frames on the table – this pleasant details give at the home a lively view, underline his individuality. Tablecloth is a decoration of any table. Of course it’s possible to buy serial pieces, but handmade will be unique. Therefore i decided to decorate the table in a sitting room with new tablecloth. In our sitting room we have antique furniture, that’s why I selected convenient fabric – this is vinous damask silk with golden pattern in baroque stile. And so that sitting room has view complete, I decided to make pillow for divan from pieces remains. Pillows for divan give at the room particular warmth and cosiness, help to dilute boring interior. Furthermore on them it’s comfortably overlay and be seated.

Tovaglie, cuscini sul divano, cornici sul tavolo – sono piacevoli dettagli che danno per casa l’aria vivace, sottolineano sua individualità. Tovaglia è decorazione per quasiasi tavola. Certo, si pou comprare gia pronta, ma fatta a mano sarà un pezzo unico. Percio ho deciso di ornare la tavola in salotto con nuova tovaglia. I mibili in salotto sono antici, percio ho scelto la stoffa in stile conveniente – seta damascata di colore bordo con disegni in stile barocco. E per dare al salotto l’aria compiuta ho deciso fare della stoffa resta cuscino per divano. Cuscini per divano danno alla stanza particolare accoglienza e calore, aiutano a diluire interno malinconico. E anche sui cuscini sempre comodo sedere o appoggiarsi.