tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51130281888515468112024-03-13T21:52:53.085+02:00THEODORA QUILTSTHINGS I LOVE TO MAKE , I LOVE TO SHARE !!!Theodora quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07841379290522537610noreply@blogger.comBlogger69125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113028188851546811.post-47893738653587439232014-02-08T10:46:00.000+02:002014-02-08T10:46:01.292+02:00IT'S ABOUT TIME !!!
Hello to all my reader friends , I feel very embarrassed about my sporadic post, anyhow I have some photos of my projects ,above is a photo of my fat quarters that I had purchased on my trip to the states a couple of years back I washed and hung them out to dry and I loved how they look ,so I took a photo to share. This is taken at my mom's house in Lamia.
This is a Theodora quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07841379290522537610noreply@blogger.com9Athens, Greece37.9837155 23.72930969999993137.8836025 23.567948199999929 38.0838285 23.890671199999932tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113028188851546811.post-26369605007734534282013-04-15T08:35:00.000+03:002013-04-15T16:08:44.676+03:00AWAY BUT BUSY
Hello and here I am finally, I hope all my friends are well and busy as I quilting and making various projects which makes me happy . I have been busy with organizing my studio in my store . I have some wonderful news ,I started to teach quilting that is why I have been away from blogging . It was a lot of work trying to make space to put in a couple of tables and to have enough roomTheodora quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07841379290522537610noreply@blogger.com9 Marousi ,Athens, Greece37.9837155 23.72930969999993137.8836025 23.567948199999929 38.0838285 23.890671199999932tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113028188851546811.post-1650507704848257642012-11-06T07:11:00.000+02:002013-04-15T08:43:01.796+03:00MY MACHINE QUILT FRAME
Hello there !! here I am finally after a long month of working long hours in the shop trying to make space for my Hinterburg machine quilting frame. I had purchased it while visinting my mom in Oregon back in April soooo this has been a long wait to get it over here and waiting for the right time to get it set up .
In the begging it was just a box sitting and waiting for Theodora quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07841379290522537610noreply@blogger.com8Marousi, Greece38.0549562 23.80765538.029949699999996 23.768173 38.0799627 23.847137tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113028188851546811.post-12935633992418843662012-09-16T11:45:00.003+03:002013-04-15T08:46:25.974+03:00First Quilt Convention in Greece
Hello to all my friends ,I have dropped out for a long while as you can tell. So much has happened and the most exciting thing is the first ever Quilt Convention in Greece , the organizer is my dear friend Kristine in the city in which she lives Thessaloniki And the place that hosted it was at the Cities Y.M.C.A it is a huge beautiful classical building in the center ofTheodora quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07841379290522537610noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113028188851546811.post-86262689477641339202012-05-11T19:42:00.000+03:002013-04-15T08:48:47.342+03:00MY LONG QUICK TRIP
Hello there !! I was away ! I had taken a trip to the U.S. . Specifically I flew to Ontario, Oregon which is a little town on the border of Idaho ,how close to Idaho ? well looking at the photo below you can see the snake river and on the other side is Idaho this picture was taken from my mom's and step father Joe's front porch. My stay was for two weeks , suffering from jet lag I Theodora quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07841379290522537610noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113028188851546811.post-47647372088596780312012-03-20T17:02:00.001+02:002013-04-15T08:49:36.185+03:00MAIL WITH GOODIES
Hello to all and wish you a nice sunny Sunday , one day I had been reading LeeAnn's blog Nifty Quilts she expressed her need of some vintage fabrics for a quilt that she wished to make ,and since we had corresponded previously about a fabric swap I thought about the bag of vintage fabrics that I had scored on e-bay over 8 years ago and had put aside for a vintage quilt one ofTheodora quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07841379290522537610noreply@blogger.com5Athens, Greece37.9753357 23.736149737.9252692 23.6571857 38.0254022 23.815113699999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113028188851546811.post-67833729272287065702012-03-07T12:02:00.001+02:002013-04-15T08:50:22.805+03:00STAR STRUCK AND QUILT HAPPY !!!
Well Hello !! I am star struck these days. it's been a long time ,but I have been busy with various things. I haven't had enough time to post ,but today I thought I've got to post something because if I wait to long I will have to many things to show ,so a little at a time.
I have been working on some stars ..cutting and cutting and sewing and again cuttingTheodora quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07841379290522537610noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113028188851546811.post-46786981478464300112012-02-15T11:57:00.002+02:002013-04-15T08:50:54.294+03:00CHOCO BAR
Hello to all my friends I hope all of you are well and busy creating something beautiful . I have been busy with various projects and one of them is an apron and chefs hat for my little friend which I am fond of ,and her name is Lucy . Lucy's parents Yianni and Gill have become good friends of ours over the years which started when they stopped our shop for frame Theodora quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07841379290522537610noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113028188851546811.post-30450385257761290172012-01-22T13:27:00.003+02:002013-04-15T08:51:53.538+03:00FLEA MARKET SUNDAY
hello Friends and welcome,I was supposed to post this shortly after I took these photos and had gone to the Flea market ,but things got in the way.
Plenty of interesting items to look at I really liked this sewing machine ,but didn't wait for the vendor to pick it up and show it to me I was curious of the make,I was really in a hurry to look around for some treasures.
&Theodora quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07841379290522537610noreply@blogger.com15Athens, Greece37.9753357 23.73614969999994237.9335582 23.684555199999942 38.017113200000004 23.787744199999942tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113028188851546811.post-84212493567321004092012-01-05T13:32:00.001+02:002013-04-15T08:52:42.572+03:00SNOW COOKIES
Good morning to all my friends and a Happy New Year to all and wish to all the best for this new year. I woke up the after Christmas and decided I need to make some traditional Greek Christmas cookies they all called kourabiedes ,but my younger son couldn't pronounce it ,so we called them snow cookies and he loves them ,and I can remember him saying snow cookies in his little boy Theodora quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07841379290522537610noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113028188851546811.post-11748811958589944002011-12-27T10:27:00.000+02:002013-04-15T08:54:16.501+03:00HAPPY HOLIDAYS !!!
Happy Holidays to all my friends !! I wish all of you had a nice Christmas and enjoyed your dinner with your loved ones . I had a busy time trying to cook all day ,I made my pumpkin pies and my sweet potatoes which I can't go without and of course we had a nice big turkey with all the trimmings. I am the only woman in the house so I had my hands full ,woke up at the crack of Theodora quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07841379290522537610noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113028188851546811.post-75207253369077862252011-12-11T07:47:00.000+02:002013-04-15T09:41:38.911+03:00SAVE THOSE TRIMMINGS
I was looking at blogs last week and came upon Angies blog and she had a real interesting post on ways to use the trimmings . So I thought it was an awesome way to put all those little pieces to use.
What I did was gather all the little tiny pieces and sandwiched in a piece of what we call it here Tull I can't seem to remember the English word for it,but you can use Theodora quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07841379290522537610noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113028188851546811.post-13019653428902447262011-11-27T07:32:00.001+02:002013-04-15T09:42:34.752+03:00QUILTING
Hello and a good morning to all I wish all of you and nice Sunday ,I have not posted in a while ,first I would like to show you my new hand made leather thumb thimble ,there is a leather shop near me ,they make leather goods and they through out there scraps,I happen to be walking past the trash bin one day years ago and noticed a big bag of leather scraps and of coursed I took them thinking ITheodora quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07841379290522537610noreply@blogger.com11Athens, Greece37.97918 23.71664737.8790515 23.558718499999998 38.079308499999996 23.8745755tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113028188851546811.post-18416740679668158372011-11-13T09:55:00.001+02:002013-04-15T09:43:58.715+03:00SPIDER WEB QUILT
Hello to all my quilt friends out there I hope all of you are doing well ,I have been dragging my feet to make a post , my mouse wasn't working ,so I just got a new one and it makes it easier to click on the view of my photos so I know which ones to post that was the main problem makes it difficult if it isn't working.
As you can see I am making a spider web quilt Theodora quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07841379290522537610noreply@blogger.com10Athens, Greece37.97918 23.71664737.8790515 23.558718499999998 38.079308499999996 23.8745755tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113028188851546811.post-16671111666391196112011-10-21T12:55:00.001+03:002013-04-15T09:44:50.889+03:00ARTS AND CRAFTS IN ATHENS GREECE
Hello to all my friends , excuse me for bieng away from blogland for sometime now ,but I wasn't in a very good mood lately ,it might have been the social unrest ,the economy,the summer heat and another reason could be that my sewing machine had a problem all summer and that didn't put me in a very good mood since I couldn't sew ,but that didn't stop me I did some hand stiching and I Theodora quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07841379290522537610noreply@blogger.com10Athens, Greece37.97918 23.71664699999996637.9230165 23.643136999999967 38.035343499999996 23.790156999999965tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113028188851546811.post-71579942755616406402011-06-26T09:00:00.002+03:002013-04-15T09:47:25.597+03:00DEER PAINTING
A big HELLO to all my friends ,first of all I must say I haven't been feeling so well ,could be the weather change along with the allergies that continue to bother me,but I really wanted to make a post today.
I was reading Cyndis blog one day http://bluebirdswing.blogspot.com/and she has deer in her back yard now that is so cool ,my mind went to a painting that I had found one day actually Theodora quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07841379290522537610noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113028188851546811.post-36274722785511875042011-05-29T08:25:00.001+03:002013-04-15T09:48:42.920+03:00NICE FIND
Good morning my friends , on my way to my shop this morning I came upon this little piece of furniture ,I checked it out and found that it is all solid wood and in good shape so I took it !! wouldn't you if you were me ,I plan on stripping it and staining it the same color to go with the rocking chair.
When you open the cabinet it also has a little drawer ,I found some interesting items Theodora quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07841379290522537610noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113028188851546811.post-7271825574154371882011-05-15T09:54:00.002+03:002013-04-15T09:51:15.049+03:00HELLO HELLO !!!
&Theodora quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07841379290522537610noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113028188851546811.post-88434328181274547012011-04-17T14:05:00.001+03:002013-04-15T09:52:15.266+03:00SOME PLAYING TIME
Hello and I hope everybody is well ,I have been suffering from alergies lately since all is in bloom ,since we moved to Greece I have these conditions every spring ,so I take some medication and it really helps me.
As far as quilting I completed a bunch of pot holders and I have put them in my shop for sale ,I have placed them in a cute little basket and put two in each little bagTheodora quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07841379290522537610noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113028188851546811.post-41956090546958448452011-03-27T09:50:00.038+03:002013-04-15T09:52:51.928+03:00NICE FINDS
Hello to all my friends I know it has been a while ,but I have been real busy and I just what to tell you about my newest finds ,first of all can you believe someone through out this beautifull wood rocking chair , I had one just like it when I was living in California . I remember rocking by first born in it and when I saw it by the trash bins as I was arriving to by shop I Theodora quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07841379290522537610noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113028188851546811.post-44071016272697349362011-03-07T09:40:00.002+02:002013-04-15T09:54:16.057+03:00MY SEWING MACHINE IS BACK
My sewing machine was acting up ,so I opened it up to clean and oil it ,but still no go ,I looked at the feed dogs and they just didn't seem to be moving as they should so......
I opened the cover underneath and looked and saw that the feed dog bearing was completely worn out ,do you see behind the white bearing it is connected to a brownish colored one which has some worn out light Theodora quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07841379290522537610noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113028188851546811.post-74375991676624277312011-03-01T15:24:00.010+02:002013-04-15T09:55:03.528+03:00FLOUR TORTILLASWell Hello there ! I was visiting Marilyn's blog at Marilyn's Maze the other day and her post read national tortilla day ,had a link for a recipe ,I quickly clicked on it and the recipe read, buy some tortillas and cut them and put in the oven I think it was sort of how to make tortillas chips well enyway I was in the mood to make some and believe it or not I had been flirting at Theodora quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07841379290522537610noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113028188851546811.post-38686452331869869352011-02-20T12:32:00.003+02:002013-04-15T09:58:10.805+03:00QUILTING INSPIRATIONS
Hello my friends !! I wish all is well with you , I am posting a photo of my good friend Zaharoula with a pillow I made for her since she is a great admirer of my work . It happened to be her name day a couple of weeks ago ,it was saint Zaharias day and here in Greece name days are celebrated even more than Birthdays . Many families prepare big dinners for friends and family Theodora quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07841379290522537610noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113028188851546811.post-89526263202096286242011-01-23T10:01:00.004+02:002013-04-15T09:59:14.779+03:00First post in 2011
Hello and welcome to my first post for 2011 and I hope all of you had a wonderful holiday , I have been a little under the whether first I got a terrible cold and I was in bed Christmas day and then the following week I got an awful flu and was sick for 5 days or so ,that and running the shop and trying to hand quilt this baby quilt for my best friend Zacharoula really didn't Theodora quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07841379290522537610noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113028188851546811.post-20693684446101276202010-12-10T14:04:00.000+02:002013-04-15T10:01:57.154+03:00BUSY AS A BEE
Hello my friends I have been busy as a bee trying to do everything I can get my hands on . First of all I had been working on this painting for over 2 weeks and finally I completed it and I am super pleased, a customer brought it in for restoration , it had been damaged from her movers ,she picked it up yesterday and she was delighted that just made me so HAPPY!!!!
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