Salsy Safrano Quilts

First Commissioned Quilt!

admin | October 21st, 2010 | Posted in Beginners quilt, Commissioned Quilt Creations, Salsy Safrano Quilts

The Opportunity to Create My First Commissioned Quilt came just as I was completing the Picnic Quilt. I was having a coffee with a new friend and had been talking about how I was so enjoying the vibrant colours I was working with. As we parted he said “send me some photos of your quilt….”. Soon after when I had done just that, the email arrived…”I LOVE it…Please could you make one for my daughter? “

Well, I was a mixture of excited and daunted. The brief for his 6 year old daughter was ..’very girly, bright colours, pinks and she loves angels and fairies…’

I loved the process of exploring the fabric shops for ideas and fabric. It did not take long before I was away…

Woodland Fairies

Borders into the corner...

"Serendipity"...finished quilt.

"Serendipity" ..Finished Quilt Front and Back Details

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Where to start?

admin | October 4th, 2010 | Posted in Salsy Safrano Quilts

As with any creative quilt the question is…Where to start?

In the last week before last Christmas…I arrived home from a trip up north. My lovely partner is always pleased to see me, but he made sure I was organised quickly with a cup of tea and a position by the phone. Well, it went! A lovely voice on the line said, after a brief introduction…”Do you remember buying a raffle ticket a while ago for a new sewing machine? Well, you’ve won!” The tickets were in support of the Remarkables Quilting Symposium in the South Island of New Zealand in early 2011.

I did remember indeed. I had looked down at that book of tickets and thought..’Wow it would be great to win that’…a brand new Bernina 440 Quilter’s Edition.

I was so excited..it was like a doorway had opened for me in to new adventures and opportunity. I wasn’t brand new to sewing…my Bernina Special was continuing to serve me well after 22 years. …But I had never made a quilt.

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admin | September 23rd, 2010 | Posted in Beginners quilt, Salsy Safrano Quilts

"Abundance" Picnic Quilt by SalsySafrano...beginners quilt

“Abundance” First Quilt

My First Quilt…a Picnic Quilt….”Abundance”.

admin | September 23rd, 2010 | Posted in Beginners quilt, Salsy Safrano Quilts, Uncategorized

Last summer I enjoyed a beginner’s quilting class in my local area. When I started I had no idea what the blocks would become as they emerged. Soon I recognized that a picnic quilt was developing.This was my first house block. I was so pleased with it I made another!