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Manic Media

creativeinstincts — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:25:27 +0000

It’s rather heartening to see that as the winter temperature reduces, there is a renewed focus of media reports on Quilts. I spotted not one but two articles today. Here they are :

Chili in a cup !

creativeinstincts — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:53:35 +0000

Didn’t ever realize that I had green fingers ! My chili plant is actually growing in a coffee mug…and just noticed that it has borne a chili as well !

I won ! I won !

creativeinstincts — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 03:03:58 +0000

I won a giveaway from Shruti and she sent me Simplify —a book I have seen multiple time on Amazon and wanted to buy but couldn’t afford. She also sent me some amazing designer fabric.I had never seen designer fabric,more importantly, never felt it between my fingers. They feel awesome…cant imagine how people can bring themselves to cut them

I have read the free preview pages of the book several times on Amazon so today was my opportunity to read the rest of the book and shimmer in the glory of having won it. So while I go and enjoy the book…you carry on with your blog-tour !

Sunday Stash

creativeinstincts — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 18:30:06 +0000

During my unsuccessful hunt to source batting locally, I chanced upon this lovely cotton fabric in pinkish read with white dots and brought home a meter. I intend to try the second Craftsy BOM–wonky slashed pond block with this fabric pairing it up with white.

Fabric

A lazy winter afternoon

creativeinstincts — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:36:16 +0000

While lazing around one winter afternoon, I came upon the idea to get a new home for my new sun-glasses. Winter almost being an unheard term in these parts of the world, summer is an omnipresent season throughout the year—sunscreen and sun glasses are a girl’s best friend. So a little effort on a new cover seems just right.
A length of off white raw silk !

Some raw silk

Some embroidery in warm colours to herald the harsh Indian summer!

Buttonhole stitch

A dash of colour with a lovely bright linning quilting!

Embroidered eyeglass cover

With a beaded edge and its ready for a beach party !

Beaded edge

A good way of exploring this week’s stitch at TAST-2 and put it to optimal use

Adding to FNSI for the month.

Slashed Blocks

creativeinstincts — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:47:30 +0000

These slashed blocks are addictive. There is something inherently satisfying in cutting through fabric. Once I started them, there was no stopping and the availability of fabric in my cupbroad was the only compulsion to retire for the day.

Here are four out of the six blocks I made tonight! The yellow light of the study makes the fabric colours look more warm.

Linking them to WIP Wednesday.

and Craftsy Block of the Month.

Mellow Yellow

creativeinstincts — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 18:25:38 +0000

I am participating in the Craftsy Block of the month and made my first slashed Block for January.

Mellow Yellow

The colours look nice and warm to me during the cold winter month.

Linking to Sew Modern Monday !

and Craftsy Block of the Month !

New Year 2012

creativeinstincts — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 19:00:52 +0000

Welcome 2012 !

As I welcome the New Year and say goodbye to 2011, I take note of the hits and misses of the previous year. A wonderful achievement of last year was the 59 posts in my blog, a significant jump from the previous year— and a great motivator on blogsphere has been Shruti who has also started an Indian QuiltingGuild on Facebook.

Among tons of completed projects and gifts given with swaps shared, I had a set of projects that couldn’t be completed last year. However, there is one project which is closest to my heart and on which I have made significant progress over the past year— the grandmother’s flower garden made of handmade hexies. When I began the project, I thought I’d be able to complete just a few hexies and join them for a mug rug. But as the hexie flowers grew in number so did my hope of a larger project— a laptop sleve, a table top, a table cloth and gradually as the flowers inched towards 100 I started to believe that the bed cover/quilt top was actually possible.

As I herald a new year, I am proud to announce that the hexie count has reached 100 and I am starting the border hexies in white, hoping 2012 would see this as a completed project among several others.

November end

creativeinstincts — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:14:06 +0000

My ever growing stack of hexies has reached 70

with the addition of last week’s 7.

The big plan is to make 30 more flowers in the last 30 days of the year. A round figure of 100 would be good to start making the borders

More hexies

creativeinstincts — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:31:37 +0000

I am slowly getting obsessed by the hexies.

Slowly inching towards the flowers in the grandmother’s flower garden …

Linking it to {Sew} Modern Monday

and