It was the 1st of April and we quilters in Mumbai decided to meet up. No April fools day but yes a lot of fooling around. Here you see a picture of the entire group, sans me...I am the official photographer as I jokingly put it 😉 I am there of course, just behind the... Continue Reading →
The final set of 10 blocks is here 🙂 I am so happy to have completed the project in a disciplined and timely manner. And 100 days is not a short period...to do something daily and posting it on Instagram, with people all around the world, commenting and keeping everybody motivated has been an amazing... Continue Reading →
Aha! So the journey which started with a single step is almost coming to an end...the penultimate set of blocks are ready! But I am having withdrawl symptoms. I have been used to the regular schedule of making and posting a block everyday so it seems like 10-days down the line I will be starting... Continue Reading →
Its a lovely feeling to be progressing at the desired pace! A block a day seems to be working till date and I have the last 'Score to meet' after this set. It has been a fun journey and I have learnt so much along the way. Be it precision cutting or careful sewing...be it... Continue Reading →
This set of 10 blocks was a rather late-night kind of set; 6 out of 10 were sewn after the work day was over. With the online community showering as much love and affection as they did in the earlier blocks, this set also got completed as per schedule with a sew and post each... Continue Reading →
The third set of 10 blocks in the Tula Pink Sampler Quilt Along went off without a hitch: No last minute running around, no late night rushing...almost BAU, planned kind of sewing which is very unsettling for me as I am not a plan and execute kind of quilter. You can see how I got... Continue Reading →
"Now, of my threescore and ten, Thirty will not come again," - Modified AE Housman(The Cherry Tree) The 21-30 set went off without much ado! No major events... I have learnt to be mindful of my seams and that has made all the difference...the block looks more regular and uniform in size,shape and orientation! Since... Continue Reading →
Blocks 11 to 20: This is the second tranche in the Tula Pink Sampler Quilt along which is hosted by @Gnomeangel on Instagram. I posted about the first 10 blocks here and my personal journey on how it all began for me. Here are the next 10 blocks. I am glad that its running on... Continue Reading →
Recently I bought a layer cake in Indian fabric. The idea was to make a herringbone quilt that I had seen on the MSQC Youtube page and looked pretty quick and easy when she made it. So I thought of giving it a go! Happy that the quilt is made up of HSTs and happier... Continue Reading →
I have been drooling over this book since it released. I have gone though all reviews written about the book, all quilts made, the quilt along and read all those articles that have been linked as part of the quilt along with entire blogs of Katie, faith and Lee…now that is a border lien obsession... Continue Reading →
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