Hello 2015 !

My first post in 2015!

So, here what I've been up to in the last week of 2014 

Yes, we went to one of the himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh ^_^

 the silhouette of mountains and hills all the way

it was almost 10 hrs drive from Delhi

but all the tiredness was gone

when you see this view from your hotel window

The next day was fun ride to Kufri 

the boys wanted to play with the snow ^_^ 

well, I guess I am lucky not to stay in the snowing state in India (or anywhere in the world for that matter )

I prefer summer anyday

while the boys were trying out the gokart , I was enjoying the sun while looking at the snow capped himalayan range. Subhanallaah.

oh we bought this sweet potatoes from roadside vendors

 

We stayed for 2 nights in Shimla 

It was a fun experience

To see the hill filled with houses

the winding road

experiencing the public elevator 

browsing the mall road

We should've stayed longer

well, maybe later 

and preferably not in winter ^_^

Until then,

Hope 2015 will bring you more fun filled experience

{Mini Tutorial} Let the Tape be my guide

I've read about painter's tape used as a quilting guide and got a chance to try it out today. The thing is the painter's tape which available is not of good quality and I don't have a masking tape. I have cello tape. That should do, right?

Now if you use this tape, don't press it so much, as it works only as guide. You don't want any residue sticking across your quilt, right?

Remember the edge of the foot should fall exactly in the edge of the tape

Don't put the foot on the tape

because it's slippery and the foot won't glide. I did that in the beginning 

and had to struggle a bit

So, I finished quilting it quite fast . I am not very good in eye-balling my stitch, so this tape is really my savior.

Now I want to do that wavy curvy stitch for the border

and here's what I do

1. I cut the used tape (it's got batting all over it so it's not sticky => easy to cut) according to what I want to do

2. Change my foot to darning foot {R foot in my Husqvarna Viking machine}

3. Set the machine for Free Motion Floating and I'm good to go

There you can see the wavy curvy line ^_^

here's another idea

What do you think? 

I recently found that standing and quilting is much more comfortable. It's easier to maneuver the quilt and easier on my shoulder too. That way, I can see my stitches better too. Well, I get a bit tired standing but then you can always take a break in between.  

Now the quilt is ready for binding

Oh I love the corner part.

Well, I hope you enjoy my mini tutorial ^_^

Remember, there is no right or wrong in quilting

Until then

Happy Quilting

Nice and Bright Quilted iPad Sleeves

I love the process of making this sleeve

The moment she said she wanted something in fuchsia, orange and blue

I started pulling fabrics from my stash

you won't believe it, Indian fabrics have a LOT of shades of fuchsia

I was like "which one is more fuchsia, should I go for the darker one or the lighter one"

she wanted something like the coasters

Once I decided on the fuchsia and orange batik, I had to pull out blue fabrics

again it was a battle for me

And I found this solid blue cotton hidden in my solid stash

just the right one!

I like to hand sew my binding

unless it's a big quilt ^o^

I always leave the hand sewing part at night

when I can quietly sew and watch my favorite drama

ah now, it's done and delivered

it's a good feeling to think that I - who live in the corner of North East India - made something for someone so far away

"if there's a will, there's a way"

Now I truly believe it! 

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This iPad sleeves is SOLD but I still  have the fabrics.

If you need one, simply drop me a line in my SHOP 

I tried making cover for my button jar

not as good as I wanted it to be but that's fine ^^

(my friend Agnes said "Now even your jar is wearing a kaffiyeh" LOL")

and I made a keys cover from the little remnants. 

Someone is going to have that cover ^^. I hope she will like it.

Until then

Happy Quilting

{SWAP} having fun with mug rug

Second Fun is I joined this mug rug swap in Desi Quilters.

We have to make 2 mug rugs for our secret partner

Ah, it's been a while since I do swapping

I have this postage stamp blocks, so I decided to make from those blocks.

I wanted to make something modern 

and here's the result:

This was inspired by Suzuko Koseki book. I love how simplicity can be really pretty. The red riding hood was a last min addition. While I was straightening the block, I saw this Red riding hood strip peeking from my scrap bin and voila, it gives a cute addition, doesn't it?

I have a little left of the pink roses fabric and I thought it would be nice as a backing and binding.

Quilt it using straight lines 1/2" apart. 

Second mug rug, I was thinking of doing the same, then I saw the star strips from the wallet I'm making, so why not make a star roof?  

My son said "Hello Kitty in the house" (see that hello kitty in the second row?)

The grey fabrics are left over binding strips from my wallets.

so there they are

Who ever receive it, I hope it will bring some cheers in their house ^_^

One more thing

The pink bunny and cat wallet is done and delivered 

but it's still available for custom order in the SHOP

Now, I'm back on doing few custom orders due this week. 

...All I wanna do is have some fun...

...I got the feeling I'm not the only one...

Happy Quilting

Hello December

Time flies when you're having fun

This is one fun I had in the past week

Mini table topper made for Desi Quilter's Spread Some Cheers which sponsored by The Square Inch. This program is to help raise fund for Swanthana, a home for physically and mentally challenged girls based in Bangelore. If you'd like to participate, you can read more further information HERE. 

I sent this cheerful table topper to sell at the school fairs and the proceed will go to the Home. Hopefully it will fetch a good sum. 

I made this based on Quilting in the rain's Book "Quilt as you go made modern" 

It's very addictive. I plan to do the quilt along, but I will take my time. It's going to be my fun projects. 

You know when you're doing the same thing all the time and you need to recharge by doing something fun. 

I tried different decorative stitches here and it was a lot of fun!!

 I always love Rita of Red Pepper Quilt's binding and how fab it is. If you notice, my project always take a long time to complete, that's because I took a long time to decide what backing and what binding will work best. Sometimes I even mulling over what quilting line should I do. 

Especially for small quilts, I am extra careful in choosing my fabric combo.

 What about you? What fun did you have?

Until then,

Happy quilting