tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20337379671324085832024-03-14T03:22:17.965-07:00Quilty As Charged!!A Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08687377021141947642noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2033737967132408583.post-89792001071983209422012-08-31T10:48:00.001-07:002012-09-16T22:49:51.750-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The Making of a Mini</span></h3>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mini quilts, for me, have always been
those adorable li’l things that you like to look at and enjoy but never dream
of making. Didn’t think the precision and patience required to make a mini
would be up my alley. But all that changed with the August challenge of </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/233721996728443/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">DesiQuilters</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, a fabulous Facebook group of happy quilters, I belong to. Each month a new
challenge is thought up to help us push the boundaries of our capabilities,
learn new techniques and think out of the box to come up with creative and
innovative entries.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This month the </span><a href="http://desi-quilters.blogspot.in/2012/08/a-new-milestone-giveaway.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">DQ (Desi Quilters)</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">
challenge was<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to te<span style="color: #333333;">st the participants' skill in reducing a pattern to a
miniature.</span></span></span><br />
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using pieces not bigger than 1.5" finished.</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Colours to be used -<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the Indian flag colors <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>-<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>saffron,
white and green only (in view of the Indian Independence day on 15<span style="font-size: small;"><sup>th</sup>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Aug</span>).<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">So I set about deciding a pattern. Tulips have
loong been on my wish list of ‘patterns to try’. I googled ‘tulips’
and came up with this clear tutorial on about.com…tweaked the measurements to
suit the challenge rules and was ready to roll. Have to mention here, that a
tip shared by Tina (in her <a href="http://tina-holyscrap.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">blog post</a>), about using fusible paper as stabiliser,
was invaluable when it came to cutting with precicion and getting even seams.
Thank you Tina!</span></span><br />
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of the fabrics (roughly the size of a fat eighth) – white, saffron and green.
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And last but certainly not least, my friendship with Jack (the ripper) was renewed in a big way, as I kept sewing the stabiliser backed white fabric right side up! Thank you Jack....what <em>would </em>I do without you?!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Will I be making more minis? Sure...after a breather ofcourse! :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Until next time...good bye!!</span></div>
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A Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08687377021141947642noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2033737967132408583.post-2855486673652464912012-08-29T01:30:00.000-07:002012-08-29T01:30:11.839-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #660000;">The Journey of a Thousand Miles.......</span> </h3>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step!</span></div>
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</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lao-tzu</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">But dear Lao-tzu, how hard it is, taking that single step!!
So here goes… deep breath….plunge (pit pat rather </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> )...and with that dear
readers, I take my first hesitant baby step into the world of quilting blogs!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The needle and thread have my been my best friends for as
long as I remember and many happy hours<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>were spent ‘playing’ with the <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>‘pair’
</span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Needlework has always been therapeutic <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and I’ve<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>found much joy and comfort, dabbling in embroidery, patchwork and even a
bit of crochet every now and then.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But
with quitling I found my passion…to the extent that I dream quilts!! And<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>with quilting, my addiction to fabric was
born…or was it the other way around?!! Ne’ertheless here I am pounding away on the
computer abt my quilting journey…and it’s almost time for lunch (that I haven’t
cooked yet, so I’d better hurry)! What can I say…<em>quilty as charged</em>!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Leaving you with a picture of my most recent 'creation', a
mini quilt (10.5”sq), that I shall blog about sooon.</span></div>
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