Aurifil Block of the Month - July - Shruti Dandekar (Me!!!!)

Hiya there!!!

Its my turn on the color wheel!!! And I am super excited. Especially since my color is my favorite - actually my brand color - Orange!!!

Head over to Auribuzz to read my interview and also to download my fun pattern!

I have used the same Reverse Applique technique that has been used to make numerous quilts!!!

The first time I used it to make a pillow.

Then I tried it to make my Harry Potter Quilt

And then, I used it for portraits!!!

First was the iQuilt for my little brother

After that I wrote my eBook. ABOUT face! That will teach you step by step how to use it to make a portrait quilt! You can buy it in my craftsy store.

I made a portrait of Alex Veronelli for my book! We met up at QuiltCon 2015 where I gifted it to him!!! 

Since then I have made numerous more. Some for myself, like my self portrait. 

It is a very versatile technique and I have been thinking of expanding it to many more designs... Let us see where it leads me to!!!

Cheers!!!

When Emily sinks...

Oh no, not my friend Emily... and not in water...

I was talking about my machine Emily sinking into the table!



For two days, an old pair of carpenters have been working on my sewing table...

Here's what they finished today!!!

And so my Emily has now sunk in!

It will now be a lot easier on my back!

Do you see the amount of space I have? And just in time to quilt my new quilt... :)
I have some super ambitious plans for it!

Stay tuned!!!

Sunday Stash and more...

It is very rare that I do a post on a Sunday.... Sundays are meant to be spent with family!

 But today I could not resist showing off a few of my picks from my stash...



Here's my loot...

Some of them are from Fat Quarter Shop

The RK bundles, Aurifil thread, Angela Yosten FQ Bundle, The book and the yardages...

The Type is from a new to me etsy shop - Sew Me a Song...

The dot bundles are going to be used to make some cutesy baby quilts...

I'm thinking of using the Angela Yosten Bundle to make the Bay Area Modern Block of the Month quilt! IMQG is participating in the BOM!

The yardages will, most probably go into making bags / journal covers...

What do I do of this? I have ordered 6 yards of it! I had also ordered 2 yards of the sunglasses, but Becca sent me 2 yards of the journal print by mistake. I already had bought 1 yard of it from FQS! But being as nice a lady as she is, she has told me  to keep the 2 yards and she's sending me the original 2 yards of Sunglasses! One more reason to love Etsy shops!!!

In other news,
Kiddo ordered me to make a bag to carry his lunch box and water bottle to the school.
Here's how the conversation went :
A : "Mama, you NEVER make anythign for me."
Me : "Don't I? Who made you the quilt that you sleep under? Or the bag you take to the playground?"
A : "Yeah, but you know I NEED a bag to take my tiffin to school. And  you still haven't made one for me."
Me : "Okay, I'll make one today. Which fabric do you like?"
A : after selecting fabrics "Make sure it does not sleep (read collapse) when you put it on ground. And it HAS TO BE ready by the time I come back from school. Understood?"
Me : after recovering from the shock, "Okay, sir. It will be done"

I decided to keep my word and make him the bag. When he came back this was waiting for him.

It is a simple tote 9" x 12" x 3". I used the fabrics that he selected and straight-line-quilted it with Aurifil 28 wt 22602AI thread...

I KISSed it (Keep It Super Simple)
And he sure loved it!

and in further news,
I cut into the Poseidon FQ Bundle I had bought quite some time back.

I'm making it into a quilt that I'm writing a pattern for...
Having fun along the way...

What name would you suggest for that pattern? I want something with an "ocean" feel...