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Monday, January 28, 2013

Hello to my new visitors!

Hi all,

Welcome to 13 Woodhouse Road...

If you're coming here for the first time, via Sew Mama Sew, let me tell you a little bit about myself.

I'm Shruti, a 34 year old SAHM to a wonderful 6 year old son - Aadi. I live in India with my husband and my wonderful son.

I studied to be an architect. I was pretty good at it, considering that I finished 16 projects in 3 years before I got married and shifted to a new town altogether...

I started quilting when I took a break from my job following a bout of Chikungunya. And then I just fell in love, all over again! There's just no going back to architecture now that I am here!




I had not touched a sewing machine before January 2010, and I believe I have come a long way from there  till today...

If you want to compare, here are a few projects that I have done

The Lemon Quilt - I made this using scraps from my mother's dresses and some cheap cotton. This was my first FMQ project. I used old curtains as batting thinking it was awesomely intelligent to 'up'cycle them, but when my fingers went numb for 8 days, I realized it was a bad idea.


Or this quilt, which has a lot of things that can be termed "wrong", but I adore it for the memories associated with it!


And there is this one... This is special, because this is how I met my Best Blogging Friend! Emily! :) She was the recipient of this quilt!


Or this - Gardens of India - my first commercial pattern!


Or Paalvi - my favorite one! This is where the transition from an amateur quilter to a more confident one began...


How can I forget to mention the one I made for my little one - the Dr. Suess Quilt!


Or the one I made for my big boy - my husband - the Hex-ed Quilt



And nothing else can beat my best work so far! The Portrait Quilt that I made for my Husband and his family to celebrate 100 years of the family business - a portrait of the founder - his great-grandfather - Dada Ajoba!



Apart from making quilts, I am also the founder President of the India Modern Quilt Guild.
We are a wonderful group of women who have fought a lot of negative criticism and survived... We're going strong and are getting stronger!



Whatever the reason you're here, I am glad that you are! :)
Welcome to 13 Woodhouse Road!
Follow me to keep in touch... leave a comment if you like my work!

Cheers!!!

Saturday, January 26, 2013

Meet me on SMS!

Have you ever met a film star you have adored unexpectedly at some public place?

What would you do if you met Sean Connery when you next visit Starbucks?

Or if you stop your car at a traffic signal and turn around to see Amitabh Bachchan in the car next to you!

Or better still, you're waiting at a bust stop and a he comes along and offers you a lift!

Something similar happened to me!

 I have been a huge fan of the Sew Mama Sew blog. I have been following them right since the day I started quilting!

And to be a contributor on that blog was a kind of dream come true for me!

So catch me there later today!




What am I posting about?

here's a sneak peek...


for the complete details, you'll have to visit the blog.

About the choice of the colors, I chose these to celebrate the Republic Day of India!



Come back here and tell me if you liked it!


Thursday, May 26, 2011

Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Day!!! - Winners

The winners of the SMS Giveaway Day are

Commentor # 333 - The Stylish Home 

"Love Paalvi! Heading off to enter for some fabric -- LOVE the brights! Following you..."


Email me your contact info (email id) STAT, stylishhome... I could not find any means to contact you... If I do not hear from you by Sunday, I'll pick another winner...


Commentor # 154 - The Bargain Babe

"Goodness, I'd love to win either pattern! So pretty. :)
zucchinisummer at gmail dot com"

Congratulations ladies...

Your patterns will be mailed to you shortly...

And for those who did not win, thank you for your kind words!

I'm offering both my patterns for $5! ONLY till Sunday!
The listing is for $10, use the code SMS13WHR to get 50% off
Here's the link.


Cheers!

Sunday, May 22, 2011

Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Day!!!

The Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Day is here


And I'm joining the fun this time...

Yes, I'll be trying my luck in most of the giveaways out there...

But I'm having one here on my blog too!!!

What am I giving away???

Well apart from the 31 FQs that I already am giving away (I'll be drawing a winner for that on Wednesday), this time I'll be giving away One Copy of each of my 2 patterns...

Gardens of India

DSCF1382 by 13 Woodhouse Road


and Paalvi


I will be drawing two, yes TWO winners...

Each winner will get one copy of BOTH my quilt patterns!

How do you participate???

1. Leave a comment here.
2. Follow my blog. Leave another comment. If you are an old follower say so.
3. Join the Bella Parade. If you already are in there, say so.

Have fun!!!

If you're here for my FQS Bella Parade Weekly Giveaway... Please leave a comment on that post to win a bundle of 31 FQs!

I'll be drawing both the winners on Wednesday 25th May, 6.00 pm IST!

Cheers!!!