And the Winner is........................

True Random Number GeneratorResult:5
I selected the winner through a random number generator isHettie from Stitchingmatters.
Congrats Hettie!

My Giveaway is now closed

My Giveaway is now closed. See giveaway link here.


Thank you to all who entered the giveaway. I appreciate all who took the time to comment.  Loved your suggestions on how you would use the zebra print.  


 I will be announcing a winner soon.

India Modern Quilt Guild (IMQG) April Challenge

The IMQG April Challenge was to use the colours of the IMQG logo to make a quilt block that reflects what modern quilting means to you.


Participants are encouraged to stretch themselves and plan an interesting composition that represents your own unique voice. 


The IMQG logo colours are as shown below.

My entry for the April Challenge is:

This block was inspired by Geta Grama. I found this block quite interesting but knew that it is going to be challenging to make it.  I used foundation piecing to construct it.  This a very rough sample so much improvement is needed as you can see many flaws in my construction.  

All the fabrics used are from my scrap pile, so I am very proud to have been able to come up with a block which kinda matches the IMQG logo!.  Very satisfying indeed.  

I suppose modern quilting is about creating fresh, open, sometimes asymmetrical styles of quilts.  This block may be more inclined towards the traditional block as everything is symmetrical, but the pointy stars gives it an out of space kind off feel............what do you guys think?

This block represents my love for colour, freshness and to be experimental and try out new and different techniques in quilting.

2012 is my year to learn and grow as a quilter and the IMQG and its vibrant members allow me to do just that.   

I have been awarded the Liebster Blog award

I am awarded the Liebster Blog Award.  How Cool!

Thank you Marelize Ries for awarding my blog for the Liebster Award. I got very excited when I received Marelize's email. I very much appreciate all the encouragement I receive from my fellow online quilter bloggers.  

The Liebster Award (German for favorite) is for bloggers with 200 followers or less. As a recipient of the award, you have the chance to thank and link back to the blogger who gave it to you as well as pass it along to five other deserving blogs.

The rules of engagement for this award:

• Thank the person that nominated you on your blog and link back to them.
• Nominate up to five other blogs for the award.
• Let them know via a comment on their blog.
• Post the award on your blog. 

I started quilting in 2005 after much contemplation I bit the bullet and took some time out of my very busy schedule and took a beginners course with Wendy Saclair.  I have not looked back since then.  Then my son took up blogging and developed the 'build your own computer' blog and after watching him having so much fun with it I thought that why not give this a go as it looked like a nice way to document my progress. That opened up a whole new world to online quilters and quilting resources.  My blogging has proved worthwhile as now I have discovered so many interesting bloggers and learning so much on a daily basis.  

I will also take the time to visit all the nominees on the Liebster Blog Award and make sure I am a follower as meeting new quilt bloggers is so much fun.

I award the Liebster Blog Award to:

• Carol at Quilting in India
• Chumkie at My Favourite Things
• Agnes at Surfingtime
• Jeanette at Stamp Stitch Create
• Elvira at Chez Vies

Congrats to all the new recipients of the Liebster Award!

Celebrating my progress with Free Motion Quilting - GIVEAWAY

I am so excited that I made great in roads in Free Motion Quilting, I am in the mood to celebrate. 

To celebrate my progress I am giving away this original Zebra print to the lucky winner who enters this giveaway 

(This photo was taken on our family holiday to Kenya at the Masai Mara Lodge in 2010) and a surprise from my fat quarter stash. 

To enter this giveaway its a simple three step process:

• please leave a comment on this post on how you will use this print;
• be a follower of my blog; and
• subscribe to my blog via email to get regular updates.

The giveaway ends on 30 April 2012, the date of my wedding anniversary and will announce the lucky winner on 5 May 2012.

Free Motion Quilting Project - Second Practice Piece

This is my second practice piece on Free Motion Quilting.  See my first practice piece here. My confidence is definitely increasing.  The sites I am following to increase my confidence are the The 2012 Free Motion Quilting Project and the Free Motion Quilting project.  You can access those from the links on my side bar.  This one is inspired by Leah Day from the Free Motion Quilting project.


Progress on my FMQ:

The India Modern Quilt Guild - First Newsletter

This weekend the India Modern Quilt Guild (IMQG) is meeting for the first time in Pune, India.  To keep yourselves updated hop over to the IMQG Blog and you will see what the members have been upto thus far.  The IMQG has also released their first newsletter have a look at the link here.

India Modern Quilt Guild - March BOM

I am a member of the online India Modern Quilt Guild (IMQG).  One of the challenges I am participating in is the Block of the Month (BOM) Challenge.  Every month there is a new block posted on the IMQG facebook page. The March BOM was to make a pinwheel block so here is mine:

At the end of the year these blocks will be turned into charity quilts.  The IMQG have chosen this years quilts to go to a charity organisation called Vaani Deaf Childrens Foundation.  I am looking forward to finishing this quilt.

Now I need to get busy working on my April BOM.

Now I truly have a Quilt Studio

When I looked at my worktable this morning it brought a smile to my face.  I thought to myself, now this looks like I a real quilter's studio.  


A quilt sandwich ready to go, Karen McTavish's book for reference, masking tape, some quilters safety pins............  

An FMQ practice piece on my sewing machine ready for quilting, quilters gloves..........

Love it! Love it! Love it!

Quilted Bedside Table Topper

I am so excited I finished my practice thread sketching and FMQ piece.  I converted it into a Bedside Table Topper.  I think it it has turned out reasonably OK...  well any way at least my bedside table top will not got get scratched anymore.