My Sewing and Quilting Adventures

I am happy to announce the winner of StarBurst PDF Quilt Pattern. Wendi was anonymously selected by the random generator and here is her favorite quilt size: Congratulations Wendi! a Rafflecopter giveaway Thank you all for participating. Come back tomorrow for another giveaway to celebrate 2 year anniversary for my blog :-). Happy Quilting! Hema (a.k.a Malini) 

Hey, I finally get to link up to W.I.P. Wednesday Lee's Freshly pieced blog today. I have been working on multiple projects right now. But today I am going to show this one which I'm making for my precious friend. You can already see the rainbow of colors. I still have to make blocks from 3 more colorways. Not yet named quilt based on a pattern by Elizabeth Hartman I have paused this project for a while, can't wait to get back to it soon. Linking up to Freshly pieced blog. Happy Quilting! Malini's Quilt

Welcome to the Day 7 of Wake up to KONA blog hop. First I wanted to thank two amazing people behind this blog hop, Mdm Samm for organizing this blog hop and Carol@Justletmequilt.com for being our cheer leader. I am really excited about this blog hop. I have been collecting different shades of purple, blues/aquas/greens etc for last couple of years. Finally decided to go with the different shades of purples/magenta. Kona Purple 10" Squares I was very ambitious, but only got the wall hanging done. Here is my quilt top: StarBurst Quilt - 32inch square I have used 4 different background colors starting from top: Kona Pepper Kona Charcoal Kona Coal Kona Steel You can't really tell much difference between the Kona Coal and Kona Steel. I did some black/white shots to see the color value and they seemed to be the same. But Steel has a little bit blue tint to it. Kona Coal seem to match the Kona Charcoal for the transition. My original plan was to make a lap q...

Wish you all a very Happy New Year my dear quilty friends! I am still here, just haven't got by to write by 2013 wrap-up & New Year goals post yet. Hopefully I will get that done later today. For a great start of the 2014, I will be kick starting the year with "Wake up to Kona" blog hop. I will be sharing my project on the 15th. So, be sure to back to checkout what I would make with these wonderful Kona colors: Kona Violets and Purples Here is the full list of the blog hop, check them out: January 7 Just Let Me Quilt Sparrow in Flight Geta’s Quilting Studio How ART You Desertsky Quilts January 8 Stitchin’ By The Lake That’s Sew Julie Living With Purpose Nini’s Patchwork Blog Quilts My Way Jane’s Quilting Quilt Matters January 9 Ridge Top Quilts Marjorie’s Busy Corner A Stitch In Time Freemotion by the River Everyone Deserves A Quilt January 10 Life in the Scrapatch Vroomans Quilts Bumbleb...