My Sewing and Quilting Adventures

Hello Everyone, Welcome to my blog! I'm super excited to be part of Blithe Fabrics Blog Tour . These gorgeous Blithe fabrics are designed by Nina ( Katarina Roccella ). My heart felt thank you to both Nina and Art Gallery Fabrics for giving me the opportunity to participate in this blog tour. If you would like to checkout the other participants, click on the link in the beginning of this post. I decide to fussy cut these cute little birds from the Bird Songs Moon fabric to make the center of my stars: The following accent fabrics were used for the triangles of the stars: Here is my very first block, I wasn't going for monochromatic/low-volume look but it just happened so: Wonky Star Block Finished Quilt top Finished mini "My Little Stars" quilt My daughter's doll "Grace" checking out the quilt ;)   Quilt Back If you would like get your hands on these gorgeous fabrics, check out my Etsy shop/New . Hope yo...

I am super excited to be part of the talented makers in Katarina Roccella's blog tour. Thank you, Nina for letting me participate in this wonderful blog tour. Avant Garde fabric is just mind blowing. When I first saw the pics at Art Gallery website , I was totally in love. When I recieved the fabrics they looked awesome in person and then finally when I started making my quilts. I am truly amazing to see how versatile Avant Garde fabrics are. These two are my most favorite blocks, the Panda is loaned from my 4 year old son ;). He is a cutie and insisted that I use his Panda for posing :D The arrows in the blocks were made from same two fabrics, but the the look is totally different. Panda with Favorite blocks from the Avant Garde Arrows Baby Quilt :) More blocks Avant Garde Arrows Quilt - Column Avant Garde Arrows Quilt - Baby size 42 x 44 inches  To celebrate these wonderful Avant Garde Blog tour Katarinal is having a giveaway :), please ...

Hello Everyone, First I want to wish you all a very Happy and Joyful 2016. I am hoping and I would be quilting/sewing more this year! I am super excited to be part of Avant Garde Fabrics Blog tour. Avant Garde fabrics are designed by the wonderful Katarina Roccella and she out does herself with every line that comes out . They are so modern and fun fabrics <3. Here is the complete list of wonderful creators in the blog tour. Katarina is having 2 giveaways please be sure to check out her post. Link above in the introduction. January 15th: Megan Jimenez from Quilt Story January 16th : Svetlana Sotak of Sotak handmade January 17th : Sharon Mcconnell of Colorgirlquilts January 18th : Rachael Gander of Imagine gnats January 19th : Ali Brorsen of Because of Brenna January 20th : Laura Scaramella of Simple Life Company January 21st : Alexis of My sweet sunshine January 22nd : Marija Vujčić January 23rd : Hema Malini of Malini’s quilts ( <--- This is ME) January 24th...

Thank you Katarina Roccella and Art Gallery fabrics for letting me participate in the blog tour. I made a simple fall maxi dress, as per my daughter's preference. I hope you like it. Happy Sewing! Hema

Katarina Roccella is my favorite fabric designer, I fell in love with her fabric when her debut collections Indelible and ever since love all her work. Her Wonderland fabrics are so dreamy, I just can't stop dreamy about them. I so grateful that Katarina has asked me to take part in her Wonderland blog tour. Please visit the links below to see all beautiful projects made from Wonderland fabrics: 1. ERICA TOOLE - October 5th 2. LAURA SCARAMELLA of SIMPLE LIFE COMPANY – October 6th 3. DANA BOLYARD - October 7th 4. RACHAEL GANDER - October 8th 5. HEATHER and MEG of QUILT STORY - October 9th 6. JOELLEN KEMPER of SEW ILLUMINATED - October 10th 7. STACY BARRETT of a VINTAGE FAIRYTALE - October 11th 8. ERICA JACKMAN - October 12th 9. KATHLEEN RIGGINS - October 13th 10. LYNNE GOLDSWORTHY - October 14th 11. SVETLANA SOTAK - October 15th 12. KYLIE KELSHEIMER of SEW KYLIE - October 16th 13. ALEXIS WRIGHT of MY SWEET SUNSHINE - October 17th 14. MICHELL...

We have two winners from the " Double Anniversary giveaway ". First winner is our friend Pat Broe from Life in the Scrapbatch blog who won the Athena FQ bundle. Here is what Pat said: She was the wonderful and amazing cheer leader for our recent blog hop with Mdm Samm . Pat I sent you an email, let me know FQ bundle will be soon on its way. Congratulations Pat! Our second winner is another friend Lara from BuzzinBumble , who won the Athena FQ bundle. This what Lara said: Lara I sent you an email as well, check your email. Congratulations Lara! If didn't win, no worries. There is another chance to win this bundle. Follow me on Instagram and repost the Athena fabric's picture with #malinisquilts200giveaway for a chance to win. That giveaway is open till Feb 19th. I will pick a winner on the 20th morning. Here is a picture of the snow mount in front of our house ;): I can official say we live in Narnia. Another snow storm is on its way sometime t...

Welcome to the Day 4 of We Support You Blog hop. I first wanted to thank these two amazing ladies, Mdm Samm for organizing this hop and our wonderful cheerleader for the hop Pat from Line in the Scrapatch continuously cheering us throughout the hop. This is for a great cause and I made th is pillow for my close friend Lillian who was diagnosed with breast cancer few years back. She has been doing a great job fighting it and this is to support her. Indelible We Support You Pillow - pattern by Madm Samm Pillow Back - Indelible fabrics by the amazing Katarina Roccella I am celebrating 3 year anniversary for my blog and couple of other reasons as well. Here is the link to the giveaway on my blog, click here . Okay now checkout the other ladies in the bloghop: Feb 3 rd  My Quilting Journey (You're here) Creativity Amongst Chaos Peanut's Patchwork KaHolly I hope you're enjoying this blog hop. Happy Quilting! Hema (a.k...

I celebrating two big anniversaries today. I got married on this very day 10 years ago to my best friend. I consider myself very lucky girl :). And 3 years ago, I started my blog and posted my very first post on this same day. So its double the joy. To share my happiness with all my wonderful readers, I am giving away two different prizes: Athena FQ and  Athena F8 bundle.  AGF Athena fabrics by Angela Walters Also I am excited to share that my Arrows Quilt is going to Quiltcon. Lots of HST in this quilt, I will have to share the fun way I used Bloc Loc ruler to make tons of HST. And the best part is you press open your seams if you like that :). How cool is that? Here is what you need to do to enter the giveaway. a Rafflecopter giveaway I will announce the winner on Feb 16th. Spread the joy with your friends, the more the merrier. Happy Quilting! Hema (a.k.a Malini)

Thank you all for leaving me such wonderful and supportive comments. And a big thanks to all for visiting all other hoppers and leaving wonderful comments there. I didn't much progress on my tammy bag, but will post soon an update of where I am with my tammy bag. We have a winner here. I used random generator to pick the winner and the winner is  Suze from Ga's House . Congratulations Suze. Suze's said: If you didn't win no worries, I am having another giveaway to celebrate my "Arrows" quilt going to QuiltCon. This was the quilt pattern I designed and made for MQG for their 2014 December Monthly Pattern. Its a free pattern available for download through MQG newsletter to the members. So, I hope you will come back tomorrow to checkout my Arrow quilt and a chance to win Art Gallery Fabrics Athena FQ bundle(10 piece). This is the fabric collection used in this quilt. Happy Quilting! Hema (a.k.a. Malini)

Dear hoppers, I am extremely sorry for not having a tammy bag today to share with you. Its been really difficult find time to sew/quilt, between full-time job and a toddler who gets sick so often during the winter months. I know I shouldn't be giving any excuses but this is the truth :(. I would like to thank you our wonderful cheer leader Mary from I Piece 2-Mary for this hop and Mdm Samm for hosting these wonderful blog hops. I also wanted to thank Brooke Nolan  and  Cori Blunt for creating wonderful patterns for the hop. Today's schedule. January 16, 2015 Kwilt Krazy Selina Quilts Hill Valley Quilter Lakeshore Stitches Malini's Quilting Adventure (You're HERE) Julia Plunkett will post on  Sewwequilt   I would like to make it up to you and by giving away this beautiful FQ bundle from Art Gallery Fabrics Geometric Bliss Collection by Jeni Baker . Geometric Bliss FQ bundle - 20 prints All you have do is visit the other hoppers for t...

Just a quick update on the Around the world Bloghop. Looks like my friend Tina tagged by another BMQG member, so please be sure to check her post next Monday instead of this Monday. Sorry that if you had showed up yesterday. I appreciate your patience. Okay, I am finally getting into groove of my new schedule, find some time to sew or at least cut for now. Kiddos and I are making some new dolls from Acorn Trail fabric collection by Tegan While for Birch Fabrics . I am so crazy about these fabrics. Cut and Sew dolls panel My daughter picked up the girl doll and my son the fox. She cut outline for her doll :), I was so nervous that I just stood there watching her :). She did great. They both helped me pin too ;)  You will here more soon. Happy Sewing! Hema (a.k.a Malini)

Hello Everyone, Welcome to my Quilty Corner. This is where I share everything about my Quilting/Sewing passion. First I want to thank the wonderful Brittany of Pickles Quilting for tagging me along on this wonderful blog hop. I started quilting when I was pregnant with my son and the very first quilty thing I made was a quilter baby car seat cover and a matching stroller cover too :). I have been hooked ever since. So, its been 3 years enjoying this wonderful craft. Baby Car Seat Cover Stroller Cover 1. What I am working on?   Okay right now I have 2 designs in progress. One is making Princess Elsa dress for my daughter who is 7 years old. And the other is the Quilt Pattern which is part of MQG Monthly patterns . My month is December, so stay tuned of that. 2. How does my work differ from others in the genre? My style is more of modern quilting and I especially love "Improve piecing" and lots of negative space whenever I can. This blog land and internet is ful...