Quilt from 13 Years Ago!

I started making this one about thirteen years ago! The top was done but I did not quilt it. It sat in a box until I took it out a couple of months ago. My daughter bought an aqua blue colored quilt for her bed. Since she has two twins in her room I decided to finish this one for the other bed. The light blues in both quilts are the same color. To make the quilt top a bit bigger I had to buy some more cloth for the borders. I could not get the exact colors but these are close enough. I used dark blue pearl cotton thread for quilting.

That is Biya on the quilt inspecting it. She lived under it while I was quilting. Wonder what she is thinking. Wonder if she thinks in English or Konkani. I talk to her in Konkani which is my mother tongue. Hope she has picked up enough by now.

Amma's Kindle

My amma is an avid reader and loves to read every minute of her spare time. She has lots of other passions like knitting and crocheting but reading is her favorite. I got her a Kindle late last year and started making a case for it. My local quilt store had a 5" charm pack of beautiful batiks. I enjoy those very much and wanted to share them with my mom.

I cut the 5" squares up into little one and a half inch squares and sewed them with one inch wide border of white fabric. I tried not to put same colored fabric pieces next to each other by picking those little squares from a brown paper bag. Inside lining is a cat fabric and I love that fabric too. It is very colorful and I knew my mom will love it. The pattern is mine and I kind of winged it :-). It has been a long time since I quilted and this was a great project to work on.

Doll from Long Long Time Ago

If there is an art that I have perfected, it is the art of procrastination. I think I am really really good at it. This morning I woke up early and decided that it is high time I sat at my computer and posted the picture of the doll from long long time ago(and literally too since it is a vintage style doll) . I made my tea to sip while working on the computer and when I got there, I had to of course check my e-mails and visit my favorite blogs. By this time more than an hour had already past. I had not even gone to Facebook yet. I decided not to. Facebook will have to wait until I post this because we all know how it is when you go to Facebook. This morning I was kind of serious about getting things done here. (I played with the cat, made another cup of tea, and fed my pet beta fish before I got to the next paragraph).

Now for a flash-back: ONE YEAR AND TEN MONTHS AGO.....

(November, 2010) I took Susie McMahon's class at Rose's house. It was the best doll making trip ever! Rose was a perfect host. She gave us room to board, fed us her delicious vegetarian food, and the company was wonderful. There is no parallel to spending time with people with similar interests. I could also spend some time after the class with Susie, my good friend Cindy, and Rose too. Both Cindy and Susie are great musicians and they entertained us after dinner. What a wonderful experience that was.

Susie is a wonderful teacher and is generous with sharing her skills. I picked up a lot of sculpting and painting techniques and have been practising them since then. I finished the class doll sometime last July but did not post her picture on the blog. Here she is with her vintage looking apron and her civil war reproduced fabric dress. Her hair is molded using silk threads and then painted over with acrylics. I remember giving her a name but I don't remember what.

P.S.: It is Emma.