100th Follower Milestone Giveaway

Another DQ milestone ! The DQ blog has got its 100th follower and in true DQ tradition, its time for another celebration. Yes, another giveaway. Fabric !!

We have with us the lovely, lovely DQ Elvira, owner of  'Chez Vies', offering these fabulous FQs of Indonesian Batik..




"There are lots of distinct varieties of Batik in Indonesia and these FQs are from Madura, a small island near Surabaya. Their Batik usually depicts the sea life (it's flora & fauna) and mostly using vibrant colors :)"

Now, if you want to own these and pet them, all you have to do is follow these simple steps to enter the giveaway:

1.Make sure you are a 'follower' of the DQ blog and have already hit the 'follow' button here
2.'Like' the 'Chez Vies' Facebook page
3.Leave a comment here saying you've done both

Only those who have completed ALL three requirements as above will be valid entries to the giveaway. Also make sure we have a way to contact you.

So, lets clink glasses people of the world ! Cheers !!

Bee Desi with Sangeeta

 Please make your favourite blocks......keeping the size to 12x12........in shades of yellow and lavender.   Please feel free to express yourself in any form, traditional, modern, solids, prints... but please also let me know your thoughts about choice of your style.  Will help me give a small story to each block....thanks.

- Sangeeta

Vani's Faux Chenille QAL - Gallery

For those who missed Vani's wonderful QAL on Faux Chenille, here it is..just click on the below.

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

Part 4
 

And here's a gallery of projects and WIPs of those who did follow the QAL and added one more technique to their quilt kitty

Sabine

Tina

Nikhat

Ranju

Nirmala

Nikhat again

Ranju again

Uma

Gayathri

Madhu

 

Ranju yet again :-)

Tina again

..and the Chenille lady herself..Vani ! *applause*

Thank you Vani, for the superb QAL !

DQ April'13 Challenge - Winner

It was a well fought challenge and choosing the DQ April'13 Challenge Winner from all the awesome entries was a challenge in itself. The winner is a new kid on the block...(drumroll)...DQ Anusha..who made the fabulous lotus pincushion and thread catcher.







"I used  cottons for both the leaves & lotus ...machine quilted leaves & petals .the stem is in raw silk filled with polyfill ... Inspiration - my mom & best friend ..u taught me to rise above the muddy waters below..& yeah, I didn't have a pincushion & never heard of a thread catcher ..
May not be too practical but hey neither are 5" stilettos", says Anusha.

She wins

1.A gift voucher for Rs.1500 from Bernina India, redeemable against purchases of sewing, quilting, patchwork notions, thread, etc. from the 'Bernina Creative Center' (BCC) or Bernina or Bernette machines or accessories




and

2. A set of 4 co-ordinated Fat Quarters from Quilts of Love




Congratulations Anusha! Very well done !

DQ March'13 Challenge - Winner

The winner of the DQ March'13 Challenge is the lovely DQ Manju ! She has beautifully captured the essence of Pipli art in her beautiful entry.

"The Pipli inspired wall hanging is 26” by 22” in size. It is a Jaggannath ji image with a border of Pipli triangle applique …with a twist.

Usually the Pipli triangles are a layer upon layer of individual colours; I have mixed it up a little bit to give my own interpretation.

The area around the image is covered with fmq.

Usually the Pipli art form uses rick rack around the images for applique, but since I did not find any here in the width and colour that I wanted, I used the gold lace instead. " ...Manju.

She wins 

1.A gift voucher for Rs.1500 from Bernina India, redeemable against purchases of sewing, quilting, patchwork notions, thread, etc. from the 'Bernina Creative Center' (BCC) or Bernina or Bernette machines or accessories



and

2. Rs.500 gift voucher from Quilts of Love





Congratulations Manju! We love your work .

Sunny Bee Sudha's Easy Breezy Block

Here is the totally entertaining DIYer, Sudha, with her Easy Breezy paper pieced block for the May 2013 Sunny Bee..

Sunny Bee Sudha's Easy Breezy Block

Sunny Bee Sandhya K's Sunny Sky Block

April's Sunny Bee was the lovely Sandhya K. Following are the instructions to her super simple, super effective Sunny Block..

Sandhya K's Sunny Block

DQ April'13 Challenge - Entries

 Just looooved the DQ April '13 Challenge..it brought so much eye candy. And thanks to the challenge, folks finally got around to making themselves a pincushion and thread catcher :-)

Feast your eyes..and get inspired..

Apr01 - Zakka inspired Patchwork Pincushion and Threadcatcher

Apr02 - Matching pincushion and multipurpose organiser-cum-threadcatcher. The pincushion is held with velcro and the organiser-cum-threadcatcher has ties at both ends to keep it in place by the machine

Apr03 - Set of pincushion and thread catcher

Apr04 - Pincushion & thread/mess catcher

Apr05 - Pincushion, scissors cozy & threadcatcher set made out of selvages

Apr06

Apr07 - cottons for both the leaves & lotus ...machine quilted leaves & petals .the stem is in raw silk filled with polyfill ... Inspiration - my mom & best friend ..u taught me to rise above the muddy waters below..& yeah I didn't have a pincushion & never heard of a thread catcher ..May not be too practical but hey neither are 5" stilettos .. (as described by the quilter)

Apr08 - Mouse pincushion and reversible thread/scrap catcher

Apr09 - Pin cushion filled with raw rice, so it can stand on it's own weight, wool felt strip for hand sewing needles, hanging pocket for sewing tools and scrap bag for stray threads. Attached an appliqué of a thread spool in various shades of green fabric for a variegated thread look.

The DQs get to vote for their top three favourite entries every month. Unenviable task I must say !

Here are the results of the vote:
Apr07
Apr01
Apr06

We shall be back soon after collating the points.

Until, happy quilting! Preferably a pincushion. Or a thread catcher. Coz everybody needs one. Or two.

DQ May-June '13 Challenge

Rules for the DQ May 2013 Challenge

1. Make a quilted item of any size ENTIRELY out of HSTs (Half Square Triangles)

2.Email 3 pics (1.of the full front, 2.of the full back, 3.close up of the quilting) of the finished item to desiquilters@gmail.com

3.Please include dimensions and a short description of your entry

4.Please send in your entries by the midnight of May 30th, 2013


Do NOT post on the FB page since we are still following the anonymous entries format.

For more details on the format.. http://desi-quilters.blogspot.in/2013/01/jan-2013-challenge.html

The May '13 winner gets to win

1.A gift voucher for Rs.1500 from Bernina India, redemable against purchases of sewing, quilting, patchwork notions, thread, etc. from the 'Bernina Creative Center' (BCC) or Bernina or Bernette machines or accessories




and

2. A set of 4 co-ordinated Fat Quarters from Quilts of Love





Best of luck peeps. I hope we have more entries than last time.

Edited to add - In an effort to keep the challenges interesting and alive, we are now trying out the bimonthly format, i.e., the challenge will extend over two months. This is in response to multiple requests from a reasonably large number of members who are interested in participating but find themselves unable to complete their entries in the earlier time span.

DQ April '13 Challenge

OMG..just discovered that that the April '13 challenge rules were never posted on the blog. So, correcting that, here were the rules..

1.Make a coordinated quilted set compising of a pincushion and threadcatcher.

2.Mail 2 clear, well shot pics of your entries to desiquilters@gmail.com BEFORE the midnight of April 29th, 2013. Do NOT post on the FB page since we are still following the anonymous entries format.

For more details on the format.. http://desi-quilters.blogspot.in/2013/01/jan-2013-challenge.html

The April '13 winner gets to win

1.A gift voucher for Rs.1500 from Bernina India, redemable against purchases of sewing, quilting, patchwork notions, thread, etc. from the 'Bernina Creative Center' (BCC) or Bernina or Bernette machines or accessories




and

2. A set of 4 co-ordinated Fat Quarters from Quilts of Love




Best of luck!