Blankets of Love - More Prizes

Join our charity drive 'Blankets of Love' and get a shot at winning some awesome goodies. In addition to the previously announced gorgeous prizes, we also have these, thanks to more anonymous contributors..






Say wow, right?

There are prizes for

Maximum no. of quilts
Biggest quilt
Lucky quilter 1 (from among those who have donated at least one BoL)
Lucky quilter 2 ( - ditto- )
Lucky quilter 3 (from among those who have donated more than one BoL)
Members choice award

Send some love people. Last date has been extended to 18th Feb 2014.

Prizes to be won !

It is a known fact that quilters are amongst the most generous of crafters and the Desi Quilters are no exception. They have responded very enthusiastically and generously to our call for 'Blankets of Love', a charity drive in association with A Hundered Hands.

And to keep the spirits of these big-hearted quilters high, we have the added generosity of certain kind folk who have offered some fabulous prizes to be won by participating in the drive.

So, send us your charity quilt(s) and get a shot at winning these...











Criteria? Next post :-)

Happy quilting !

 

DQ 600th Member Milestone Giveaway - Winner

DQ Sandhya, of Pans and Needles had this awesome giveaway to mark the Desi Quilters' 600th member milestone.



And the winner of this super soft Shawl-scarf is DQ Nikhat !

Congrats Nikhat ! Enjoy !

Blankets of Love

A DQ-A 100 hands initiative.

Would love it if you could join us in this drive. Write to us for details.

600th Member Milestone - Giveaway

Desi Quilters.

600 members.

New Milestone.

New giveaway.

Nice?

Wanty?

3 easy steps to enter the giveaway.

1.'Follow' the DQ blog
2.Visit Sandhya's blog, 'Pans and Needles' and hit the 'follow' button there
3.Complete this sentence in the comments section here: "This shawl should be mine because..."

Done?

Hold your breath till winner is announced.

Thank DQ Sandhya for this awesome giveaway.

DQ Nov-Dec'13 Challenge

Though the DQ Nov-Dec'13 challenge was announced on the DQ Facebook page, it was not put up here. So, for those who missed the rules of the last challenge of 2013, here they are:

1.Make a pieced and/or quilted Toran/Toranam (traditional Indian welcome bunting?)

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. Please do not send more than 3 pics as the admins do not want to have to choose. And please conform exactly to the pic requirements or you risk disqualification.

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

4.Please mention if the entry is an original work or inspired. You can share your inspiration once the names are revealed after the voting.

5.Please send in your entries by the midnight of December 30th, 2013

Do NOT post here 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 winner gets

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

Best of luck DQs ! Happy Diwali ! 

DQ Sep-Oct'13 Challenge - Winner

Anyone who has taken a look at the 16 awesome entries to the DQ Sep-Oct'13 Challenge will know how tough it is to choose a favourite !

On collating the results, we have the winner's name...

...and the winning entry is #16, made by DQ Madhu !

Congrats Madhu ! You win the following:

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