It was January 2012. I was then living in Bombay. I'd gone to visit a fried 'D' in the evening to chit chat over tea. 'D' wanted to show me few of her drawings which were kept in her children's room. That was when i saw a stunning quilt on the bed! I spent 10 odd minutes, talking to her about the process. Back home what i saw at 'D's' place, literally haunted me. 'D' had shown me a quilt made of hearts. I couldn't sleep.
It never struck me that i could surf the net! I took a piece of paper, cut out shapes and figured out a way to make the hearts. I took some of the fabric scraps i had, cut them, sewed them together and presto, i had a heart shape!!!! That was sweet victory and the beginning of my love for piecing! What a coincidence that my love for piecing and now quilting began with the heart shape :) I then took an old square lined book, drew and coloured what it would look like and calculated the number of pieces and sizes of fabric i would need. This is how my blue print looked.
The next day was a day with a spring in my feet. I went fabric shopping, located a shop close by (which i now frequent), found a lovely print in three different colours, found some coordinating fabric and got home, purposefully.
Out came my scissors, the regular one foot ruler and a pencil. I decided on the size i wanted, can you ever imagine what it was???? It was a humongous 100" X 120"!!!! That surely was being over ambitious. Over the next two weeks i drew lines and slowly, painfully cut pieces, endless pieces - 162 floral print 31/4" X 6" pieces,324 yellow-white dotted 2" X 2" pieces, 162 yellow-white dotted 31/4" X 31/4" pieces, 100 pink-yellow floral print 21/2" X 21/2" pieces, 180 green coloured 21/2" X 6" pieces. Every bone in my shoulders,my arm and my hand hurt, my right thumb the most, because of the scissors.
Then started the marathon sewing.
It looked wonderful as it came together. But, somewhere along the way, i just gave up. It's now a UFO - in quilting parlance - Un Finished Object. Every now and then i take it out, admire it and promise to myself that i will complete it. This is how it looks, isn't it stunning??!!
I cannot let this remain a UFO, i have to complete it. I owe it to myself, to the fact that it was my first ever piecing project, to the fact that i patiently toiled and painfully drew out endless lines and cut pieces and pieces.
I have kept this year as one of completing all my projects. I hope i do.....................
It never struck me that i could surf the net! I took a piece of paper, cut out shapes and figured out a way to make the hearts. I took some of the fabric scraps i had, cut them, sewed them together and presto, i had a heart shape!!!! That was sweet victory and the beginning of my love for piecing! What a coincidence that my love for piecing and now quilting began with the heart shape :) I then took an old square lined book, drew and coloured what it would look like and calculated the number of pieces and sizes of fabric i would need. This is how my blue print looked.
The next day was a day with a spring in my feet. I went fabric shopping, located a shop close by (which i now frequent), found a lovely print in three different colours, found some coordinating fabric and got home, purposefully.
Out came my scissors, the regular one foot ruler and a pencil. I decided on the size i wanted, can you ever imagine what it was???? It was a humongous 100" X 120"!!!! That surely was being over ambitious. Over the next two weeks i drew lines and slowly, painfully cut pieces, endless pieces - 162 floral print 31/4" X 6" pieces,324 yellow-white dotted 2" X 2" pieces, 162 yellow-white dotted 31/4" X 31/4" pieces, 100 pink-yellow floral print 21/2" X 21/2" pieces, 180 green coloured 21/2" X 6" pieces. Every bone in my shoulders,my arm and my hand hurt, my right thumb the most, because of the scissors.
Then started the marathon sewing. It looked wonderful as it came together. But, somewhere along the way, i just gave up. It's now a UFO - in quilting parlance - Un Finished Object. Every now and then i take it out, admire it and promise to myself that i will complete it. This is how it looks, isn't it stunning??!!
I cannot let this remain a UFO, i have to complete it. I owe it to myself, to the fact that it was my first ever piecing project, to the fact that i patiently toiled and painfully drew out endless lines and cut pieces and pieces.
I have kept this year as one of completing all my projects. I hope i do.....................
It's beauty should be rewarded by completing it!
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