Shubh In Fabric

I feel very Happy , Satisfied every time I look at a quilt I made for my Son " Shubh "

This one was also inspired watching " Simply Quilts" ..they made a face ...it looked Beautiful and a wonderful , amazing work of Art . It was as if it is the real picture not something made with pieces of fabric .

It was sooo beautiful that I felt strongly this one I have to do it for my Son ..who was just 2 years old then in 2006.

So the project started first by looking for a deal to buy the book recomended on the show
First  Faces and Places by Charlotte Warr Anderson   and the second one" Picture piecing " by Cynthia England . Got the first one on ebay for $95  closed the brower thinking the book is very costly. For next few nights I could not sleep kept thinking of the project and the book , when my husband asked what's the matter I told him about my project and the book being very costly ...without even asking the price of the book , He said if you really want to make it properly then you will have to buy the book .
It took 2 days for the book to arive and then I started on a project which took me almost 2 and 1/2 months to complete . First read the book understood how it is done. A few trips to Kinko's to get print out of picture used in various shades to properly get and differentiate the various shades of skin .After more than 2 months what came out was this ...........

The whole Body is done overlapping the pieces of fabric on a light box joined together with tiny Hand stitches .
I made the shirt on lower border with a piece from his old pants ...Also the Dolphin on the border.
The Pocket on which the picture I made into Quilt is from one of his pants .
And finally his hand print on upper left corner .

I never felt so satisfied with my own work .
I cherish this one as one of my accomplishments :)

Dolphin Quilt

Dolphin

If you see it is same block ...just that the three blocks used are rotated in a different manner and the background is made such that it feels as if the Dolphin is leaping out of water to go back again !!

I used Foundation piecing technique for this quilt and specially went to Mary  Jo's ( A shop with all kinds of amazing clothes you can think of  )in Gastonia  South Carolina  to get that "Sea " , " Clouds " and the fabric with fishes on it ,to give it a realistic effect .
Now that we have moved to India , I miss that shop in Gastonia . I just enjoyed being in that shop looking at most beautiful fabrics .
This is one of my favourites Wall quilts.

3 Dimensional Flower Quilts

I just Loved the way these Wall Quilts turned up ....wish I made a few more then .

Its difficult to find time to do these time consuming quilts now .

 

Quilting added so much more to the look ....they looked Beautiful ..Now hanging at my Mother's Living Room.

Graphical Quilts

Lot of Quilts I made just to see how the final pc would look like ...I would make a graphical block with lines and when I join it a whole new look would emerge ...

You will understand what I want to say when you look at them ...


1

2  Pineapple Block

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My First Quilt "Mariner's Compass"

This is my very First Quilt in 2002 ...I was facinated my Quilt Show "Simply Quilts " aired on HGTV then ..they stopped  later

Everybody apprecited the Quilt soo much , it motivated me to make many more after that ...

My Quilts Made as Gifts for Kids

I don't have a count of Quilts I made ...some were used at home ..some were given as gifts to my friends kids ...
I could find a few while looking at old pics...
Most of my Quilts were made in Charlotte NC USA ..we spent a beautiful time there and have lot of memories associated with the place .


This Quilt was done for Aarushi ..my Sisters Daughter when she was 1 ..now she is 10

 For My sister in laws daughter Mahek when she was 1 ...

For Vijeta's Daughter Vani with their Pictures on the Quilt ...

For Sujaya's Daughter Anushka on her First Birthday ...

For Suman's Son Saahil

For Manisha's Twins Nilay and Tanay

There are few more , I have to dig in my old pics ..and then will soon add them here .

Baby Shuchi

I loved the fabric at Hobby Lobby ...so picked it for her dress ....

You won't beleive this one was a bed sheet :) It was new single Bedsheet and I had no use of it and it was soft cotton ..Also liked the kitty on it and was looking for a nice yellow fabric ..that day could not go out to get it ..saw the bedsheet and used it for this .

Salwar suits

A Blue Chudidar Kurta .                                                        Red Patiyala with White brocade Kurta!

Lehengas

I remember making her first lehenga choli when she was 3 months old for Rakhi ...I will dig that pic and upload it soon ...
Here is it ...

Since then she has had many few of the recent ones are ...

few more recent ones

Shuchi really likes this one !

The Black cloth was left so made another frock out of it..

Snow White

I am not a professional in stitching and I don't know how I got into stitching ...
I first got facinated by the show "Simply Quilts " on HGTV.
Watching that show , made my first  quilt "Mariner's Compass" and after that many many quilts ..it never stopped untill recently when we had to move to a new place . By then I had a new passion, started to make dresses for my daughter just for passing time at home  .

Now she wears dresses mostly done by me !
I have done tons and tons of dresses for her ,  Here are some dresses I did for my daughter recently ...

That's her Shuchi !

 I have used white cotton silk for the bodice and self print white velvet with a Black simmering belt .

Another one I did was Black cotton with Blue lace top.