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Clutches are perfect accessories for any evening parties with any formal wear, be it Indian attire or western. The inspiration for these clutches came when recently I visited my local fabric store and saw these beautiful brocade fabrics lying in the holiday section. I knew I had to make something with these fabric. And here is the outcome!
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I saw this quilt block somewhere and I knew I had to make it. It took me a while to come up with the pattern. The person was selling the pattern for $9 or so. But I wanted to challenge myself to come up with the pattern in paper piecing. I have no idea what method she used whether traditional piecing or paper piecing, but this one created by me is solely designed by me. The completed block measures 14″ x 14″ square. I hope you like it.
As there is an active interest in this block and lot of folks asked me for the pattern I am posting it here. Please click on the link below.
Please feel free to ask any question about this pattern. I would be happy to answer.
Here is the first of my rainbow star series. Having a lot of fun creating my own paper piece quilt patterns of different stars and quilting it using paper piecing technique. I will try to post a new star every week until I have enough blocks to make a big sampler quilt.
Below are few picture showing the steps to make the block. Hope you can make one. You can use solid colors or printed to make it. Use your imagination and creativity.
Step1: Print the design on paper and piece the block using foundation/paper piece technique. For techniques on how to learn paper piecing search YouTube.
Step 2 Make Block 1 and block 2
Step 3 Stitch the two blocks together.
Step 4 Backside of the block after joining the two blocks.
I have created these patterns myself using Adobe Illustrator.

Countdown to New Year or countdown to fiscal cliff or doomsday? Have you ever thought how many days we wait for The Day to come in our life? Why not celebrate everyday like the special day and enjoy every moment in our life? Just a thought!
This block pattern is called Circle of Geese from http://www.piecebynumber.com. I changed the color arrangements and added some customization to make it my own.
This technique of quilt piecing is called foundation piecing or paper piecing. Instead of cutting the fabric in pieces and stitching them to make pattern, here the pattern itself is printed on paper and is used as a foundation to guide you stitch. The above mentioned website is a good source to learn the technique if you are interested.
I appliqued the numbers 3, 2, 1 to customize it. I stitched a decorative border and added a colorful binding to finish the quilt.
Hope this quilt will bring rainbow of colors in our lives!
Finally I am starting my own blog. Recently so many of my friends kept asking details of my handmade crafts, I thought its time to explain! When my dear husband told me a year ago to start writing blogs for my hobbies, I completely ignored him as usual. “Are you crazy?? Me and blog! No way! I am a techie person after all.” Now here I am convinced by another dear friend of mine starting my own blog to connect to friends and family to share my hobbies and lifestyle a bit. Thank you Madsie for pushing me out of my comfort zone and made me thinking seriously about writing blog.
So stay tuned for the next one where I will be writing about the quilt in the picture that I recently finished.