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Two For One! from Sew Preeti Quilts

I have lots to share today.

Let's start with Positivity Grows! Some of you may have seen this finish on Instagram but here it is for the first time on my blog - the Positivity 2023 Finished Quilt. I have named her Vrinda, which is one of the names of the Holy Basil.

Vrinda

Vrinda is green and glowing.

The blocks are sometimes wonky, but you know that straight is overrated :-D

Happy Pride Month!

Speaking of happiness, I like to celebrate every finish and Paul captured that emotion perfectly.

Happiness is a Quilt

Since I will be sending Vrinda ...

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Positivity 2023 - Flower Block Tutorial from Sew Preeti Quilts

This Flower Block will finish at 12" (width) by 10" (height). It is the exact same dimension as the Leaf Block. I had made an audition/trial block earlier. Based on that experience, I updated the method, which I am sharing in the tutorial.

Flower + Leaf = Audition Block

These directions show how to make the Flower Block using 2.5" strips. You may use scraps (that can be used to cut the pieces shown under Fabric Requirements).

Flower Block Graphic

Fabric Requirements

Background - One strip 2.5" by 41"
Cut Four rectangles 2.5" by 4.5", Four squares 2 ...

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Positivity 2023 QAL - Leaf Block Tutorial from Sew Preeti Quilts

Finally, here we are! The Positivity 2023 QAL begins today.

I am so excited to share this tutorial with you.

To make two leaf blocks, we need the following:

One strip of light green - 2.5" by Width of Fabric (WOF)

One strip of dark green - 2.5" by WOF

One background strip - 4.5" by WOF

Four rectangles of background - 5" by 6"

Two rectangles of black/brown/grey (stem) - 1.5" by 10.5"

Step 1. Sew one light green strip (2.5" by WOF) to the background strip (4.5" by WOF) along the length.

Sew one ...

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Positivity 2023 - Fabric Requirements and Cutting Directions from Sew Preeti Quilts

Positivity Grows!

This was my initial thought.

Positivity Grows

Then I had another thought. What if the leafy stems had a flower on the top? That thought led to this Layout Option - Positivity Blooms!!!

Positivity Blooms

Positivity Grows has 32 Leaf Blocks.

Positivity Blooms has 27 blocks - 23 Leaf Blocks and 4 Flower Blocks. Five blocks are left blank.

Let's discuss each one of these in some detail.

Positivity Grows is simple. It is soothing, has universal appeal and is gender neutral. Green is a neutral color. However, the leaves don't have to be green. Check out the ...

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Imagine the Positibilities!!! from Sew Preeti Quilts

Paul: Positibilities???
Me: Oh yes.
Paul: What is that?
Me: They are the possibilities that emerge when one is positive.

Paul delivered one huge eye roll, as expected!

Let's ignore him for now... at least till the photo shoot.

I had imagined the Positivity Quilt in green. Something like this.

In Pin Dot Floral

But leaves don't have to be green. So I mocked up a few different colors. Here are the positibilities!

In English Lavender

In Juicy Mosaics

In Porcelain Blue

In Modern Opulence

In Sunset Plains

And the big reveal. Drum roll, please...

Scrappy Rainbow (Island ...

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Positivity 2023 QAL Schedule from Sew Preeti Quilts

Dear Quiltmakers,

Thank you for joining the Positivity QAL. Here is a suggested schedule so that you can pace yourself and stay on track. There will be three linky parties, shown in red below. The links will become live on the day of the party.

1. May 28, 2023 - QAL Launch - Block Tutorial and Fabric Requirements

2. June 4, 2023 - Finalize your layout (Grow/Bloom) and pick your fabrics

3. June 11, 2022 - Complete cutting fabrics

4. June 18, 2023 - Make blocks

5. June 25, 2023 - Make Blocks. Linky Party to share your progress

6. July 2, 2023 - Complete all ...

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Positivity QAL 2023 - Sponsors and Prizes from Sew Preeti Quilts

Happy Weekend to you!

I have added a new page - Positivity 2023 QAL. See top left of the blog page. It contains important links and these will become active/live as we move through the QAL.

I am working on the Positivity QAL blocks in preparation for the Quilt Along, beginning on May 28, 2023.

Kaffe Fassett Love!

Here are the gifts/prizes we have secured for the Positivity 2023 QAL. We appreciate the generosity of our sponsors!!! Do take a look at their stores/shops.

LEVEL 1 (Flimsy)
All QAL participants (anywhere in the world) who link up their ...

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Positivity? from Sew Preeti Quilts

Do gun deaths in America surprise anyone?

No. Because, they have been normalized by one political party. Watch this one lawmaker speak his mind.

Six people including three nine-year old kids were killed in a mass shooting. It is not a surprise that there were protests. It is not too much of a surprise that the Republican legislature was more concerned about the disruption on the house floor than protecting innocent lives.

Instead of listening to the voices of reason, they disenfranchised them. Instead of focusing on gun safety, they focused on removing those who disagreed with them.

Well, at ...

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2022 In Review from Sew Preeti Quilts

As I sat writing about the year 2022, I wondered - what did I say about 2020? Unexpected.

What did I say about 2021? It was a year marked by assault on democracy, our voting rights and our bodies.

What can I say about 2022? The most significant world event has to be the unprovoked attack on Ukraine.

The most significant events in the US would include anti-LGBTQ policies and violence, continuing gun violence, and the monumental decision to overturn the landmark ruling Roe v. Wade.

Sadly (or appropriately) I made a quilt inspired (or disgusted) by each of those events ...

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Pattern, Sale & BlogHop too! from Sew Preeti Quilts

I have so many things to share that I could just explode.
Breathe, breathe, just breathe, Paul said.

1. Topsy Turvy is now available as a stand alone pattern in my Etsy Store.

Topsy Turvy in Honeycomb Fabrics

I first made Topsy Turvy using the scraps left over from the Island Batik "Make it Modern" Blog Hop and Challenge. Many refinements later, making it suitable for 2.5" precut strips, writing and rewriting and then correcting the pattern, Topsy Turvy is now available as a standalone pattern.

Here are a few more pictures.

Basting and Ironing

Topsy Turvy is a ...

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Prizes, Prizes, Prizes!!! from Sew Preeti Quilts

Today, the Positivity QAL comes to an end with the announcement of the winners.

Thanks to the unexpected generosity of our sponsors - Art Gallery Fabrics, Benartex and Island Batik, we had enough prizes for everyone who completed a Positivity Quilt.

Here are the winners:

Mari, Lisa T, Katie May, Roseanne, Sue Hoover, Danielle, Cynthia, Sylvia, and Wendy F.

Emails have been sent to all winners. While I wait for your addresses, I am stuffing goodies in padded envelopes. So excited!!!

Sunday Update - Prizes have been sent to Katie May, Roseanne, Sylvia and Sue. Mari and Lisa have received their prizes ...

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Unboxing Positivity from Sew Preeti Quilts

The second shipment of boxes from Island Batik arrived in the last week of June, loaded with gorgeous fabrics and other goodies/supplies from Island Batik's industry partners.

Last weekend, I shot the video.

The setup below shows off my Island Batik projects from this year - Syzygy, Pobody's Nerfect and Harmony.

Ready to Roll the Camera

Here is the link to the unboxing video.
https://www.facebook.com/preeti.harris/videos/3339563136370078/

I received Batting from Hobbs. Cotton Queen Size, 80/20 Black Queen Size, Cotton Wool Blend Lap Size, Thermore Polyester Queen Size, and fusible batting strips ...

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Positivity QAL - Checking in from Sew Preeti Quilts

Paul's Covid recovery has been much slower than we'd like. I noticed that the cough syrup was almost gone.

Me: I can fetch you more Nyquil, babe.
Paul: Nah, I'll just use Dayquil if I need.
Me: Oh Ok.
Paul: Or I'll mix the half dose of Nyquil in the Dayquil.
Me: What? You a pharmacist now?
Paul: Pharmacist? No. Bartender.

I burst out laughing.

Paul: It has alcohol.

Me: Yes, it does.

Picnic with Paul

Staying away from restaurants/enclosed spaces, we decided to go on a picnic. It was a beautiful day.

On the ...

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Positivity 2022 QAL - Block Tutorial from Sew Preeti Quilts

This Block Tutorial post marks the beginning of the Positivity 2022 Quilt Along. Although I shared the Sponsors & Prizes, the QAL Schedule and the Fabric Requirements earlier, this is the post where you can actually get started!!!

I am so very excited. But first - a disclaimer.

Please note that the block itself is not new. But this method of making this block is my very own.
Think of it this way - I did not discover New York, but I am the driver of this new superfast overnight train to New York (or Chicago, in case you live in New York ...

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The Positivity QAL 2022 - Sponsors and Prizes from Sew Preeti Quilts

I am thrilled to announce the generous sponsors for the Positivity 2022 Quilt Along to make Mercyful Quilts. There is a lot of information here, so you may want to bookmark this page.

If you are new to the Positivity QAL or have not heard of Mercyful Quilts, you may have some questions. Well, I have answers :-)

What is a Mercyful Quilt?
The Palliative Care Unit in the Mercy Hospital gives quilts to their terminally ill patients to bring some measure of comfort to the person and their family as they go through the difficult process of dying. The family ...

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Positivity 2022 - Schedule from Sew Preeti Quilts

Dear Quiltmakers,

Thank you for joining the Positivity QAL. Here is a suggested schedule for the QAL so that you can pace yourself and stay on track. There will be three linky parties, shown in red below.

1. May 29, 2022 - QAL Launch - Block Tutorial and Fabric Requirements

2. June 5, 2022 - Finalize your fabric picks, block and layout etc.

3. June 12, 2022 - Complete cutting fabrics

4. June 19, 2022 - Complete Blocks 1-20

5. June 26, 2022 - Complete Blocks 21 - 40. Linky Party to share your progress

6. July 3, 2022 - Complete Blocks 41 - 60

7. July 10, 2022 ...

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What did I miss? from Sew Preeti Quilts

Hello quiltmakers,

I am back from my trip to India. Mom's surgery went well and she is on the road to recovery. I appreciate your kind thoughts and warm wishes.

Although my visit wasn't a vacation and I stayed home (near the A/C) due to the heat, my friends (Ruby and Savita) visited me. I felt spoiled with spicy food and sweet mangoes.

Happy to see you :-)

Veggie Delight (Don't ask me the English name)

Vanilla icecream with fresh mangoes

The Indian street food that I loved would most certainly kill me now. So Meetu recreated ...

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Think Pink from Sew Preeti Quilts

Angela announced that April is Pink. And nature got the memo :-)

Delicate Pink

Hot Pink

Reddish Pink

Pretty Blooms

It is like the sun and breeze shared a naughty joke and all flora blushed.

Looks like my fabrics are blushing too. I will be sharing with Angela's linky party.

Starting Point

Plus Background Strips

Cut and Sew

Easter Bunny?

When a pink Easter bunny hopped on to my work, I ate him up :-D

Voila!!!

I have about a dozen pink blocks. All different sizes. How will I put them together?

With a lot of mixing and matching, cutting ...

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Positivity QAL - Winners from Sew Preeti Quilts

We have come to the end of our journey. This is the final stop in the Positivity QAL 2021.

It took many emails, phone calls, scribbles and scrawls, and test blocks. There were a couple of disappointments but many pleasant surprises. My hope was a dozen new quilts for the Mercyful Hospital. Bernie tells me that we have 19. So far.

From Janine (Quilts from the Little House)

From Mary (Quilting is in my Blood)

I know Diann's quilt is in progress. Joy is working on (at least) two quilts and quilting one flimsy received from Astrid. Mari is ...

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Varun from Sew Preeti Quilts

I have named him Varun, after the Hindu deity of sea and sky and rain. By now Varun has traveled the width of the country and reached Bernie on the west coast.

Varun - 60" by 80"

Varun - Green Backing

Each plus block finished at 10" square. 48 blocks were arranged 6 by 8 for a finished quilt measuring 60" by 80". Varun is my contribution to the Positivity QAL and is a Mercyful Quilt.

Thank you from Mercy Hospital

Mercyful Quilts Update

Wrapped with Kindness (may need tissues)

A Note from Mercy Hospital

Here are the pictures showing the progression ...

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