Q1. What is your name?
A. Cara Gulati.

Q2. Where do you live (City, State and Country)?
A. Nicasio, CA USA .

Q3. When did you first start quilting?
A. 1992

Q4. What inspired you to start?
A.A friend made quilts and I had to see what cutting fabric up into little pieces and sewing them back together was all about. My business was designing children's wear at the time and I just didn't get it.

Q5. How many hours per week do you spend quilting?
A. It varies, but averages out to about 20 hours a week.

Q6. How many quilts have you created?
A. About 75.

Q7. Do you have a distinctive style?
A. Yes. Very artsy and colorful. My current series looks 3-D.

Q8. Who is your favorite quilter?
A. This week it would have to be Barbara Olsen.

Q9. Have you won any prizes for your quilting?
A. Yes.

Q10. Which of your quilts is your favorite?
A. The newest one called 3-D Party Explosion. It will be in the large art category at the Houston International Quilt Festival this fall.

Q11. Do you have any other hobbies?
A. There are other hobbies? ;0) Beading and knitting..

Q12. Do you have your own website?
A. www.doodlepress.com

Q13. Do you produce your own patterns?
A. Yes see the website

Q14. What is your favorite quilting magazine?
A. Quilting Arts.

Q15. What would you like to achieve in quilting over the next 10 years?
A. To finish writing and publish the books inside my head, to travel to teach internationally and to design fabric for a major textile manufacturer.

Q16. If you could give one tip to the quilting world what would it be?
A. To loosen up and have fun with it! If you aren't smiling, it's time to work on something else. Most people are so concerned that every piece had to be a masterpiece, and not many people can live up to that standard. A mistake is an opportunity to learn something new. Ripping out seams makes you really good at ripping out seams, it doesn't make you better at sewing seams together correctly. Glue is your friend. And finally, you are your own worst critic. Go to bed and it will look better in the morning!