Quick blog to update that I have done the January portion of the 2012 Free Motion Quilting Challenge.
Here are some shots of my practice for SewCalGal's FMQ Challenge.
Then I tried practicing on the border of my this week's practice piece for
Leah Day's Quilt-Along
Here's the original practice with the straight line free motion quilting.
No big problems with the plain straight line sewing though I believe a lots more practice is in my future.....
Then I played with stippling tight, medium, and larger... Then I drew lines and practiced more free motion...
And then 'stitch in the ditch'....
And..... below is the biggest problem I ran into this week....
Odd thing is that I didn't 'feel' it when it happened but found it when I tipped it over...
Thread issues!
Any ideas on what happened here??? Oh well, Unsew and resew it when I go back and get that one line I missed.... did you notice???
11 comments:
Very nice leaves! Well done!
Your quilting looks great. Love the heart leaves.
Your lines are amazingly straight!
Thanks for the wonderful comments! I think Leah is right in that we are our own worst critics as I was worried that my lines were a bit wobbly :) Aren't these quilt-a-long's great??
I love the leaves. Regarding the thread issue. This happens to me when I forget to put the foot back down. It's hard to notice it's not down sometimes when using a free motion/darning foot because it does not go all the way down when it is actually down.
Yes, it's great - and lovely to be able to share the experience via our blogs!
Such great quilting. Your cross hatch lines look so straight and even.
All your quilting is lovely!
Girl, you are SEW busy!! Love the leaves!! Love the good tension you get (99% of the time) on the back with your new machine. :D Hey have you seen this blog...http://lilysquilts.blogspot.com/2012/01/fab-little-quilt-swap.html GREAT ideas. If you have it listed already as one you follow then, D’oh! Just had to share.
Your quilting is amazing. I agree with Mike about the thread issue and presser foot. I just had that happen to me. I find a bobbin can do that too, and just out of the blue. You're sewing along perfectly, and oops....
Your leaves are beautiful!!
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