Wednesday, April 4, 2012

New Progress



This has been a week of firsts for me.  I completed my first bag, and started working on my first wholecloth quilt. 

I'm really trying to improve my Free Motion Quilting and this helped immensely.  This gives me the courage to try designs on my quilts. 

This first step was the outlining...
 The wholecloth fabric is cut at 18 x 18."  The picture isn't the greatest because it's wet & overcast outside, but the fabric is pink with white thread.
 A couple close looks...
 This was far more enjoyable than I thought it would be.  It's far from perfect - particularly the travel stitching on the feathers, but I don't mind, because I know it's all about the practice.  Next step is the micro-stippling.  Here's a view of the back - not too shabby - just a couple of hiccups.

Other projects:
Skill Builder- Up to date
Blogger BOM- Up to date

No progress:
Christmas blocks
Halloween Wall-hanging

Stats for the Week:
New projects - 1
Completed projects - 1
WIP- 6

Check out what everyone is up to this week over at Freshly Pieced & Free Motion Quilting Project.  

9 comments:

  1. Wowsers! That quilting looks terrific. Pretty soon you can start advertising! I am an okay-to-moderate FMQ, but perhaps I should practice like you are so I can improve. This is really lovely.

    Elizabeth

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  2. Wow! That quilting looks amazing!! I am way to chicken to try something like that....

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  3. Your quilting is fabulous! Are you going to bind that block and frame it? It sure looks like a candidate for that. High five!

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  4. The quilting looks wonderful - love the feathers especially!

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  5. Very pretty! Love the creamy white!

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  6. Your quilting is wonderful! I hope you show off the micro stipple too.

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  7. Your quilting is beautiful! I love the design!

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