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Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Building Skills
I quilted my 2 May Skill Builder blocks. The first block was quick and simple:
The second one I wanted to try Leah's Inside the Sun design. I loved it when I first saw it on her blog and have been wanting to try it ever since. My machine decided it didn't want to cooperate though. This was the back of my block for the center line:
I haven't had that major of a tension issue in quite some time. Just adjusting the tension wasn't working, but gratefully after changing my needle and re-threading the machine I was back up and running.
I wasn't happy with my flames. I noticed that I lost the pointiness of the flames about half way through the echoing and I don't think I made the original flames varied and curvy enough. These are all things I'll fix the next time I do this design. It's a Skill Builder quilt, right? :)
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Your quilting never ceases to impress me!
ReplyDeleteYour quilting looks great! How is baby Ben doing?
ReplyDeleteAwesome! I love both of them.
ReplyDeleteI like what you did with both of the blocks. I recently had similar machine issues. It is amazing what going back to basics will do for you, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteVery nice quilting!
ReplyDeleteI love the little Sock Monkey peeking out of your piecing! Cute! And nice job on the quilting!
ReplyDeleteI have had the same tension issues. I discovered that a major one was when I forgot to put down the presser foot. Now I pay extra attention to that even when things are going great. I do follow your routine of changing the needle and re-threading the machine which usually fixes the issue.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!
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