Friday, March 21, 2014
Hearts Galore
This is what's been on my sewing machine for most of the week:
The two outer sections of the quilt are covered in Heart Flow and the inner section is a less dense English Ivy. Both designs start with a heart shape, so even though they have very different textures they are related. You can see it best from the back of the quilt. It's not quite so in-your-face-pink in real life, but since the girl's favorite color is pink, who I'm making this for, it's not a big deal. I guess it just makes for some bright viewing for everybody else.
Spending most of my extra time on quilting has been calming for me. I think I need to start a wholecloth project, because I had forgotten just how much I enjoy FMQ when done on a more regular basis.
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Your heart echo and english ivy FMQ both look great. I know I am the same way, FMQ is very calming but getting the machine setup in FMQ all the time is tough. And I don't get to do as free motion quilting as I would want. I miss 2012 when Leah Day had one FMQ quilt along.
ReplyDeleteThe echoed hearts look great. I love FMQ too. I try to do some FMQ each month. Often it is an orphan block turned wall hanging.
ReplyDeleteQuilting helped keep me sane when I was a stay at home in the '80's and '90s. In world of unending dishes, laundry, diapers, carpools, sleep deprived nights, teacher conferences, swim mom, etc. it was so affirming to be able to do something creative and that didn't need to be redone over and over again. It is good to read you are finding the same joy.
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