Saturday, May 14, 2011

Free-motion practice


I finished this today - the colorful blocks were an experiment from a few years ago, to see if I could quick-piece kaleidoscope blocks. I had it in a box for a while and decided to use it to practice free motion quilting. I made the heart pattern on the colorful blocks first, then once I got "better" at it I filled in the plain pink blocks. I practiced free-motion stitch-in-the-ditch and then did the usual meander on the border. Lots of mistakes but good enough for my first try.
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3 comments:

  1. I think your quilting is great for a first try! Your patterns show an organized thought process and are very effective. Any baby would be blessed to recieve this.

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  2. Nice quilt and great first quilting efforts.

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  3. looks great!!!!
    I was wondering what to do on a quick quillow for a grand daughter so will attempt your idea as it would be so appropriatte.
    Thank you

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