Nothing like cutting it close with my Free Motion Quilting challenge this month. The challenge this month is brought to us by Don Linn. You can see his tutorial on this
post at Sew Cal Gal.
I printed off a pdf file with this design. This one that I started out with is actually smaller than the print out. This is my practice piece. I did this free hand, of sorts. I didn't draw the design on the fabric. I just looked at the pattern and I added the echo quilting to the design.
See that center circle in the gray thread? I was going to practice with my regular thread and needle I use for sewing and my quilting looked horrible. I changed the needle to a top stitch needle and thread the machine with machine quilting thread and things were fine. Go figure.
So the first thing to do was trace the pattern onto mesh tulle. If you look to the right of the hoop you can see where I traced using a black sharpie. Then you put the tulle in the hoop with the tulle touching the fabric and trace with a water soluble blue pen. If you look in the hoop you can see the blue pen tracing. The tulle works like a stencil. Pretty neat idea. Go see the tutorial if you want to try this technique because Don Linn explains it in much better detail plus has tips.
So here is the pattern done up with my added swirls in the center.
I didn't feel like I had enough practice and I thought it looked a little boring so I added some more quilting which I think looks pretty neat.
With Passion,
Carrie P.
13 comments:
free motion quilting is a challenge for me but looks like you've got it going well. I love the veins in the leaves on the last picture.
Looks good Carrie
Looks great! I'm going to go check out that tutorial. Thanks for sharing
You did a great job!! It looks lovely :-) Practicing quilting is the hardest part I think......but the most important.
I found it an interesting and useful technique - one to keep on my list of 'tools'. I like how you embellished the original flower with veins etc. I'm enjoying how these monthy tutorials are making us keep at the fmqing!
This is amazing - drawing with thread!
It looks like a lot of fun drawing with your needle, it looks great. I use the tulle method, I'll go check it out but I had trouble with the blue marker transferring some of the sharpie ink onto the quilt.
Before you know it you'll be wanting a long arm! Terrific play.
Carrie, your quilting is beautiful. I love what you have done. Hugs
You've done more than me again on the fmq'ing, I'd better crack the whip if I'm going to make it this month.
Great machine quilting. You are getting really good.
It looks fantastic!
Nice! I love the additional details you added. They really make the design pop!
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