I can't believe I kept up with all the challenges to better my free motion quilting skills. I have been very intimidated by free motion quilting but have overcome my fear with these challenges. This month's tutorial was brought to us by
Patsy Thompson. Patsy gave us ideas for borders. I had fun with this challenge even though I was having some issues with my tension. You can see the whole tutorial plus a video on the
SewCalGal blog.
We were able to print out some pdfs with the border ideas. I traced my borders on with washable blue pen. The center was empty. Since it was Christmas time I decided to do my center in a holly design I got from
qisforquilter. I also decided to do my quilting in a red, green, and white variegated thread. I traced the holly design in the center and then added all the border lines from the pdf.
I quilted the center and then worked on each of the borders. The feather border was a little tricky for me because they were to be mirror images. I had to draw them on with the blue wash out pen first which made it much easier for me.
After I finished all the feathers I decided to go back and do something that Patsy calls hyper quilting.
It is adding more quilting inside the feather designs to accentuate them usually done with a different color thread. I decided to add some lines with a little curl to them in the center of the feathers.
Here is my piece all finished. It doesn't look too bad. Thanks Patsy for sharing this tutorial for December.
With Passion,
Carrie P.
19 comments:
Lovely whole cloth quilt! It has been a fun challenge to participate in. Happy New Year!
wow Carrie! Great job. Keep it up!
I really like the addition of the hyperquilting in the feathers. It really adds a lot. I missed out on the Free Motion challenge, but I'm going to go back and do it now. I've been seeing all these great quilts like yours, so I'm going to see if I can improve my free-motion skills!
Dang Carrie...I'll soon be sending you MY TOPS!! You SEW girl...it looks wonderful!
Carrie, I am so impressed! While I'm in TX, I'm going to try to find the right foot for my machine so I can give it a try, too! I'm not too sure about it, though.
Hi Carrie, Thank you so very much for stopping by my blog and leaving a comment. Oh my gosh what beautiful quilts you have made! One day I hope to get over my fear of fabric. This free quilting looks so lovely and so difficult! Wishing you a Happy New Year! Elizabeth
Wow Carrie that looks great!!
I still have that fear of free motion quilting. Your finished piece is beautiful; I love the variegated thread :)
Wonderful job!
Great work Carrie - and good on you for keeping up with all the challenges!! I love how you put the holly in the centre - and your hyperquilting is superb and finishes it off wonderfully (I ran out of time to try that!!). Thank you also for the Q is for Quilter link - it looks like a great site.
I think you are doing really well!
Oh my word, Carrie - I had no idea you were long arming! But, then again, I'm "way behind" on alot of things. I'm so happy for you.
It looks like a little piece of art all by itself. It's really terrific.
You are doing a GREAT job!!
Wow, Carrie - looks so great! Love it!
Fanyastique.
Bonne Année.
You sure made a wonderful design in the middle in addition to your great borders.
Lovely piece, and I especially like your hyperquilting with the variegated thread. Love the holly in the center too.
It is amazing to see how far you've come in FMQ in just a year's time... your piece looks AMAZING! Beautiful work, Carrie! You'll definitely be able to put these new skills to work in 2013-- the year of the UFO! :)
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