Saturday, January 25, 2014

More FMQ!!



I made more progress machine quilting. This time I quilted safety pins/pulleys. I saw the term channel quilting and I guess that's what I'm doing. I'm quilting every other open channel. I must admit I quilted 2 areas right next to each other. It took a long time to rip out all those stitches! I've chosen a different quilting pattern for each individual area. I still have to decide what pattern to use for my next area.

Here's a close up:


I started off a little shaky but feel it got better as I practiced and progressed through my quilt top. It added some great texture to my quilt. I'm really enjoying this process and feel I'm growing more comfortable with each new pattern I try.

I also started putting together the Basket Case quilt. This took a lot longer than I thought it would.
Again, I had to iron seams while sewing the blocks together. It's so much easier when the seams are going in opposite directions.


One row down, only 5 to go!!

It's snowing out, again! I heard the cold weather is returning after one day in the 30's. I think this may be the longest winter yet! Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

8 comments:

  1. Progress on your FMQ and the safety pins/pulleys pattern looks great! Can't wait to see your Basket Case quilt done, the first row looks great!

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    1. Thank you so much for the encouraging words! So nice to hear!

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  2. It's great that you are learning so much about FMQ.
    Having to pull out all those machine stitches must have been lots of fun...not!

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    1. Why does it take so long to rip out stitches?? It seemed to take forever! But it had to be done!!

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  3. Your first row looks great! :)

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  4. That looks so effective...I really like it

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    1. Thanks! It's fun and looks good with what I've done so far.

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