As I have continued to work on the Free-Motion Quilted Mandala designs, I have come to love what can be done when you simply quilt…..
Mandala #10 was fast and easy!!
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I love how this looks……
Two to go before the end of the year!!!
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This is post number two in the “Frequently Asked Questions for Free Motion Quilting” series and today we are tackling a BIGGIE….. TENSION!!!
One thing that I love about “Julio” (my sit down Juki Longarm) is that the tension is almost always perfect. It is such a wonderful feeling to sit down and know that it is going to work well!
BUT, what if your machine isn’t that reliable?
Watch and learn……
Hopefully now you have a good place to start when you are having tension issues.
Keep coming back for more FAQ’s for FMQ!!
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Yesterday, I spent a bit of time trying various quilting designs on my practice piece.
Today, I am working specifically on filler ideas for one of the “petal” shapes…..
Please join me!!!
I am happy that I decided to make a practice piece and play because, after LOTS of tries, I think that I know exactly how I am going to quilt the actual piece.
As I said in the video, I have now realized that I didn’t buy enough fabric, so I will be visiting the Cherrywood Fabric booth in Houston to add to my fabrics!!
Now I have to figure out what to work on between now and then!!!
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Well, yesterday we put together the practice piece for quilting…..
and today we get started!!
Join me…..
If you are reading on email, you can use this link to go directly to the video….. https://youtu.be/t47Ynow51OU
Come back tomorrow and we will finish up the practice session, in particular playing with filler designs for some of the petals.
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Believe it or not, after two long weeks, we are returning to the IHG (Holiday Inn) carpet quilt!!
When I left you, I had planned out 1/4 of the circle…
I picked a size and enlarged this quarter to be a full circle…..
But no matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t come up with how I wanted to make it.
My friend Marnie often makes a “practice quilt” when she is unsure of her process so I decided to follow her example!!
I found a piece of solid fabric and traced the design on it…..
Okay…now it is time to get real!!
HOW am I going to do the “cutouts” (teardrops)?
My first thought was to fuse them on……
…even though that would put them on top of the fabric rather than under it (which is what it is supposed to be).
For the second round, I decided to put Misty Fuse on them and then cut them out and fuse to the backing fabric.
That idea did NOT work!!
I tried every type of scissors that I owned…..
….but there was no way that I could make them look good……
I will have to keep thinking about other ways to do this!!
Finally, it was basted and ready to start quilting….
….although, I have NO idea where that one outer teardrop has gone, and one side has ink that leaked from my Sharpie, and just after I took this photo, I spilled my Diet Coke on one side!!
I am so glad that this is just a practice!!!
Alright, for the next two days, we will play with quilting this piece, practicing going around the teardrop shapes, and exploring lots of ideas for quilting.