Tuesday, May 11, 2010

No Patience

I still do not have the patience or the skill for FMQ.  The only reason I did not send this off the long armer is that I wanted to keep up with the quilt along and Rachel only gave us two weeks to assemble the quilt top, baste, quilt and bind.


If I have to quilt, I prefer quilting in a straight line grid fashion, but did a loopy pattern since I was in a hurry to move on to other projects.  


It's not the best, but it was quick, it's done and I didn't have to pay anyone ;-)  Now it just needs the binding.


I rewarded myself with playing around with these fun scraps whenever I took a break from the quilting. I'd like to applique this, maybe add some hand embroidery accents and send it to AAQI

Have an amazing day!!


6 comments:

  1. It looks good, Rene'. FMQ must be an acquired taste and I haven't gotten it either, but maybe with enough practice it will become more fun.

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  2. I am with you on the FMQ. We will get there though if we practice!!!

    Blessings,
    KT

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  3. When I have more time, then I try FMQ but I usually stick to straight lines. Your quilt looks so pretty! I still need to finish quilting mine. When is the dead line?

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  4. It looks lovely! the house is very sweet! can't wait to see that finished too!

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  5. Your crinkled quilt looks great! You should quilt your own tops some more :) The more you do it the more confident you'll get. And I actually find that part quite relaxing with a book in my ipod!

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  6. Your free motion quilting looks fabulous. It does take time...but now you can say "I did it!" and enjoy that pretty quilt!

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