Monday night here and I had only a little time to sew. I had the notebook covers pieced. I had watched a bit of video on Sunday night on Free Motion Quilting on
Craftsy. So I decided to layer one of them with batting and just doodle on it. I put on some Aurifil 50 wt thread and I just had fun playing and soon it was all quilted.
I also took a few detail shots. I tried whatever struck me in each section knowing that a wild variety would make for a fun notebook.
In the dark section on this I turned it sideways. Do you see that those are flowers on stems?
My clamshells aren't so great but the pattern on the batik disguises it.
I put in some pebbling and some wavy lines. I did a strange version of an iron cross and there are even a few feathers, but you are not getting a close up of them! ha ha. We will file feathers under "needs more work."
Comments are welcomed. I will reply when possible unless otherwise stated. However, foolishly posted "hate speech" comments will be swiftly removed.
7 comments:
Gene...the flowers you speak of on the dark fabric...well...to me they look like really cool little people and I like them. LOL Fun little artistic people like forms.
What a great way to practice your FMQing. I really liked the piecing too...I was reading along although I didn't comment.
Smiles and hugs,
Kelly
I have my own name for free motion quilting...Free Spirit Quilting.Mine may never improve but they do have a lot of free spirit!
Wow...just went over your photos and had my comment composed in my head. Then I read the comments, and Kelly took the words right away from me. YES! Cool people! I love that one! Even if it looks like something other than what upi meant. LOVE It! So neat that you are having fun. :)
They all look great! It looks like your stitches are nice and even. I thought your flowers were balloons - lol!
Gene, you did a great job. I love that each section is quilted differently. Your free motion skills are progressing nicely. Two thumbs up from me!!
Practice, practice, practice
is what they keep saying. These notebooks are a great small project for this. I have not started mine yet, but I did get my scrap box out.
This is such a great project. Love all the personality you added to the notebook cover. I watch Craftsy classes the same way--a little at a time.
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