Cathy and our friend Kat are participating in the Mighty Lucky Quilting Club. You can learn more about it
here. When I saw what Cathy and Kat are doing, I decided to try it. You can see Cathy's finished piece
here. I think the object for this first block is to make your own bias tape and create a block with it. Although I am not participating in the club, when I saw what Kat was doing I decided I had to try it. You can see Kat's quilt squares on Instagram under Hexiekat. Anyway, I'm a copier and pretty much copied what she did. Above are two of my four blocks.
After I had the four blocks together, I again followed what Kat did for two reasons. The block looked too plain as it was. I needed to practice my free motion quilting and this was the perfect project for that. Above you can see my try at free motion quilting. I really, really need to practice on those pebbles.
This is a close up. I hope you can see it. I plan to finish FMQ on the other two blocks this weekend. If I get the binding on it I'll take a picture and post it next week. If you are looking to improve your skills I would recommend you try this. Remember, practice, practice, practice.
DON’T FORGET:
- THE HEART OF WINTER TOUR, Saturday, February 13. Call the shop and make your reservations now as seating is limited.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR NOW:
- Four Patch Fun – Friday, Jan. 22
- Scrappers Helping Hands – Saturday, Jan. 23
- Come Sew With Me - Wednesday, Jan. 27
- Quilt As You Go – Thursday, Jan. 28
- London City Bag – Friday, Jan. 29 London City Bag, Friday, Dec. 11 http://westmichquilter.blogspot.com/2015/11/a-class-act-at-attic-window-quilt-shop.html
- Heart of Winter Tour – Saturday, Feb. 13
- Spring Craft Days – Friday, Mar. 18 and 19
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ON ANOTHER NOTE:
♥ Caroll,
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4 comments:
Great idea to do free motion quilting practice on it! I did a cardinal on a bias tree branch. You can see mine on instagram barbpost17 .
Love the quilting! Practice is something I need to do a lot of! I've tried bias tape once, but hope to give it another go one day!
These look like a lot of fun! Thanks for sharing!
I think your FM looks amazing!!! I've only tried it a couple of times and decided I'd much rather hand quilt, lol....you're rocking this!
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