Welcome to week 396 of Free Motion Mavericks. Sorry for the delay. I guess I'm more ready for the weekend than I thought!
read moreI had a really fun time last evening doing some free motion quilting (FMQ) for this post. I can't wait to show you what I've been up to
read moreWelcome to Free Motion Mavericks, week 306. It's been a month since I last free motion quilted (FMQ) a star. Today I'm going to show you the last two star blocks on the Pinwheels and Stars Baby Quilt.
Swirl Hook Star
The first star today is the Swirl Hook Star based on Angela Walter's 4 Ways To Machine Quilt Star Blocks (see Related links below).
In the last star post, I mentioned that I had been practicing my Swirl Hook. Of course I hadn't practiced it since then, but as soon as I started drawing it ...
read moreHi! I'm glad that you dropped by for week 264 of Free Motion Mavericks.
It's been an incredibly busy week with my post for The Winter Blues Blog Hop on Tuesday and a finish required by Sunday morning with Project Quilting. I would love to say that I FMQ something just for today....but that didn't happen. Instead, I'm just going to show you my Cold and Sunny quilt and get on with the link up for the Free Motion Mavericks.
Cold and Sunny
Free Motion Quilted using Leah Day's designs |
Cold and Sunny |
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This quilt has been up on my design wall for months. It feels good to have it down and done.
Not only is it done, it's all washed and soft. Simon, of course, had to test that out.
I used Aurifil 50 wt white thread for the whole project - top and bobbin. Quilted beautifully.
Simon is pointing out one of his favorite blocks. I combined many of Leah Day's fills within some organic shapes surrounded with straight lines.
The front is fun, but so is the back. I just used fleece as the batting and backing, just two ... read more
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