First of all, I would like to rescind previous derogatory comments about feathers in general as I am starting to find some variations which I am quite keen about. This border from Judi Madsen is one of them. The double circle (mine look like olives rather than circles, but that's another story) make for very smoothly flowing pebble fill. I struggled a little on the feathers as this design requires making all the feathers in the same direction (i.e. top of the spine down) instead of alternate directions like most feathers (i.e. down on the left, up on the right). I know that sounds like a silly difference but it really made a difference as I had to really, really think rather than just flow. I am also working on a domestic machine so seeing where I'm going around the foot is different than with a long arm. The little triangle spine is brilliant as it fills in any wonkiness of the feathers. And clearly I am better at making triangles than swirls.
The other variation of Judi's design was this one. Hers is a fill for a square which I adapted to fit this panel project. It looks great from the front (red side). My less than perfect swirls are evident on the contrasting yellow back.
I have to remember that washing this when I'm done will make is so all the imperfections just make for interesting texture.
That's my story. I'm sticking with it.
More fills just for practice. These are bi-colored panels and the other half will be green.
I also tried some swirls inspired by LuAnn Kessi. I'm undecided how I feel about them at this time. I ran out of bobbin and went to bed rather then winding a new one.
I keep plugging away on the USA hand quilting. Here it is from the back. The nearer sections have the between the block fill done, which I will have to go back and do on the earlier blocks. And here's a close up. I'm maintaining a progress widgit on the right sidebar. I'm now done with 33 of the 50 blocks.
4 comments:
I would love to know the path of the double orange peel variation next to the daisys. I like this, but couldn't figure out how to make it continuous with 2 motifs.
Thanks. I'm really enjoying your practice on quiltin! Thanks for sharing
another comment, lol. Someone told me that to make swirls look more swirly thatyou had to be sure to swirl out of the swirl back to the beginning of the swirl, otherwise it looks unfinished. I found this to be very helpful for my swirls, and they are prettier if I remember to follow that rule. Thought this might help you.
I think your FMQ is amazing, as is your hand quilting!
Excellent!
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