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As you can see my stippling resembles 'Mickey Mouse' ears. When I first started to stipple that was the only way I could do wiggly shapes without getting completely lost.
Monday, 16 January 2012
Quilt Along with Leah Day #2
Hi. My name is Karin and I have been following Leah Day's Free Motion Quilting Project over the last year. I have been quilting since 2006 and have been free motion quilting for about 4 years. Here are my samples for this week's Quilt Along
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I found random stippling actually quite challenging and found that it was hard to stipple in a consistent manner, a problem that I encountered before when I did stipple over a whole quilt. I think I have instinctively followed more of a row approach. It feels more natural and comes together more easily as a clear direction is followed.
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That looks nice and even to my old eyes. Mickey Mouse ears? Interesting way of looking at it. Actually, I thought I saw some gingerbread men in there! but thinking of mouse ears might help me keep a more consistent shape to my stippling. Thanks for the idea.
ReplyDeleteI'd be interested to hear whether this worked for you. For me it was the only way I was able to achieve some variety in my stippling. Once I was able to stipple basic 'ears' I was then able to vary the shape, direction etc. still always following the 'ears' idea. That kept me on track and gave the overall stippling consistency.
DeleteI think your FMQ looks great, mouse ears and all. I bet is looks fabulous on a quilt!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comment. I have stippled two single bed sized quilts so far and am really happy with how they turned out. In fact, ever since then I prefer FMQ to the rather pesky stitch-in-the ditch...FMQ is much faster and more hassle free.
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