Wednesday 6 March 2013

WIP Wednesday: Progress

Made some progress this week. Here is my table runner

Will post more detailed FMQ shots about this one on Friday. While nice, it lacks a bit of planning, i.e. I should have thought more about the quilting of the actual blocks. Border is beautiful but I was left wondering what to do with the blocks (which ultimately produced some unevenness in the quilting...hmm, maybe I should have used a filler design over the blocks...






























And here is me hard at work on my baby quilt. Have decided on a loopy - loop design . In order to keep me focussed I had to have my drawing of the design next to me the whole time just to refer to the scale of the design and also to check every now and then in which direction I was going.  Loops are easy to stitch, however I don't find it that easy to fill up an area with any level of consistency. I am aiming for a scale of about an inch over a 3 - 4in area, so have to have a fair bit of speed to make those more sweeping kinds of movements. Very easy to then get lost in it all and end up too close or between some loops. So far, so good...half way through



Linking up to  WIP Wednesday over at Freshly Pieced. (guest hosted by Claire from Sewing Over Pins)

Karin
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3 comments:

  1. Marelize RiesMarch 06, 2013 8:28 pm

    You could easily still add some fmq to the blocks as well, it will really make those feathers pop! Love what you did...

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  2. Claire JainMarch 07, 2013 3:10 am

    Thanks for the shout out :-) Your FMQ is beautiful!

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  3. AnonymousMarch 08, 2013 2:42 pm

    I agree with Marelize, and you could fill all the white from block to feather if you wanted.

    I have the same challenge with loopy lines; I haven't done it enough to get a good rhythm for filling evenly. I like the color of your baby quilt.

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