Hi Mary-Anne
OK - I am using a Bernina 820 machine, my needle is a 70 Microtex needle and my threads are silk on the top and Aurofil 50W in the bobbin. My batting is an heirloom wool. This batting is my first choice. I have a roll of it here. I also have a roll of some cotton wadding which I dont really like, but have so much of it here, its what I should really practise on.
For show work I am going to try to use two battings, one wool and the other cotton ... together - I have some prepared to try some things out with, and will let you know when I use it. Hopefully there will be a difference.
I draw everything!
and I practise with my drawings.
I habve a scap pice of prepared fabic handy so I can be sure my tension is OK..and I can now do these feathers very quickly...only because of the practise :)
I will post the actual cushion I made with this design later in the week on my blog - its a gift and I cant post it yet.
It was a 12" block with a border.
I have this book that I keep things in, once I have them more or less sorted in my head.
Its a good reference. Not always good, but good to look back on.
If I am going out anywhere - I take a notebook with me and keep drawing all the time.
I spend hours doing this, and often have the laptop with me so I can sew what I am watching!
On one design walls are some of my drawings, some used, some waiting to be used and some playing.
Its just another organised mess :)
Hope that has been of some help
Ask me anything - I only started quilting like this, last year when Wendy and Joanne had their Challenge...so I have improved some :)
You can do it too !!
I love what you are all posting. Practise Practise Practise.
3 comments:
Thank-you for showing us what goes on before you actually start quilting. Amazing what you have accomplished in a year.
Improved some?! I would have thought you were quilting for years - not just a year! I love seeing the process behind the product - gives me some ideas of what I should be doing - like doodling and sketching more. Thank you Joan for a very informative post!
Oh, my! In only one year? What marvelous improvement! This is very encouraging news - THANK YOU!!
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