Day 3, Bonnie

What did I learn today? It's a LOT harder to follow a pattern than I thought it would be. lol I did the other two squares on the practice piece. Loops seem pretty good, the clamshells not so much. For a first attempt it's not too bad but I can see I need a lot more practice!

Bonnie

Day 1 and day 2

I have to admit that I was bad. I had every intention of posting about day 1 yesterday but by the time I got home from work I barely got the quilting done!

After seeing some of the beautiful work y'all are doing I'm almost ashamed of mine. But I am a very much a beginner at FMQ and the only way to get better is to practice, practice, practice which is why we're doing this isn't it?

Day 1 was mostly getting prepared to quilt. I did do a little on a scrap of fabric and batting. this is the result

All in all not too bad.

Day 2 I worked on a practice piece. I have a hard time with basic meandering. This wasn't too bad, I only really messed up two places. One I got to close to the line, the other I actually crossed it. The line meandering technique was a whole lot easier for me but for some reason I could not slow down doing this technique. My machine sounded like it was preparing for take off! lol But all in all it came out pretty good. The next square will be loops and then the last square will be clamshells. I hope it will help me learn more control. My ultimate goal is feathers! I adore quilts with feathers and REALLY want to master them.

after all this practice I'm going to be brave and quilt this:

Bonnie