Well, enough of the what ifs, that has only resulted in probably a dozen untouched quilt tops just taking up cupboard space. My cats accept my imperfections...why can't I?
I took a wonderful machine quilting workshop with Lynne F. of Fraser Valley Quilt Guild and she is a fantastic teacher! I have taken other machine quilting classes, and I think it is finally starting to sink in. You can only get better with practice. Period. No one jumps onto a machine and becomes an accomplished quilter, let alone a master quilter. Yes, some people are truly gifted, but for the rest of us, it just takes practice!
I am trying to figure out how I should quilt the Mod quilt sampler (from Oh Fransson!). At last weekend's retreat, I stitched in the ditch all of the sashing strips to stabilize it. I contemplated straight stitching lines through all the sashing, but wanted to try something out of my comfort zone.
I practiced some overlapping squares which I've seen online and really like the look, but hubby thought it would be too much as an overall pattern on the quilt. So I thought, what the heck, and started quilting the sashing using the overlapping squares.
Rather than quilt all the vertical strips and then have to jump over the cornerstones that would already be quilted, I decided to stair-step the quilting. I stitched down the first vertical sashing strip, and then moved to the right and stitched the horizontal sashing strip. This gives me practice moving the quilt in both directions, which is something the quilting instructor encouraged us to practice.
Yes, my stitches are not perfect, the squares sometimes overlap twice in one spot, the stitches get larger and smaller, but I am confident that over time, it will get better, and I am happy I've given myself permission to be less than perfect! Now back to my quilting!
Happy Sunday!
13 comments:
Hi Cat - this looks so good! And brave of you to just go for the quilt too!
Looks great Kat, love the colors; Happy Sunday Quilting To You.
Oooh love it Kat!! It's perfect for your ModSampler!
Good for you Kat! I'm still stuck at that scared-to-be-imperfect stage, but I'll have to break out eventually -- I'm running out of room to store sandwiches! Looks fab!
Looking good, Kat! You are so right. It really does take practice. Your quilting looks great already!
Looks good Kat. Remember the 3 foot rule.
Looks awesome Kat! You're doing a fantastic job. And remember the 6 foot rule, if you can't see the imperfection at 6 feet, then it doesn't matter.
O.M.G. Kat!! I just love the overlapping squares; and I actually 'dropped my dogs' and was practicing this weekend too. But all I came up with were 'scribbles'....many,many more hours to go for me.....But you are determined and talented and on your way!!
Well done. It looks great. Just one word of caution "density"
Working on a real quilt is a big step but a very important one too. Love to see the finished product.
Good for you, keep up the great work, like you say It takes lots of practice. It looks wonderful from the photos.
Looks great, keep up the wonderful work
Yeah, I realize I have quilted it quite dense, as I have already used up one 1000 m spool of thread, and I'm only halfway done the sashing. Yikes!
Way to go Idaho! It seems like a huge amount of time but I'm inspired by your get'n it done-ness!
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