Quilting for Enjoyment

8/31/12

August- Free motion quilt challenge

Busy, busy. Here it is the last day of Aug and I haven't posted about anything. But I have been busy. I am mainly working on a quilt challenge that is due in December. A Hawaiian Applique quilt, it is the first time I have made this type of quilt. You will have to wait for more about this quilt till later. I did do a block for my local quilt guild a few years ago. Here is a picture of it.

Now on to the SewCalGal FMQ challenge for this month. Wendy Sheppard was our expert for August.

Her challenge to us was a jester motif. I spent spare time doodling these out.

Most of my practise was on paper.

I didn't care for my extra embellishment to the hat, but do like the plain jester hat motif.

Here is my stitched sample.

Thank you Wendy and Sew Cal Gal! I am looking forward to next months challenge.

7/27/12

July~~ Free Motion Quilt Challenge & Sewing Projects

Free Motion Quilt Challenge

This one was hard for me. I wasn't able to get my lines straight and my curly weren't so great either. More practice needed.

Baby quilt.

Front

Back

Another practice piece.

Here are some post cards I made this month.

Lottery block for TBLOVERS2

Pillowcase dress this is the first on I have ever made.

Apron for a swap.

And a UFO finish...

Hand quilting in the white areas.

front

back

6/27/12

June 2012 FMQ Challenge

Wow! this has been so much fun!

I want to say first of all ***THANK YOU! THANK YOU!!!!!*** SewCalGal for this challenge, Cindy Needham for the wonderful tutorial, each one of the previous teachers and fellow challengees all of you have encouraged and help me improve my quilting and caused me to stretch beyond my limited ability to machine quilt.

Click here to find out more about SewCalGal Free Motion Quilt Challenge

And here for June's challenge by Cindy

I began my challenge by doing the doodles 3 of them.

Next I began doodling on fabric. First I stitched my curvy line to break the piece up into sections.

Then I stiched in one section at a time. Or as Cindy says "Divide and Conquer"

Finished front of my 1st fabric doodle

Finished back of my 1st fabric doodle

I was able to complete my finial piece for the challenge today And I am very happy with it.

Front I did the quilting on this side.

And this is the back side. The back is my favorite.

Again Thank you Cindy for your tutorial this month.

Humble yourselves therefore

under the mighty hand of God,

that he may exalt you in due time:

Casting all your care upon him;

for he careth for you.

I Peter 5:6,7

6/25/12

Art Quilt

I have finished my second Stupendous Stitching quilt. I love hand and machine embroidery and Carol Ann Waugh Technique is fun and relaxing. If you are interested in learning her technique` check out her class on Craftsy click here

Couching added

Machine stitching added

Hand embroidery

My husband said the arrows remind him of turkey tracks,

the triangles of cobble stones,

the variegated random small lines of school of fish

and the orange chain stitch of a winding stream.

What do you think?

Trimmed and finishing edge

Thank you for stopping by and looking.

Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust,and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.

Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.

Isaiah 12: 2,3

6/22/12

Quilty stuff

After watching "The Quilt Show" Episode 1011 – Stupendous Stitching (Carol Ann Waugh)
I made this small piece.

I am looking forward to making some more quilted art pieces using Carol Ann's technique, I love machine and hand embroidery stitching and combining them together is lots of fun.

My next piece is a quilt postcard using Ricky Tims' Primitive Rail Fence block that he taught on "The Quilt Show" # 1013