And, a huge thank-you to Dana of http://stormy-daysblog.blogspot.com who came to my rescue during the initial creation of this blog with her tutorials on adding a button and changing that pesky "no reply blogger" status. Her tutorials are spot-on and easy to follow, even for those techie-challenged folks - and we know who we are!
Suspect most posts to this blog for 2012 will consist of the monthly FMQ Challenge practice pieces. I'm loving this year-long challenge, created and sponsored by SewCalGal. The button for this challenge appears on the sidebar to this page. There is some amazing work being done by members of the group which can be seen by checking out the links on each monthly tutorial page on SewCalGal's site (www.sewcalgal.blogspot.com).
The quilt shown below was my first 2012 finish, and second FMQ quilt, completed in early January. This one was quilted using several of Leah Day's design inspirations from her 365 free motion design tutorials found at http://freemotionquilting.blogspot.com. The feature fabric is a Michael Miller design called "Going to Market" along with a companion fabric from the same line plus others from my stash. The quilt pattern is not original to me, but is slightly adapted from the "Going to Market" feature pattern from the fabric line.
The photo directly above shows a detail of the tiny 1/8 - 3/8" diameter pebbling background done for this panel. The background took about two weeks to complete, quilting about an hour at a time. Tiny black on black stitching is not for the faint of heart!
I love this wall quilt, it adds a bit of bold color and warmth to an otherwise calm and serene room.
2 comments:
What a beautiful quilt, the colors are so rich and there's so much to look at. Love it! Thanks for the shout out.
Wow! I love this quilt! I am looking through your past blog posts - all the way to the beginning! Maybe I'll try some FMQ'ing, I've never done that - I need to find a walking foot for my Singer 301A first though.
Jan in MA
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