"Starstruck" - a WIP

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08-09-2010, 04:41 PM

#101

sewingladydi

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That quilt is so beautiful and you FMQ is out of this world.
Hope I'm as good as you some day!

08-09-2010, 05:04 PM

#102

Shemjo

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How lovely and what an inspiration! You are using a domestic machine and getting such spectatular results! Thanks for sharing!

08-09-2010, 06:46 PM

#103

Sheree from Chicago

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Beautiful quilt! I'm impressed that you can FMQ a king size on a regular machine!

08-09-2010, 07:29 PM

#104

amorerm

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WOW

08-09-2010, 08:38 PM

#105

Picklelady

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this is absolutely fabulous! I love stars! Is this pattern from Judy Martin? Or??

thanks for sharing!!

08-09-2010, 09:33 PM

#106

Deecee

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Wonderful quilt and great FMQ.

08-09-2010, 09:58 PM

#107

Katrine

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Picklelady

this is absolutely fabulous! I love stars! Is this pattern from Judy Martin? Or??

thanks for sharing!!

Yes, her "Star Happy Quilts" - see my post page 2.

08-09-2010, 10:22 PM

#108

quiltlady1941

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Wow! that is a big quilt to do on such a small machine... Your quilting is really pretty you do wonderful work, I love the star pattern and blue is my favorite color.

Ill send you my address so you can send it to me when you done.. LOL

Thanks for sharing...

08-09-2010, 11:20 PM

#109

Butterflyspain

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I have now come to the conclusion that quilting can be as time consuming and patience sucking as actually making the quilt and that there are a lot of us who don´t like this part, right ?

08-10-2010, 01:44 AM

#110

Katrine

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Butterflyspain

I have now come to the conclusion that quilting can be as time consuming and patience sucking as actually making the quilt and that there are a lot of us who don´t like this part, right ?

Elle, I look at your Asian fan quilt and am sure I havent got the patience or ability to do that beautiful pp. I keep saying I must try some...

For me quilting is the best part - I had admired free motion work since I started with patchwork 6 yrs ago, and tried on my first machine but could not master it. I had convinced myself I would never do it. Then I got the Janome with fm quilting specifically in mind - and started 18 months ago after a fair bit of practising, with small things, easy fmq and really began to enjoy it. My aim has always been just to free motion without marking so I work around the blocks and shapes on the quilt. What I am doing is easy work if you just look at one block - it just looks more spectacular when spread over a big area.
Dont be intimidated by a big quilt to start with - I did table runners and small hangings first to get some confidence.
I find I'm nervous at the start of a quilt but soon get "into it".

Everyone enjoys a different part of the process - I hate cutting, love the piecing (when it goes well!), and I know lots of people hate doing the binding - which I enjoy because its the last part and the quilt always looks good with its binding on - I even enjoy doing it by hand.

Perhaps I ought to pop down to you for some pp lessons :lol: