Autum Leaves quilt top
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I'm just going to stipple in the border & the white areas. I would love to do SID around the leaves & all the seams, but I'm not good at that on the frame. I think I might need a thick ruler to keep me going in a straight line, and I don't have one thick enough. I really need the practice & I need to quit being afraid of it ![Smile](https://cdn.quiltingboard.com/images/smilies/smile.png)
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It does take courage to start stitching! It helped me to take my finger and trace the path I was planning on for each pass -especially the first one! - gets you in the rhythm and gets the stitching path firmed up in my head.
The other thing that helped was to have some vinyl (tablecloth-type) - just a little narrower than your quilting area - wrap the edge in painter's tape so you know where the edges are, and then practice / audition your pattern on the vinyl. I had hoped that washable markers would mark on the vinyl, but that didn't work very well - dry-erase markers worked better. That painter's tape is to keep you on the vinyl and not on your quilt![Smile](https://cdn.quiltingboard.com/images/smilies/smile.png)
Have fun!
The other thing that helped was to have some vinyl (tablecloth-type) - just a little narrower than your quilting area - wrap the edge in painter's tape so you know where the edges are, and then practice / audition your pattern on the vinyl. I had hoped that washable markers would mark on the vinyl, but that didn't work very well - dry-erase markers worked better. That painter's tape is to keep you on the vinyl and not on your quilt
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Have fun!
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