Ninnie

Love your panda1 I'm on dial up also, so understand, drives me crazy!


Ninnie

amma

Love the Panda, you did great on the paper piecing and stippling :D :D :D

Boston1954

Wonderful. You are free to move about the quilting machine.

pennyswings

Nice stippling. Love the panda and the colors you chose are wonderful. You are right it just takes practice. I do both machine and hand quilting and combine the two sometimes on the same quilt.

Lucky Patsy's

Good for you!!!! I have a back up of items that need quilting but since I have only done potholders on the machine I am hesitant to try the bigger items. Like you I just keep going over it in my mind, but haven't actually DONE it yet! If mine turn out half as nice as yours, I will be happy!!!

quilterj

I love your panda. Where did you find your grassy fabric?

Lacelady

Red Garnet gave you a clue when she said 'it's just like doodling' When I first took the plunge, I doodled it on paper, any scrap would do, including old envelopes. I was told the hand/eye co-ordination thing sort of trains the brain so that it's easier when you attempt it on the machine. Now, when I want to try out a different filling pattern, I go back to the paper and pencil first, until I am happy with that, before taking everything to the machine. Well done for having a go, the first time is always the worst!

Joan

Lovely work, I am very impressed........

(my idea of "quilting" is quilting in the ditch"--hope to progress
to stippling as time goes along)

craftybear

you did great on your first attempt!

shopaholic97

Your Panda is so cute!!! I know that FMQ can be a pain but I find that if you practice about 15 mins. a day it does become easier. A glass of wine also helps