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10-27-2011, 08:51 PM

#181

juneayerza

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MY OH MY! Such a beautiful quilt, and to think it is only your second quilt. Looks like you are a natural at this. Can hardly wait to see what you do for the third quilt!

10-27-2011, 09:14 PM

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Maria C

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That looks brilliant. You are well on your way to a being a life long quilter. Keep posting your pics here.

10-28-2011, 02:40 AM

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kerrytaylor

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Your quilt is gorgeous! I am hoping to do my next quilt (2nd one) fmq as well which I have yet to attempt and am feeling a little nervous about - yikes. How or where did you learn? And your son will love the quilt. If he doesn't want to wear it, I will.

10-28-2011, 02:44 AM

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lbhalsey

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So Fabulous!! Can't believe it's only your second one. Your Son will love and treasure it forever; I'm sure of that!!

10-28-2011, 02:45 AM

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justlooking

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Beautiful!

10-28-2011, 03:10 AM

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Cris

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Fantastic! :thumbup:

10-28-2011, 03:39 AM

#187

Just-Lee

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Oh my! I think it's gorgeous- love the colors, flowers, stitching....heck it all looks great!

10-28-2011, 04:13 AM

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irishphoenix

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Originally Posted by kerrytaylor

Hi there Kerry, Well thats really nice of you.What worked for me is that I tried not to think of doing the quilt as a whole but concentrated on each section at a time-I found that really helped otherwise I would have got nervous about the finish. I didnt learn from anyone about quilting or even the FMQ but found this lady Patsy Thompson on youtube here is the link http://youtu.be/39I5A3iyCtw she has a lot of tutorials for FMQ and I found them really helpful.
I found the best method was to do some quilt swatches and have fun..I just thought of it as drawing with a needle and making pretty patterns. Now my first quilt I did FMQ on the border in a loop de loop design and it didnt show too much..the threads were different sizes where I had gone too fast-some of them were really long :-) but I really think its like practice practice.Oh yes and I did a practice swatch before starting on ther quilt itself..that helped a bit and making sure to shrug my shoulders and relax cause I found I tightened up a bit when doing the curls!! I have so much to learn but everyone has been so encouraging and helpful on here- I have got an awful lot of information and tips from folk

10-28-2011, 04:37 AM

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kerrytaylor

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Originally Posted by kerrytaylor

Hi there Kerry, Well thats really nice of you.What worked for me is that I tried not to think of doing the quilt as a whole but concentrated on each section at a time-I found that really helped otherwise I would have got nervous about the finish. I didnt learn from anyone about quilting or even the FMQ but found this lady Patsy Thompson on youtube here is the link http://youtu.be/39I5A3iyCtw she has
a lot of tutorials for FMQ and I found them really helpful.
I found the best method was to do some quilt swatches and have fun..I just thought of it as drawing with a needle and making pretty patterns. Now my first quilt I did FMQ on the border in a loop de loop design and it didnt show too much..the threads were different sizes where I had gone too fast-some of them were really long :-) but I really think its like practice practice.Oh yes and I did a practice swatch before starting on ther quilt itself..that helped a bit and making sure to shrug my shoulders and relax cause I found I tightened up a bit when doing the curls!! I have so much to learn but everyone has been so encouraging and helpful on here- I have got an awful lot of information and tips from folk

Thank you for the link which I have bookmarked, certain I'll watch them many times. It is so intimidating but know practice will help. I don't even have my foot yet. Hope to find that today, I think once I sit down and play a bit, it will come together. This board is phenomenal in providing so much valuable help. Without all, yourself included, I wouldn't attempt. Thanks for your help and support.