Ooh it was an exciting day yesterday! Of course it was the Dr Who 50th Birthday show but I was also on a free motion quilting course! I had a lovely day learning how to free motion quilt (it’s not easy!). Basically it sounds great – no keeping to straight lines – you can just wibbly wobbly all over the place – but actually that’s quite hard to do evenly! Anyway I am now a lot better than before I went and so hope to be doing lots of quilted items with this free motion style of quilting in the future. Here is one thing we did learning how to do different types of stippling! – some loose threads there as this was just a first practice!
stippling
As well as the course I was also getting ready for my first big fair in 3 weeks! The passes came on Friday! I was so excited!
exhibitor passes
And lastly, I have been working with my ‘hippy’ fabric – I have loved every minute of it as I really am just an old hippy!! These would be great for free motion quilting I think – swirly hippy psychedelic patterns!! (more loose threads as these are not finished off yet).
hippy fabric bags and tablet covers
And now over to Handmade Monday! I love my Sunday evening stroll round the blogs!
Your free motion quilting looks wonderful and I love that fabric. Good luck with your fair I hope it’s really successful.
Ali x
oooh free motion quilting sound like so much fun! I can imagine it being trickier than it seems though. Love the psychedelic fabrics 🙂 Good luck at the fair!! x
The fabric and free machining both look great. It’s always good to add a new skill into the mix! Good luck at the O2 – very exciting!!
I love the freemotion quilting you did. I would really like to be able to quilt but just don’t have the patience for it plus me and a sewing machine aren’t exactly the best of friends 🙂
Good luck with the show and have a great week!
I can’t believe that stippling is your first attempt, it looks great. I’m looking forward to popping over to the O2 (although my bank balance probably isn’t!) and seeing all the fabulous things.
Im well impressed, very bright too. Saw on Handmade Harbour
Lots of lovely makes and free-motion quilting sounds great (and looks it too). I am really looking forward to hearing how you get on at the O2. Hope your week is going well.