Almost forgot -

 

 

That the center squares - 

 

On my Karma Churn Dash - 

 

 

Would be the perfect place to play with some of my stencils - 

 

So yesterday - after my "chores" - 

 

I pulled out the ones that I think will work nicely - 

 

I have a "pounce pad' and some chalk powder - 

 

And can mark them as I come to them - 

 

Then practice following the "lines" -

 

 

And I have some rulers that came with my machine/frame order - 

 

So I can play with them, too - 

 

I wouldn't want to use rulers on a whole quilt - 

 

It would take f.o.r.e.v.e.r. - 

 

But using them on a couple of blocks here and there might be fun - 

I also have a list of designs that I could use - 

 

Swirls - Lazy 8's - Pebbles - Grids - Spirals (square and round) -

Wavy Lines - Loops - Bear Claws - Ribbon Candy - Feathers - Stars -  

And have decided that this will be a nice "practice" piece - 

 

Since I have HST in the corners of the blocks - for "diagonal" designs - 

 

And "bars" for up/down and sideways practice - like Lazy 8s -

 

And the center squares for "flowers" and stencil designs - 

Most of the quilting won't show on such busy fabrics -

So I can play - 

And not worry so much about how it will look -

 

I do want the "design" on the outer row to be consistent - 

 

All the way around the quilt - 

 

But I haven't decided yet if I want long wavy lines (easy) - 

 

Or diagonal back and forth lines in the HST - 

 

And vertical/horizontal back and forth lines in the "bars" -

 

Which would take a little more time - 

 

I think the long wavy lines will keep the edges "straighter" - 

 

But it's also the "easy" way out - LOL - 

 

What do you think? - ;))

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -