DESIGN WALL MONDAY -
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At Patchwork Times on Mondays.
We have some awesome stuff on our walls!
Well, THEY do - ME - not so much sometimes - ;))
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On my wall today (kinda) -
The three FMQ practice blocks -
That I played with last week - ;))
I finished those and then made the last set of practice blocks -
I obviously need WAAAAAAAAAAAY MORE practice - ;))
My spirals need work -
And my free-form feathers are awful -
BUT - I learned a LOT -
And I had a LOT of FUN!! - ;))
This week I want to get these blocks -
And their friends -
In some semblance of order -
So that I can put them together -
In a "quilt-as-you-go" fashion -
For my FMQ "BEFORE" Quilt -
So we'll see how that works out - ;))
Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -
I'm still working on my FMQ lessons - ;))
If you want to learn FMQ -
I wholeheartedly recommend this class - ;))
"Free-Motion Quilting Essentials" with Christina Cameli -
This link will take you to Gene Black's blog - he mentions it - HERE -
You could go directly to the Craftsy site - or Christina's blog -
But Gene's an "affiliate" - so if you sign up through his blog - and his ad link -
I think he may get compensation of some sort -
And I don't mind promoting my friends -
Because Craftsy and Christina get paid either way - ;))
One thing I wanted to mention -
If/when you start working on the "Essentials"class -
Promise me that you won't skip around and "cheat" -
(Like trying "Feathers" first) -
And that you will start at the "beginning" -
And work your way through the lessons - one at a time.
I know some of you already know how to do it -
BUT she teaches the basics in such a systematic order -
Each step builds on something she showed before -
And I think you'll get so much more out of the class -
If you at least watch them in order - ;))
You may even discover some "bad habits" that you have to "unlearn" - ;))
Me?? - I'm a blank slate - haha - ;))
I'm up to Lesson #5 - ;))
I made that first feather and then got a little cocky -
"I got this!" -
And the rest of that lesson looks like crap - ;))
Oh, well - it's just practice - and I need LOTS of practice ;))
And as I mentioned to one of my bloggy buddies when we were discussing some FMQ designs -
...the most amazing thing to me was that - as I was thumbing through both of her books - I'm NOT afraid of any of those designs anymore - I KNOW I can do them - maybe not WELL at first - but I CAN do them - ;))
Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -
