September Free Motion Quilting Challenge

Paula Reid was our guest instructor and she gave us a circular feather wreath template to quilt. There is a lot of backtracking which I did not like; I like better the technique of making each plume come from the spine

August Colour Challenge

I chose to use the blue and brown from the palette supplied. I am still trying to design a non rounded motif to free motion quilt this double bed sized top. There aren't many of these around but I have a few ideas.

Free Motion Quilting Challenge August

Our teacher this month was Wendy Sheppard who demonstrated the 'Jester Hat' motif. I drew this every day, on paper, for 2 weeks until I put it on fabric. I see that others also had difficulty getting the flow of this design.

Colour Challenge July

July's Colour Challenge was pulled from a Picaso drawing. The colours are lovely but what to make! I decided to play with my Color Stiks and over colour an old green print. I made a sun visor from the pattern provided by Vicki Welsh and modelled by a preoccupied DH who was having a political discussion on the phone. DHs have to be good for something!

Free Motion Quilting Challenge July

This month's guest host was Angela Walters. She had us do a tile design with filler stitches in each tile. This technique can fill a large piece of quilt real estate. The double outline of the tiles make framed boxes that are offset from each other. An interesting layout.

Colour Challenge June

This is a new block for a UFO I have started working on hoping to finish soon; the colours for the challenge fit right in with the project.

FMQ Challenge June

Cindy Needham was our guest instructor for June. This was the most challenging assignment for me so far - and I thought the feathers were hard.