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Quilting: Practicing leaves and paisleys
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Practicing leaves and paisleys

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Instructions

Just keep practicing! That is the only way to improve. At some point, leave the practice sandwiches and go onto a quilt. I have not gotten to that point yet, but I am planning to soon.
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Category: Quilting

Type of item: Functional

For: Other

Style: Mod

Materials

cotton fabric and polyester thread in bobbin and for top stitching, darning foot, supreme slider and gloves

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jobeard@onlinemac.com on craftsy.com
jobeard@onlinemac.com
Aug 19, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
The leaves look great, congrats!
patz in suffolk on craftsy.com
patz in suffolk
Aug 14, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Well done! I've done a bit of FMQ, but nothing as complex as this. Your stitches are very nice and even too - mine end up being all sorts of lengths! I suppose practice makes perfect (and I need lots more practice!).
picturelad on craftsy.com
picturelad
Aug 14, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
Thank you Pat! I found one of the most important things I needed to learn is just because the machine sounds like it is going fast, I don't have to more the fabric fast. Slow and steady, although sometimes I lose the pace and get to moving the fabric too fast and then mess up my pattern.
Angela Walters on craftsy.com
Angela Walters
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Aug 14, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Love it!!!!!! Great, great job!
picturelad on craftsy.com
picturelad
Aug 14, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
Thank you Angela! I found that I just love the look of the modern quilts and FMQ ! I will keep practicing!
picturelad on craftsy.com
picturelad
Aug 13, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
I found that to make sharp points on the leaves, I needed to pause before stitching back down to the base. Sometime it didn't work and therefore a paisley was formed instead. Ophs!

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