Thursday, April 5, 2012

APRIL FMQ CHALLENGE

I am so happy!  The technique for transferring a quilting pattern to the quilt block worked for me.  I have a quilt that I made with these blocks and I finally got it put together.  I received the quilting pattern from the quilt shop where I took the class, and was wondering how I was going to be able to transfer it to the quilt.  Thanks for the tutorial, Don!  It worked like a charm and I now feel much better about doing the quilting.  

It's kind of hard to see the pattern on this block, so I took a picture of the back.


The pattern is quite easy because you don't have to backtrack at all and can quilt the complete block without stopping - that is if you don't make any mistakes.


Another big bonus for me, was that with my new Janome 6600 sewing machine, I was able to use two different colors of thread, light on the bottom and brown on the top.  I wanted to test this out because the fabric that I have for the backing of the quilt is light and most of the quilt top is dark.  With my old machine, I was never able to get the tension good enough to do it without it showing through.  Yea!!!

14 comments:

  1. Your quilting is lovely - great design.

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  2. Very nice quilting job, Ruth. I had seen photos of this method of marking before, but it was nice to see video of it. I am anxious to try it out, but I never seem to get the challenge completed until the last day of the month. I wonder why that is the case? : )

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  3. Wonderful! I will be working on this months challenge soon and am quite excited to try it out!

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  4. Great job! I love this technique - it really solves a lot of problems with transferring a design. Your design is very nice! ~Jeanne

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  5. Pretty block; pretty quilting design, very well stitched! You just keep getting better and better! ---"Love"

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  6. Wow, toll gequiltet.
    Liebe Grüße Grit from Germany

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  7. I would love to be able to quilt like that. Beautiful job.
    Lillian
    lillianscupboard.wordpress.com

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  8. Oh, you're getting so good at this!

    Liri

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  9. It looks fantastic!! Nice quilting!

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  10. You are doing an awesome job with these FMQ challlenges.! Looks great.

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  11. That has worked a treat! A really nice design. ann :-)

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  12. Your design looks great. I like this method of transferring motifs. It makes the quilting go so much better. Nice job.

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