Practice Quilt
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i like it a lot more than i expected to. i think it's fun and whimsical.
there are some technical errors, though, that don't show up in photos.
for now i'm saving it to use as a visual aid in some classes my friends and i will be giving at the local YMCA. i can use it to demonstrate some of the things that will happen if we don't pay attention and/or take the wrong sorts of short cuts during construction. then i'll fix it to demonstrate that we can often rescue projects that might seemed doomed to the landfill.
i used this motif (built into my embroidery machine) to practice centering on intersected seams. finding the center was easy enough. i will need to practice some more on getting them level, so motif points around the outside land where they're supposed to. these are close enough for a project like this, but i want to get better before i tackle anything really important. i just did small stippling in the gray block borders. it doesn't show up in a photo - not even a closeup. the thread color matches so well, it just "disappears".
this is the fabric i started with. i used it for a 4-patch stack & wack, then played around with the leftovers to make the sashing and border.
there are some technical errors, though, that don't show up in photos.
for now i'm saving it to use as a visual aid in some classes my friends and i will be giving at the local YMCA. i can use it to demonstrate some of the things that will happen if we don't pay attention and/or take the wrong sorts of short cuts during construction. then i'll fix it to demonstrate that we can often rescue projects that might seemed doomed to the landfill.
i used this motif (built into my embroidery machine) to practice centering on intersected seams. finding the center was easy enough. i will need to practice some more on getting them level, so motif points around the outside land where they're supposed to. these are close enough for a project like this, but i want to get better before i tackle anything really important. i just did small stippling in the gray block borders. it doesn't show up in a photo - not even a closeup. the thread color matches so well, it just "disappears".
this is the fabric i started with. i used it for a 4-patch stack & wack, then played around with the leftovers to make the sashing and border.
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