Feathered the border on this one and nailed it!!! I'm really happy with the way it turned out. It did everythng freehand. Honest opinions needed. Do you think I'm ready to start quilting for others?

Looks awesome!

Beautiful quilt and quilting.

Looks great! I'd hire you!

Go for it Deb! This is beautiful.

No I think you need to practice on some of my quilts !
LOL

Rita

Great Job! Beautiful Quilt and the quilting on the front and back of your quilt is really nice! I wish I didn't live so far away, I would hire you to teach me.

I think you are ready.The quilt is lovely.

Beautiful. Your quilting is wonderful!!

Beautiful quilt and quilting - honest!

Beautiful job! I think you should go for it.

Ready - set - go!!! I think you are certainly ready !!! Looks great.

Me too! Of course, I'd have to finish one first!!! :oops:

Goregous Guilt.

Wonderful!! You are really ready to quilt for $$. I wish I had some $$. Like bjnicholson I'd have to finish a quilt first. Mine is still in the sandwich stage.

Love your ideas, you have an empty space in the star that is a bit to empty. The biggest thing about quilting a quilt is to keep the denseness (is that a word?) even.
You could echo the star inside, that way it would be the same density.

About quilting for others, my business plan was to do enough of my own quilts, showing them to guilds and the quilt shops. Taking classes and when show and tell was available I could show my work. Have some nice cards made up, and be sure to make your business legal, it doesn't take much to get a tax id, and then you don't have any "guilt" for doing it under the table.
Be sure to have insurance, you never want anything to happen without insurance.

Very nice, you could quilt for me :!:

Awsome job! I would give that a :thumbup:

Ready, set, GO!!!!!!

Nice job! I just love batiks.

Oh your feathers are beautiful. I love feathers.

Beautiful quilt and nice job on the quilting! I would hire you, too!!!

Deb, I wish you would quilte mine! Go for it.... :-D

WOW! You did a wonderful job on that quilt!! I really like your border design!

I love it! You did a great job!

I totally agree about the star needing something more. I was more focused on the feathers and after I took it off the frame immediately noticed that I should have done more there. Thanks for the critique...I really do appreciate it.

I only can say this, because today I started to take a quilt off, and saw an area that needed more, even though I would have charged more for that treatment, I did it at no charge. I knew it needed that feather, and I didn't discuss that with him, so no charge.
One thing I say to myself, this quilt has my signature, what would I like it to say.
You are doing a great job, doodle doodle doodle.
Before I was computerized (5yrs) I quilted free hand. People will say, don't use a pantograph, but how else do you learn to move that machine head than to trace a pattern over and over again. Look at my website, Pin Cushion page, many of these are freehand.
Talent is knowing what a quilt calls for, keep looking at quilts and the quilting. And most of all Enjoy!

Very nice work. I would let you do mine if I didn't do my quilting myself....others, however....I can't say for them. Some are very picky, and others are not.

Great Job! It is very pretty.

great job

great work, you are ready to quilt for others....

You did a great job on your quilt. Good luck with your business.

Just hop right in and go for the gold.You do beautiful work.

Lovely quilt, congratulations. Great choice for quilting designs, too. piecefully, the old one

I'd say yes, great job, beautiful quilt.

I agree....LOL Great Job.... Beautiful!

Looks Good to me, Just keep on a doing what you'r doing. from Hackleburg Al.

Looks good!

Beautiful!!!! I can't bring myself to do that much tiny work! Good job!

Definitely!!! Fabulous quilting!