Originally Posted by omak
this is a philodendron leaf.
With this leaf, and sweeping lines, you come down from the top, make your heart, come back out and go back to your loop-de-loop toward your next leaf/heart ...
you will be amazed at how wide and deep you can make them, you will enjoy how wistful you can make them ... just take a gander at some leaves from different plants, and you might find lots of samples to practice. <wave>
I was just thinking ... I am left-handed, so my method of doing these leaf/hearts might be awkward ... I sweep down with a line into the center of the top .. I can go either left or right from there, but from the center, you are going to draw the line from the upper center to that place at the lower part of the heart ...
from the lower part of the heart, you are going to go up and out to make the other side of the heart, and then back to the center of the top, and then up and away from the heart ...
when I started wanting to be adventurous in my FMQ journey, I went to the LQS and bought a packet of quilting patterns, and looked to see what quilting lesson books they have - - especially common if they sell long arm quilting frames or machines of any kind ... you will get a bunch of good ideas and have lots of fun as you branch out.
Don't forget the you tube adventure, either .... I don't know where they are, but I have found them linked on the Board ... where you can watch how the quilter is using her hands and moving the quilt to get what she wants (or he wants <g> as the case may be) <wave>