Originally Posted by lvaughan
Oh my goodness! Your quilts are gorgeous, you have real talent. I would be very happy doing what you started out doing after years of practice.
:oops: :oops: You are too kind! I think the biggest thing is to just relax and have fun. Like you, I was so uptight about the initial investment... Can I quilt well enough for it to be justified? What if I totally suck at this. I just spent a LOT of money yeegads!!! My first initial doodles were very herky jerky my circles were more like squarecles. I was tense holding my shoulders up like a shrug without even realizing it. I made myself pay attention to my body whenever I grabbed those handles. When you are tense your movement is not smooth and it shows in the quilting. You just have to get yourself into the mindset of don't worry if you don't stay on the line, quit caring if one flower petal is bigger then the other flower petals and above all don't expect your quilting to look like the Statler's! Before you know it you will be having so much fun with your Innova and your quilting will show it!