Originally Posted by
mermaid
Awww, that looks great! Isn't it fun? I love hand quilting--especially during winter months, but the machine quilting is addictive. So many variations for quilting. Sometimes I love to do the close stippling, other times I widen and make the stippling not so close together..the looser quilting seems to make the quilt feel softer. And I like to make flowers connected by vines with leaves--I just ramble over the top. Another way I like--- to draw designs on the back and stitch from the back, or back with large print that I can follow with the machine. I have not yet mastered the feathers, but I don't care. You have opened up a new world for yourself--have fun and continue to show us your work.
mermaid...Thank you so much! You know, I wondered about the stiffness of this quilt. Your explanation makes perfect sense. I will remember that for next time. I do not know how you can make designs, lol. I cannot follow a pattern to save my life. If I start sewing on a design I have drawn - I wind up all over the place. I am not so sure even practice will help. : ) I also didn't do so well on the machine binding. I love hand binding. I will give it another couple of practices before i go back to doing it by hand....which will take forever, but look better.
Thanks so much for looking and your comments. : )
Rachel