ok, after you get all those squares quilted and can't figure out what to do with them - make a rag quilt...
I always have homespun squares prepared (sandwiched) so I can practice an idea, check tension, try a new-old machine, etc etc...
When I have a big pile (hmmmm.... I'm thinking I DO have a big pile) I put them together with seams on top and make a rag quilt - I do take those to the laundromat for washing/drying because of all the ravels.... (that's AFTER the squares are put together - do NOT wash the individual squares)
Some of the squares are really strange looking with some whacky quilting but that's ok....
Just remember, the machine goes fast.... you don't....
if you move the sandwich too fast you'll get those ugly tension looking things on the back - ask me how I know :roll:
I always plan on doing something really fancy but then wind up just meandering.... :(
maybe 'one of these days'....
I have a good friend who does beautiful piecing and she had 'hired out' the quilting - so she was showing off the finished quilt and imagine our shock and amazement :shock: when people were assuming that the other woman had done the WHOLE quilt - they were telling Margie what a great job the longarm quilter had done - but they were talking about the WHOLE quilt and not just the quilting....
One of the main reasons I'd rather 'just' meander and do it all myself... that plus the fact that I can't afford to many farmed out quiltings...
At least when I say, "I made it", I really did....