beautiful work

Beautiful quilting.

I'm impressed and awed! Thank you for sharing.

I love the little odd sized triangles with their points not matching up. Very cute.

I too love your amazing quilting and can't wait to see #2!

thanks! I saw them in a magazine quilt, sorry I cannot remember which one, but thought it was a good way to infuse colour and interest �� Just a stitch and flip of random pieces, trimmed down to square up.

Thanks! The stars are from Judi Madsen's pattern book called Serendipity. I really like them too. She does a little nicer job than I do... :o

OH my you are a pro, absolutely beautiful.

OMG that is awesome as my Grandson says! I'm so jealous

Beautiful quilting. You are a real Pro!!!

Your quilting is outstanding!

The quilting is exquisite!

What a fantastic project to try different designs, which really came out awesome, by the way. You have got this girl.
It is stunning.

That is absolutely beautiful!

Absolutely gorgeous!

That is fabulous quilting! Something for me to aspire to!

Awesome quilt!

Beautiful, you are a natural.

I think it is quite beautiful!

Beautiful Quilt! You are a very talented person and I think you underestimate your work. You could very easily be a show quilter!!!!

Wow! I can't believe you are a beginner. How did you do the grid work with out a ruler? I have not attempted grid work as I can't seem to master ruler work. I seem to want to quilt faster than ruler work allows. . .but you did wonderful. Thanks for sharing.

Amazing quilting.

I bought my Sweet Sixteen Sitdown machine in 2013...I actually thought it was longer ago than that, but I went back and checked my previous picture posts and that is when I started machine quilting. I was a hand quilter prior to. Late October this year I took delivery of my Lenni Longarm, so I am brand new to Longarm quilting as of about a month ago. I learned to use rulers on my Sitdown machine which has no stitch regulator and of course involves moving the sandwich not the machine. It's harder to use a ruler on a Sitdown machine, but doable. You need to control your speed with rulers obviously and start slowly. You don't indicate what type of machine you're quilting with. On probably most long arms the track system wants to move side to side horizontally and forward and back vertically, and so doing a straight grid, like in the bottom of my posted quilt, is working with the machine's natural tendancy to follow the path of least resistance. So if you have a Longarm set up and just gently let it roll in those directions, you might find that it will maintain a straight path. It doesn't work for travel on the diagonal, like the 45° grid that I did on the top of the quilt. If you want a consistent outcome and little to no wobbles, you really need to use a ruler to do great straight lines. But, if you are ok with a bit of imperfection, like in my grid, then doing it without a ruler is liberating and quicker.

My Lenni has stitch regulation, which is a real treat for me and between that and moving the machine against the ruler versus the whole quilt and ruler simultaneously, there is no comparison! Also, sadly, there is no substitute for practice on any machine ! :). Hope that answers your question. Sorry, it's a little long winded!

P.S. I always mark my lines prior to stitching, even with a ruler, as its the only way I can get them to end up where I want them with certainty!

very nice!

"Never be a show quilter"??? I thought I was looking at a professional job here. Just fabulous! It IS show quality!! You are a phenom, girl! Wish I had one quarter of your talent.

Totally awestruck!!! What a beautiful quilt and quilting. Nice to have an upgrade....inspiring.

Your quilting is beautiful, I don't know why you think its not show-worthy.

That is beautifully done from my perspective. You have great talent.

Outstanding quilting!

First of all, congrats on your new longarm machine! I think you did a very good job. It is lovely.

I am in awe of your beautiful quilting; well done having the courage to try some new FMQ line work without rulers. I am so jealous of your skills!

your quilt is stunning!!!!

Thank you! It looks good from a galloping horse, as 'they' say, but really, I do not have any sort of consistency in my quilting, except to be inconsistent! I always say my quilts are very 'Organic' :). Plus, I do not have the patience to tie off thread ends and bury them and rip out mistakes unless they are horrendous. I don't worry overly about thread build up. I attempt to get my quilt to turn out square throughout the creation process, but I can't sweat the small stuff. I admire show quilters tenacity in creating near perfect quilts from a judges standpoint, but that will never be me. I do however, enjoy the challenge of trying new designs and trying to emulate those show quilters to the best of my own abilities with the above caveat. :).

Second quilt? Wowsa! My plan is to retire in two years, and my first purchase will be a LA. My only hope is that my 102nd will look as good as yours does, now.

beautiful quilt and quilting :)

Thank you and good for you! It is so much fun! Practice, practice, practice on your DSM or whatever you have now, the skills are transferable!
Kathy

Great job.....

You are a quilting star!!!!

That's an awesome quilt!! Stunning! A real gem!!

I have one word for it "magnificent"'

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