I've been playing around with some curved crosshatching from Karen McTavish's new "Custom Curves" book. I marked the crosshatching with a blue water soluble marker so I could get the spacing right. I did this on my domestic machine, a Juki TL98. First I did a section of the crosshatching with the walking foot, and then the other 3 sections freemotion with the hopping foot. On a small piece like this, about 16" square, the walking foot is nice, but with a larger quilt, it would definitely be easier doing FMQ so the whole piece wouldn't have to be turned for each row.

I'm considering trying a small wholecloth...what do you all think?

Wendy

Wow that's fantastic quilting

I think you did a great job. I'm just beginning FMQ and hope I can do this type of quilting one day. It will take me a very long time to match yours.

Just keep at it and you'll get there, Bonnie! I've only been doing this for a couple of years, in my spare time. When I first started out, I felt like a Kindergardener trying to write with a crayon, only worse! I really feel like I've gotten a lot of help in the learning process from lots of books and videos, but my particular favorites have been Sharon Schamber's and Karen McTavish's.

Wendy

I like it a lot - please do more!

Holy cow. Thats a jaw dropper. Its beautiful. :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

i love it

That is fantastic!!

That is beautiful and you did it without the rulers. I am waiting for my templates to come and I am going to use them on my Big Brother.

I think that you are well on your way to creating the next show stopper!