This is one technique that is so totally beyond my comprehension. I know that you do it with your quilting techniques, but I can't imagine anything I quilted turning out so lovely.

Renee

Gosh -- they are both just gorgeous!! :D

Wow, what beautiful work!

They are beautiful.Were they hard to do?

Those are both gorgeously done! Did you use chalk? stencils? It's not really as hard as it looks, is it? Love the feather stitching the Amish are known for! Can't wait to try my hand at it! :D :D :D 8)

I marked them with a water soluble pen and the truth is that is not hard at all. I marked them on Sunday and that night did a little sewing (the center grid and the shapes around it. On Monday night finish that and started the microquilting. On Tuesday night finish the quilting and washed it and wednesday squared it and binded. The most difficult part is keeping the lines straight, especially on the curves. The microquilting takes time to control, but once you have it, it is hard to go back to big stipples. I loved making it and can see myself making many more.

The pattern is not my design. It is by Joannie Zeier Poole and her work is just to die for.

Maria

Thank you for telling the technique. Do you have to do much smaller stitches on the curves? Go really slow on curves, right? It appears to be trapunto looking. Is it? They are not stuffed with batting. They just look it, right? We can see the green design better and it's a dynamite design. Knowing me, I wd probably make my own designs. Will you ever stipple again? Or is the microquilting just addictive? Fantastic work! :D

Those are marvellous!! So when are you doing a full bed size???? :lol:

Wow! those are lovely.
I can't imagine how you do these.
I am visual learner so would need to see in person and then lots of practice, practice, practice.
Nicely done.

Thank you for telling the technique. Do you have to do much smaller stitches on the curves? Go really slow on curves, right? It appears to be trapunto looking. Is it? They are not stuffed with batting. They just look it, right? We can see the green design better and it's a dynamite design. Knowing me, I wd probably make my own designs. Will you ever stipple again? Or is the microquilting just addictive? Fantastic work! :D [/quote]

I go really slow on the curves.

Is not trapunto. I used wool batting and it puffs up without the need for trapunto. It is really addictive and I am already working on my own design. I hate to copy other people's work. I never work with patterns, but I didn't want to spend time drawing. I wanted to sew!!!