FMQ Wholecoth Placemat Project from Craftsy Class
 

Here's another project from Cindy Needham's "Design It; Quilt It" Craftsy class. This is a wholecloth placemat; the first of 4 that I am working on. Each one will be a different design, so stay tuned for each of the others as I finish them. (Did I mention that I'm LOVING this class!!!)

I did the quilting using my DSM, a Juki TL98Q. I drew my design out on freezer paper before I started, and did quite a bit of marking with water soluble pencils on this piece before I started stitching using Superior Threads "Magnifico" 40 wt. poly thread. This is my first experiment using both the parallel lines and the cathedral window motifs.:)

Placemat front:
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Detail of front:
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Back view:
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Back detail:
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You did a wonderful job, really beautiful!!!!!

Beautiful, terrific job and thank you for sharing
Have a Blessed night
Ellen

Wow! I can't begin to even daydream about doing a project so intricate. Please remember to share the next ones with us.

totally awesome... i can only hope to be that good someday

Beautiful quilting!!

fantastic work.

wow love the quilting

That's awesome! I'm inspired to actually use the craftsy quilting classes I bought!

They are so pretty so elegant looking. Beautiful work.
I want to try that.

wonderful, fantastic, beautiful........... come give lessons.

Wow! I love it!

Oh My Gosh!! That is stunning! And you did that on a domestic? I don't see any back stitching or anything! Totally awesome!!

stunning! You really are not going to let anyone put food on that, are you????

stunning-superb quilting

I would never ever ever again never use that as a place mat. that is fantastic. I would put it on the wall. or one a table but no one would be allowed to use it. just beautiful. I will send my address soon so you can mail it to me. :thumbup:

It is beautiful. Your quilting is fabulous!

Stunning for sure. You will have some beautiful placemats to admire everyday.

gorgeous job, it's beautiful

I'm just in awe! I keep reading and seeing gorgeous outcomes for those that take the Craftsy classes...just wonder what their skill level was BEFORE taking the class??? I can't fathom I could learn to produce this from a class....were you a very accomplished quilter before the class? Curious, and thanks for sharing!!!

Spectacular! Really amazing!

All I can say is stunning!!!!!

Dejahg~I've been working on my FMQing for 3 years or so in my spare time and was already comfortable with my machine and with doing feathers, etc. What this class is teaching me is better design skills. I'm learning how to combine motifs, stack designs on top of one another, and utilize background "shadow" textures. The cathedral window and parallel lines are new to me also. I'm learning so much from this class that will help to make me a better FMQer! If you check out some of my posts from the last couple of years, you'll see what I was doing "before" this class. "After" this class, I am starting to be able to make my designs have more dimension and texture, whereas before, they were seeming flat.

I think there are other Craftsy classes that might focus more on building FMQing skills, then you can move on to something like this.

It is very beautiful. What brand pencil are you using to get such fine detailing?

Definitely droolworthy.

I used Sewline fabric pencils http://www.sewline-product.com/Sewline_Fabric_Pencil with the pink ceramic lead for this one. (Note: ALWAYS test first...I ruined a baby quilt using the grey, graphite lead that came with this pencil...now my daughter's dog has that quilt.)

I didn't mark all the details; just things like the on-point square, the square grid for the cathedral windows, the arc edge for the border, and the spine and outer boundary for the feather. It was great for marking the ½" cathedral window grid especially! On this piece it washed out just fine when I soaked the piece for blocking.

Tammy, Have you posted any projects to the class yet? I'd love to see what you're doing with it.

Beautiful work!

This looks like a work of art that should be displayed on your wall, not hidden by a dinner plate! Beautiful!

Stunning!!!

Gorgeous :thumbup:

Beautiful..

Thanks Wendy...started checking them out as there were a bunch currently on sale..so bought Kimmy Brunners on sale and will see where I go...someday Wendy...oh someday....I wanna be you when I grow up! heehee...THANK YOU!!!

Wonderful job, you are inspiring to us all. I too will have to get to my Craftsy class, sooner rather than later. Too many ideas/techniques and too little time.

beautiful quilting job

Wow and Wow! Just beautiful.

Spectacular!! Truly awe inspiring!! I have taken the "Beyond Machine Quilting" class with Ann Petersen and loved it!! What class is this, if you don't mind telling me. I'm going to post my class project in a few minutes. I love the Craftsy classes!!

WOW!!! Beautiful quilting, I have many more hours of practice ahead before I'm even close to your skill level, but must look up that class! Love the idea of learning on small projects! Thanks for posting!
Fiona