My Quilting lesson.
 

I have had my Tin Lizzie 18 for a few months now and havehad some ‘issues’ with learning her pros and cons. I am so used to quilting on my DSM thatLizzie was a whole new learning curve that was throwing me off and frustratingme to no end.I was not happy withanything I did on her and found that I was going back to my DSM to quiltbecause I was comfortable with that medium.

My niece gave me a quilt top to do for her and I am quiteintimidated by the project so I decided Lizzie and I needed to becomefriends. Remembering an exercise that wedid in art class many years ago, I loaded a piece of fleece as my backing and a60 inch wide inexpensive blend (have no idea what the blend is) and juststarted stitching.I did not allowmyself to stop and ‘fix’ mistakes.Whatever I stitched on the fabric, stayed on the fabric.My goal was to learn to relax and enjoy theprocess while practicing some techniques.
I wanted to share this because I know we all struggle withtrying to do beautiful quilting and sometimes it does not turn out quite asbeautiful as we would have liked. Thereare hundreds of places in this piece that I would have called ‘mistakes’ andripped out if I were following my own instincts but I let them go and relaxed,and you know what? Turns out I can’t even find many of them now that it’s allquilted.Now I will have the fanciestmattress pad in town!

You are off to a great beginning. As with anything else, it does take practice. I also have to agree with your statement "...Turns out I can’t even find many of them now that it’s allquilted..." So many times as I'm quilting something I think, well I'm going to have to rip that out, then I usually can't even find it when I go to redo it!

WOW!! I would be thrilled if I could do that! I am sure your niece will be amazed at your work!

Your work is great. No more excuses or intimidation, on to quilting many, many tops.

Looks wonderful to me!

What an awesome "practice" piece! Makes a great whole cloth.

That is really stunning! I would have such a sense of accomplishment and bet you did. Kind of like a "YAYYYY" moment!!

very good practices!

That is your "practice piece"??????

I would be totally thrilled with myself if I could do any of that!

Very impressive!!

that's practice???? You can quilt for me any day!! I wish I could that. beautiful quilting!!

KOOL. BrendaK

your work is very

Your are doing wonderful and practicing is paying off , as it always does. It is a good lesson for all of us. IMHO, we give up to soon when we are learning something new. You are rockin' it!
peace

Looks great for a "practice" piece!!!!

Mercy me, that is just lovely work!!!

Looks like you'll be on a roll, now, with your "regular" quilts.

Oh so beautiful!!!

Me too! I am not an artist.

I've been long arm quilting for ten years and your "practice" looks very professional to me! Beautiful work!

wow,you are doing very well

It looks like you and the Lizzie are now friends at last!!! What a great beginning... can't wait to see what's to come.

I think you did an amazing job!!! I can't even come close to what you have done.
Keep up the good work.

wow that is soooo beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

wow that is so amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOW!!! It ALL looks BEAUTIFUL!! :) I especially like the trees!! :)

Beautiful "practice" quilt! :)

See what practice gets you? A great looking piece if you ask me! Congrats on not quilting! I can't see you being afraid of anything else ever again! Keep it Up!

Amazing quilting. Great job!!!

Yes if I could do that I would be thrilled, hey we all have to learn, doesn't matter what where doing, well done I say.

Looks great to me!

Your quilting looks absolutely gorgeous to me.

looking good!!!

Looks like you two have become best friends! Your quilting is beautiful!

I think it's extraordinary. I wish that after a year I could do as well.

Wow, you and your Lizzie have become fast best buddies! Beautiful quilting!!

Wow! This is beautiful! Looks to me like you no longer need to practice. You've got it down pat.

Your practice piece looks amazing!

It looks really good and will continue to look better.

Your quilting is absolutely beautiful.