Thats just what I was thinking....theres hope for us all yet :D

Love the prairie points on your wallhanging too!!

They're both really beautiful! And I love your freemotion quilting. I wish MY second attempt had been even a smidgeon as good as yours :D Keep up the really good work!!

Marie, what talent you have. Great color choices and beautiful quilts. Did you do the machine quilting yourself...if so "great job".

Thanks for the pic of your frindship star. Nice job and of course I happen to like pink and blue too. I will get a photo of my one to show you soon. I did a machine quilting class a few months after I first learnt to quilt and it was the best thing I ever did as I can't afford to get it done professionally so it was do a class or never have a quilt finished. It was really inspiring and I recommend it to anyone. I was my most adventurous with the pink and blue quilt as I had not long done the class and I think it is probably the best I have done since as well. I need another shove to be more daring again.

Maria-do you ahve any helpful hints you learned about machine quilting you'd like to share? I've never taken a class on anything having to do with sewing--so it takes me twice as long to figure everythng out. :roll: I am trying to follow a book this summer....

My guild ran the class that I took and it was the only class I did for the following two years until the symposium came up. If you have a friend who does machine quilting get them to guide you one wet weekend day perhaps as seeing it done can help. When I did my class I hated my work. It really looked so unskilled but....I persevered and pulled out my test piece again a month or so down the track and thought it wasn't as bad as I remembered. Now I practice a new pattern briefly and then my quilt I am working on becomes my practice piece as it is the repitition that helps you improve. Really doing a pattern over and over does help you get better. I see every quilt as a practice of some sort - piecing or quilting etc. My friend told me that once. She said "why not have a finished project to demonstrate a skill you learnt instead of an entire lot of practice squares not particularly useful to anyone. So.....give it a go and persistence is probably the only way to improve. Good luck.

Love both of your quilts ladies.

Love the leaf stictching in the blocks. guess i'll try that.

extreme quilter - I love the picture on your signature. I would love to see that up close. do post it please....

I have finally finished a quilt for my grandson. It sure has been instructive. I have learned very many lessons. Here it is.