Originally Posted by salmonsweet
Oh please don't cry. And please continue, it'll be all right.
I got bored with practice after the second sandwich. So I started on a real quilt. Not a charity one either, but a "real" one that I love and use. It's here:
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-74929-1.htm
You can't even see in the photos how craggly my quilting lines are when you look at it up close.
Once I finished, bound and washed the quilt, it looked ok! At least to me. Not ok to the quilt police with a magnifiying glass, I'm sure... but I went straight on to my next quilt.
You know, I just looked at your quilt on the link and I don't think anyone would be able to tell it was a first time at FMQ. You done a lovely job!
I made a blanket for one of my grandsons for Christmas, I had to quilt it some how and since the design was the golden royal dragon with the red and orange flames. I didn't know what to do so I took some metalic thread, and used the stippling stitch on the dragons and yet still used it with the feed dogs down. That way I had some help with the design, it was stippling and I just guided the fabric around. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. The kids and Mothers loved it. :-P