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    Old 03-04-2017, 03:55 PM
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    Default Learning to use my decorative stitches

    Last week I was home from work two days running a fever, so I did what any self-respecting quilter would do that felt to bad to sew...I took an online course! This one was Karen Linduska's course on iquilt using the decorative stitches on your machine. By last Saturday I was feeling well enough to start a piece of my own, and finished it today. It was a lot of fun, and not too awfully bad for a first try, although there are a lot of things I will do differently and hopefully better next time. Thanks for looking!

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    Old 03-04-2017, 04:02 PM
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    For a first attempt, I would say that you did a really great job!! I love your fabric/embellishment choices. Your stitching definitely adds texture and interest.
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    Old 03-04-2017, 04:03 PM
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    Glad you are feeling better. What you have done is really neat. This sounds like something that would be fun to try. Thanks for sharing. BrendaK
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    fantastic block
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    Old 03-04-2017, 05:35 PM
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    excellent attempt at your first piece. amazing what you did with the stitches.
    maybe when they made the machine, they were thinking of doing this.
    it's truly beautiful and amazing what you came up with. great work.
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    That's awesome! Doesn't look like a first try.
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    Old 03-04-2017, 06:18 PM
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    That's adorable!
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    How fun is that? Except--gotta ask--is it a pain to change thread so often?
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    nicely done
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    Old 03-04-2017, 06:42 PM
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    Originally Posted by zozee
    How fun is that? Except--gotta ask--is it a pain to change thread so often?
    hi, Zozee. It is a little bit of a pain, but the bobbin has black thread, so that doesn't need to be changed. So I make it a fun challenge to pick the next thread and see what I can do with it rather than think of it as a pain. I'm always excited (or bummed, as the case may be), to see what happens next. LOL
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