Practice Quilt
02-21-2014, 05:25 AM
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Practice Quilt
just a small something i threw together this week so i could practice machine embroidery motifs and stippling.
no close-ups of this one, please, Mr. DeMille. i don't hate it, but the truth is that it looks waaaaaaaay better in the photo than it does in person. LOL LOL LOL
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no close-ups of this one, please, Mr. DeMille. i don't hate it, but the truth is that it looks waaaaaaaay better in the photo than it does in person. LOL LOL LOL
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02-22-2014, 01:39 AM
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i like it a lot more than i expected to. i think it's fun and whimsical.
there are some technical errors, though, that don't show up in photos.
for now i'm saving it to use as a visual aid in some classes my friends and i will be giving at the local YMCA. i can use it to demonstrate some of the things that will happen if we don't pay attention and/or take the wrong sorts of short cuts during construction. then i'll fix it to demonstrate that we can often rescue projects that might seemed doomed to the landfill.
i used this motif (built into my embroidery machine) to practice centering on intersected seams. finding the center was easy enough. i will need to practice some more on getting them level, so motif points around the outside land where they're supposed to. these are close enough for a project like this, but i want to get better before i tackle anything really important. i just did small stippling in the gray block borders. it doesn't show up in a photo - not even a closeup. the thread color matches so well, it just "disappears".
[ATTACH=CONFIG]463761[/ATTACH]
this is the fabric i started with. i used it for a 4-patch stack & wack, then played around with the leftovers to make the sashing and border.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]463762[/ATTACH]
there are some technical errors, though, that don't show up in photos.
for now i'm saving it to use as a visual aid in some classes my friends and i will be giving at the local YMCA. i can use it to demonstrate some of the things that will happen if we don't pay attention and/or take the wrong sorts of short cuts during construction. then i'll fix it to demonstrate that we can often rescue projects that might seemed doomed to the landfill.
i used this motif (built into my embroidery machine) to practice centering on intersected seams. finding the center was easy enough. i will need to practice some more on getting them level, so motif points around the outside land where they're supposed to. these are close enough for a project like this, but i want to get better before i tackle anything really important. i just did small stippling in the gray block borders. it doesn't show up in a photo - not even a closeup. the thread color matches so well, it just "disappears".
[ATTACH=CONFIG]463761[/ATTACH]
this is the fabric i started with. i used it for a 4-patch stack & wack, then played around with the leftovers to make the sashing and border.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]463762[/ATTACH]
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