Gina_D

I love it! You are really good at feathering.

Patched

Love the colors and the pattern and the quilting is outstanding. Did you machine quilt it? I cannot believe you quilted the binding so accurately. Should have read the starting paragraph better. Thats unbelieveable.

sidmona

WOW indeed! The pattern, color choices and the quilting are outstanding!

azwendyg

Thank you all for your kind comments. :-)

I do not have a longarm; I'm using a Juki TL-98Q for piecing and FMQ. This is the 3rd actual quilt I've done (and lots of practice pieces before I even attempted FMQ on anything "good":wink:)
I really enjoy the FMQ and designed this quilt to be able to try several different designs on it. I struggle quite a bit with trying to figure out what designs to use on my quilts, so I tried a different approach this time; I made the quilt to fit the FMQ I wanted to use.

When I first started, it took a long time to get the hang of it, and now, any time I try a new design I do practice pieces first to make sure I can get it to look OK. I started messing with FMQ about a year ago (I work full-time and have other hobbies too, so I don't get to spend a lot of hours on this...), and for about the first 6 months I thought it might be hopeless. Since starting out, I've taken a couple of classes and bought a couple of videos to help me along, not to mention more quilting books than anyone needs!

I joined our local quilter's guild and those talented women make me very humble!!! But I'm glad for the opportunity to see some of their really amazing work in-person and I hope some of their talent will rub off.

I just finished a large lap quilt this morning for my DH's birthday next week, and will post pics of that later. After that, I think I'm getting brave enough to actually QUILT the top that's pictured in my avatar, LOL. It's been in the closet in a box for many months now while I've been practicing FMQ. I've got several Christmas gift projects planned so I should be getting some more practice in the next month or two.

Yes, I free-motion quilted it on my domestic machine, but I can't take credit for the accuracy on the binding; that's a decorative stitch from my machine that I stitched over the binding after I attached it in the usual manner. I wanted to be sure the binding would stand up to numerous machine washings and I was afraid my hand stitching might not hold.

pvquilter

Your quilt and FMQ is fantastic.

mommamac

Pretty new at this? Your quilting is super!

Friendly Quilter

Beautiful Quilt, your quilting is wonderful.

Lakeview Quilting

It's beautiful Wendy!!

Spring

Beautiful...you did an amazing job.

Frankie

Really a gorgeous piece. Your FMQ really makes the quilt. Thanks for sharing this quilt.