Last night at 8pm, I realized I needed to come up with 3 teacher appreciation gifts. I went to the good old trusty iPhone/iPad/E-reader stand (tutorial can be found here). Low and behold 60 minutes later, they were done. Woohoo!!
Linking up with Amanda Jean @ Crazy Mom Quilts for Finish it up Friday.
I started this week, with trying out FMQ on my new machine. My start was interesting – it took me almost an hour to work out how to change the foot and change the metal plate to the one I needed. I finally could start.
Bought to you from my INSTAGRAM FEEDS (ml_wilkie)….
I practiced some pebbling and some geometric squares. The pebbling did not go well, as I still had trouble knowing where to go. I did like the geometrics better.
To improve my pebbling, I spend a lot of the week practicing on paper….practice! practice! practice!
On Day 5, was much better but I still need to keep working on it.
More drawing on Day 6, this time playing with swirls and trying out a possible pattern for my stitch and flip quilt top.
So, that is Work in progress, week 1 of 4. What are you trying at the moment with regards to FMQ?
Linking up with Lorna @ Sew fresh Quilts for “Let’s bee Social” and Lee over @ Freshly Pieced for “WiP Wednesday” (see buttons on the right).
Lastly, the winner of Angela Walters Free Motion Quilting Book and a pair of Machingers is:
who is Jo @ Riddle and Whimsy. Jo, I will email you with the details.
I know this sounds terrible but I am struggling this month on what I should choose as my “A lovely year of finishes”.
This is what should have happened in April, which is not too bad:
| April | Where is it at? |
|---|---|
| Attend Nashville Sew Down | DONE |
| Blocks and Patterns complete for Sample Block Mini Quilt |
3/9 COMPLETE |
| Scrap-bee-licious Bee Blocks | ALMOST COMPLETE (1 complete, 2 cut and ready for piecing + 1 cut) |
| Stash Bee Blocks | DONE |
| Pillow Pop QAL (threadbias) | LOW PRIORITY – NO PROGRESS |
| Border & Lines Project Check-in | NO PROGRESS |
I did add additional projects too, unfortunately that has meant more UFO’s. You can see my original goals for May here. This month, my projects are varied and I would like to make progress on all of it.
However, the one project I select for this month, is a project that is brand new and not a any list previously. It is a baby quilt made with Juliet @ Tartankiwi’s butterfly paper piecing block. I have a color scheme in mind and a design, so stay tuned.!! This is what I a linking up.
Linking up with “A lovely year of finishes” (see button on the right).
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