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Tuesday, October 14, 2014

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After building some momentum on the weekend, I'm trying to keep it going this week, aiming for my twenty minutes a day.

Tonight, I worked on the quilting on this quilt, pieced on the weekend.  As you can see, I'm aiming for some very dense straight line quilting over parts of the quilt, corresponding with the various coloured squares.


So far, I'm really liking it.  I think this is really going to suit this scrappy improv. quilt.  (I do all my straight stitching free motion as I like the flexibility it gives me of stitching in any direction without having to turn the quilt. )

Plus, I started looking through my scraps, at least the ones currently sorted by colour, as opposed to the two big bins of random chunks of fabric that are really scary to look at, with the thought of joining Leanne at She Can Quilt in making a Blended Scraps quilt - see Leanne's tutorial here.  I've wanted to make one of these since I first saw Reflection.  Now, what colours will I use???

Linking up this week to The Needle and Thread Network

and to the first Scraptatstic Tuesday



Happy quilting! Janet
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14 comments:

  1. MaggiOctober 15, 2014 at 1:54 AM

    I like what you are doing with the quilting and thanks for the link to Leanne's Reflection.

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  2. Marjorie's Busy CornerOctober 15, 2014 at 4:14 AM

    Great idea! I need to go through my scraps

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  3. NickyOctober 15, 2014 at 4:46 AM

    Love the pops of colour! Enjoy making your version of Leanne's Reflection - I might have to try it myself!

    Thanks for linking up to Scraptastic Tuesday!

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  4. Second Chance TanOctober 15, 2014 at 5:55 AM

    Loving the dense quilting, you must have lots of patience! I popped over from the scraptastic Tuesday link xx

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  5. elleOctober 15, 2014 at 7:46 AM

    I want to do that quilt also. Time??? lol I like the crossing on the coloured square. :)

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  6. PoppyprintOctober 15, 2014 at 10:33 AM

    oooo, love the look of your low volume improv quilt so far, Janet!

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  7. Terry Aske Art QuiltsOctober 15, 2014 at 2:01 PM

    This looks great, Janet!

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  8. BethOctober 15, 2014 at 3:49 PM

    I like the dense lines. I have to try doing straight lines with FMQ.

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  9. HeidiOctober 15, 2014 at 4:26 PM

    Looks like a sweet quilt. I like the bold thread color!

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  10. LeanneOctober 16, 2014 at 6:02 AM

    I love the low volume quilt and the quilting especially. I look forward to seeing your blended scarps blocks and quilt, I really love the look of that block.

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  11. felicityOctober 16, 2014 at 3:12 PM

    Your free motion straight lines are wonderful! What a great idea! The low volume scraps really work. Love it.

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  12. AritaOctober 18, 2014 at 10:28 PM

    FM Straight lines, amazing!

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  13. Vicki MillerOctober 19, 2014 at 4:15 AM

    Wow, how do you keep your lines straight? I do love this quilting, though.

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  14. What Comes Next?October 19, 2014 at 9:10 AM

    Vicki - The straight lines come with practice – doesn’t everything??? And using the edge of the foot as a guide. I also try and stitch as long a section as I can before re-positioning my hands – this entails using my forearms to help keep the quilt straight and smooth, but results in fewer stops and possibilities of wobbles, which I still do get!

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