Wednesday, June 27, 2012

W.i.P Wednesday: Break's Over


It was nice to take a little time off from sewing and think about what I want to accomplish.  I also cleaned up my sewing studio... it turns out in addition to the 5 projects I'm currently working on I have 17 UFOs.  This one I pieced over a year ago.  It's just a simple baby quilt that got rid of some scraps, used up a leftover piece of batting, and was intended for practicing straight line quilting.  I started doing the straight lines but wasn't happy with how it was turning out so I ripped it out and tossed it back in the pile.  Since then I've gotten plenty of practice with straight line quilting and now I want to expand my FMQ repertoire, specifically with these loopy flowers by the fabulous Oh Fransson!.  After lots of practice I decided to go for it...

I'm loving how this is coming out.  I find the key is to remember to make my first petal wide at the base and the rest will fall in to line.  I also find it useful to lay out my quilt and put an office dot where I want to place the center of the next flower.   

Now I just have to decide the fate of the remaining 16;-).

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8 comments:

  1. beaquilterJune 27, 2012 at 5:12 PM

    lovely FMQ and you didn't even trail over to connect them? are you doing it on a domestic machine? I like your pile of UFOs. the one with the drinks looks interesting! and then I love the black and pink too, pick one of those next!!

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  2. AnonymousJune 27, 2012 at 11:08 PM

    The flower quilting is gorgeous! I don't have the guts to try something so complex.

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  3. GinetteJune 28, 2012 at 7:59 AM

    Your FMQ is great! Those flowers are so pretty, that will be a terrific quilt when it is done! I have about 16 UFOs of my own... I am trying to get them done... slowly but surely! Good luck with yours... can't wait to see which one you tackle next!

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  4. AmyJune 28, 2012 at 8:49 AM

    I love the quilting!

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  5. AimeeJune 28, 2012 at 9:30 AM

    Love how this is coming out!

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  6. JenJune 28, 2012 at 9:49 AM

    Love those flowers. Great job! I'm glad I'm not the only one with an enormous list of UFOs. I wouldn't feel bad about 17 UFOs. I think mine might even be bigger than yours, even after completing 10 quilts this year.

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  7. Alexis DeiseJune 28, 2012 at 2:37 PM

    Love it! The flowers are perfect in the negative space. And thank you for posting your UFO pile; makes me feel better about mine. ;)

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  8. AnonymousJuly 3, 2012 at 11:30 PM

    I love, love, love those flowers! What a fantastic job you did! I also love your WIP pile. So many of us can relate!

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