Our guidelines were to "bring your inner artist out by using optical illusions, textures, trapunto, whatever else will make you quilt pop into life!"
The fabric, thread, and batting in this post were provided to me by Island Batik, Aurifil, and Hobbs.
I quilted it on my brand new Janome Memory Craft 6650 that I got from Santa using Aurifil 50 wt thread in a light gray with the Hobbs Thermore batting again because I just really like that stuff for wallhangings! I haven't tried much free motion quilting since I sold my longarm last year. As you know, FMQ on a domestic machine is VERY different from FMQ on a longarm! I'm sure I'll get the hang of it eventually...or maybe I won't. ha ha! It doesn't really matter as long as I'm having fun and doing what I want to do!
This year of challenges with Island Batik went by really fast! I appreciate the opportunity to participate in the ambassador program with Island Batik, Aurifil Thread, Hobbs Batting, and Accuilt! One last project that I didn't get to show (because it was going to Quilt Market in Houston) is this adorable stuffed animal. The pattern is from Funky Friends Factory and his name is Larry the Lion. Let me tell ya - sewing stuffed animals is hard! But his cuteness is worth the work!
Maybe a faced binding? That will let you keep your pattern edges. I tried it for the first time on my July ambassador challenge. This is the tutorial I used: https://www.carolelylesshaw.com/faced-binding-quilt-tutorial/ Love these blocks!
ReplyDeleteIt looks so good! I love the FMQ you've done on it.
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of the matched binding (which I have yet to try, but I'm going, I swear!)
And I LOVE that stuffed animal SO MUCH!!!
Larry the Lion is adorable !
ReplyDeleteit looks so good! I love the FMQ you've done on it.thanks for the share
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