Free Form Quilting

I got some emails about my last quilt....which is now named "Flowery" and how I quilted it. This is another quilt that I did in much the same way. I love this quilt. It was made by myself and some other women, Cynthia Myrna, Terry and Suzanne. I made the bird block, gave them some of the fabrics and then each of them made me a block. This was over the course of a year and I didn't see the blocks until the end.



Cynthia's Block

Terry's Block



Myrna's Block

Suzanne's Block

My Block

I added these roses (taken from Suzanne's block) to make my block bigger and balance out the top.

As you can see there is a lot of quilting in this. The feathers were added because they are easy and can fit anywhere.

The quilting is not precise or even but it really doesn't show up. I think because there is so much quilting, the eye just keeps moving around.

Another close up of the quilting.

another.....

One way to get more confident at machine quilting is to just go for it! I make a lot of baby quilts and that is where I practice and try out new things. Very rarely does something not work out. It may not be my favorite but it helps me figure out how to go about the next one. So go piece a small baby/kids quilt and do something other than meandering (not that there is anything wrong with that!) and see what you come up with. You can always donate it to a worthy cause.
Kelly