Friday, January 23, 2015

FMQ Challenge 2015 - January

The 2015 Free Motion Quilting Challenge is being hosted by Darlene at QuiltShopGal. I participated in the 2012 Challenge but then life sort of got in the way. I am excited to be doing this again! 

We are making pillows this year. For January, we have three choices of free motion quilting designs. Of course we could do all three. I chose to do the feathered heart. I don't have a lot of Valentine decor so I chose to do a red pillow. I couched white cording around the heart after I finished the quilting.

I haven't done a lot of free motion stitching lately and I NEED practice so I used red thread - I didn't want to show off my stitching too much!  

After drawing a heart, I drew a bunch of question marks to use as a stem for my feathers. I practiced on my sketch pad a few times; then I did my stitching. 


This is the first time I have actually done a feathered anything. With inspiration and the tutorial from LuAnn Kessi, it turned out pretty good. I love learning new things! 

8 comments:

  1. dropping in from the fmq linky party... great result with your heart... and of course it is great tohave a new cushion cover...
    Hugz

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  2. That looks great. First time feathers? Unbelievable...you did a really good job. Be careful, they are extraordinarily addictive.

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  3. Your pillow is beautiful! I love the white cording. Thanks for your nice comment on my blog!

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  4. Your pillow is beautiful, it is hard to believe this is your first time doing feathers!!

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  5. Your quilting and pillow are beautiful!! Well done!

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  6. Well done. I love the cording!

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  7. Wow, that looks great and will make a lovely Valentine decorations.
    mary

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