FabricMom

Yesterday while Andrew took a nap I was able to make some Halloween fabric postcards to mail out for this month.

This one shows some free motion quilting I did to give it a little more pizazz.

This bat I ironed on. It looked a little blah so I decided to try a little free motion quilting on it too. I like the craziness of the outline on the bat. I still have to finish the edges on all of these with a satin stitch.

I made 4 quilts for Barbie today. My neice Emily’s birthday is Friday. She will be 5. I asked her if she wanted me to make her some quilts for her Barbies. She said yes of course. What little girl doesn’t want Barbie accessories.

So here they are, please don’t laugh. I practiced my free motion quilting on two. It isn’t great, but I am learning.

Okay are they really as bad as they seem. Oh me.

Today I took the plunge and tried free motion quilting. I have had the foot for a while. So I got a scrap block and practiced.

Can anyone who quilts with a machine suggest why I am getting a little loopy on the back. Is my tension to tight or loose? It was hard trying to keep the fabric moving.

I also did this postcard.

My oldest son Tyler wanted to make a postcard. So he went through my scraps and sewed these pieces together. Not too bad. I did the rest of the work for him.

I was searching for a binding tutorial for a friend and came across this free motion quilting tutorial and thought it was worth sharing.

http://sewinspired.blogspot.com/2007/09/free-motion-machine-quilting-tutorial.html

I have yet to try free motion quilting. I guess I am worried that I will really suck at it. LOL. Most of my quilts get straight line quilted with my walking foot. It is safe I know.

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