Talk about waiting until the very last day to get this done!!! And it isn't done yet, I still have the border to do which will be the two inch spirals!!! I am SO VERY THANKFUL to get this done in November :^)
So our teacher for November was Sarah Vedeler. Her tutorial was on spirals,which I need much work on!!! I am so glad that she chose this to teach us because my skills are quite lacking in this area. I decided to add the rows of little circles/pebbles because I am fairly lousy at those also :^) So I am doing the 3 P's, practicepracticepractice!!!
Sarah had us down load a grid to practice on, printed with spirals and then blank ones. It really does help to practice on the paper first. I could tell that my circles were improving the more I did them!! I even put the grid on the wall to refer to when I was actually quilting!
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| I marked the one inch and two inch grids to make it a little easier. I marked and remarked and then didn't follow the feather section!!! |
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| Back of the quilt, all the straight seams done and just starting on the spirals and pebbles. |
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| Notice the spirals in the feathers? :^) |
And a note about the fabric I chose. I hand dyed this years ago. When my husband was still teaching, I would go in to the classroom at the end of the year and teach the kids how to tie dye. We got them all t-shirts and sometimes a piece of fabric to make into a bandana. I brought my dyes out to school and we would have a fabulous day!! The t-shirts had to sit in plastic bags for 2 hours, which gave me time to clean up and play with my own fabric. This is one of the pieces I did while waiting!!
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| The back of the quilt |
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| close ups |
Thank you so much Sarah Vedeler, I appreciate the time you took to teach us this needed skill and I hope to improve in the upcoming months and years.
Thank you to SewCalGal for giving us this opportunity to learn from such wonderful teachers. Amazing. And a year of this. How blessed we are. You are a Gem!!
Take care everyone, Happy Quilting, and keep those scissors sharp!!! Martha
Absolutely beautiful. And I do see the spirals in the feathers. Great job. Wonderful piece to show off your FMQ spirals and spiral feathers. Love it.
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ps - I don't think of myself as a teacher as much as a host. Sarah is the amazing teacher....and I'll follow her anyplace. Have been lucky enough to take two of her FMQ classes and 3 of her machine embroidery classes and I'd still take more in a heart beat. I learn and have fun every time.
REALLY REALLY REALLY like this! I heven't done much with the spirals, but I really like how you separated the rows with the feathers. Great job!
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