2012 Free Motion Quilting Challenge

January lesson by Frances Moore-free motion leaves
  
February lesson by Diane Gaudynski, feathers

 March lesson by Ann Fahl, background stipple with loop-de-loops-"Easter Joy"

 April lesson by Don Linn, tutorial on a new way to mark quilts using tulle

 May lesson by Leah Day, double background stippling-curvy and railroad tracks

 June lesson by Cindy Needham, Divide-Conquer-fill it in!!! = FUN



July lesson by Angela Walters-Tiles-"Hai Great Dragon Fly"


August lesson by Wendy Sheppard - "Jester Hats"


September lesson by Paula Reid-using her favorite stencil in the center



October lesson by Teri Lucas-quilt our name-then add various free motion quilting to the background

November lesson by Sarah Vedeler-Spirals




December lesson by Patsy Thompson-FMQ Borders


This has been an amazing year of learning. I have used different battings that I never thought to use before, I've become much braver with free motion feathers and I actually don't have to mark them if I don't want to!! I learned about different needles to use with machine quilting, like using a top stitch needle!!! I have experimented with many different threads and designs as you can see in the photos.
I have many unfinished quilts that just need machine quilting and I am ready to tackle them. I have so many quilting "tool" now and I am excited to get started on using them. I am also excited about teaching quilters who live near me the skills I have learned from this amazing experience!!!

Thank-you first to SewCalGal for a year of quilting. And thank you to all our teachers. You have all blessed us with your knowledge and with kind hearts of sharing!!

Martha




12 comments:

  1. oh, you leaf FMQ is looking great. Very even leaves.

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  2. Pretty darn amazing! I love how each piece is its own entity. Great job!!

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  3. Did you just decide to do a different teachers technique every month? Or is that some kind of class? Very cool! You did great! Love the year in FMQ!

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  4. You are incredibly skilled! I love your family photos piece. May I borrow the concept?

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  5. Congratulations Martha, you have done a wonderful job with all the challenges

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  6. Every one is a masterpiece in itself! Super!

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  7. What a fantastic year of finishes martha! Great recap of the year and such beautiful work!
    Godspeed,
    mary

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  8. every piece just keeps getting better and better! I love how you made such wonderful projects each month. Beautiful!

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  9. Martha! What beautiful work! I did one or two months of the MQ challenge - I'm very impressed.
    I'm doing a barter for some work (my plumber :) and he would like a king size quilt. He had no idea what he wanted, and I told him to google quilts and get an idea of what the likes. The picture he sent me was your March challenge quilt (feathers with loop-to-loop). Of course I never expected him to select something like this - not sure if I even want to attemp it (old quilter, new longarmer). But he needs to understand there is a difference between a king size and a wall hanging. Would you mind sending me the dimensions of the quilt?
    Absolutely loved the progress pics and think I need to try a sampler.
    Did you trapunto the purple feathers?

    Thanks for your blog!!

    Elaine,
    Gig Harbor WA
    roscoep@aol.com

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  10. Martha, I am amazed! I just finished the challenges myself, but you are so good! You have made such a beautiful piece of every challenge! Such a beautiful machine quilting! I love it! Lots of compliments!

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  11. Thank you for your compliment on my blog!

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  12. Martha what fabulous work here, I have only just discovered your Blog, how have I missed it? It is just full of superb quilting. I am stunned Martha, you keep so quiet about it all...WHY! You are so talented. Go for it girl.

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