I took a deep breath and gave it a whirl this afternoon when the rest of my family was out, and guess what? I could actually do it!! This is the Echo Shortcut pattern from Leah Day's site (a treasure trove of FMQ designs). It wasn't too difficult, considering that you sort of take a little pause after each arc, so I actually found it quite manageable. I filled a 10" x 8" section which took me what felt like forever, but I feel such a sense of accomplishment.
I will say though, the arcs are pretty close together, I'd say 1/4" each or less, and it creates a very dense finished feel to the fabric. This would not make a very drapey or soft quilt, but the same design done on a larger scale would be perfect.
And I have to ask, does it look like bunches of bananas to anyone else??? ;)
19 comments:
Heather it looks seriously awesome! You should totally be proud :oD
I quilted my little girl's quilt using that motif, with big spacing - and it's a really soft texture.
It's lovely, and it didn't look like bunches of bananas until you put the idea out there (just sayin'). :)
It looks fabulous!
Woah, that looks awesome!!!! And I can see the bananas, but only because you mentioned it!
I don't see bananas ! I see rainbows! They are beautiful!! I knew you could do it! Congratulations on a great job!
Heather! Your FMQ looks AWESOME!!! It's going to look great on a "real-life" quilt!
totally did not see bananas - it looks awesome!! Good for you! ;-)
Wow, that looks really great Heather!! Woot woot!
This is amazing! I'm inspired to have a go at FMQ now.
The arcs reminded me of waves, not bananas :)
It's gorgeous, Heather!
You must be thrilled. I see rainbows, too, not bananas!
You've done a beautiful job so far it's going to look amazing when finished. I wouldn't have said it looks like a bunch of bananas but now you mention it. LOLLLLL
Gorgeous Heather! They look fabulous and not anything like a banana!
Woo hoo! Way to go!
Wow!!! Good for you, it looks great!!!!
I looks so great! I love the grey stitching on the yellow fabric.
Fabulous FMQ Heather! You did an amazing job with it!
So nice!! I really like the dense texture. Simply beautiful. FMQ still scares me. I need more practice.
wow, Heather, look at you. It looks wonderful!
This looks great! I am definitely going to follow along with Leah's site once I get started on FMQ (soon hopefully!).
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