As predicted, I hit my stride this second session of FMQ, and had to stop myself from romping away doing the whole quilt - I had to remind myself that this was a test to see which thread looks better. The two stars at the top of this block are in dark grey, the bottom two are in the light grey.Jury out until I see it in daylight tomorrow.
Um. Er. Excuse me, Ma'am, but that doesn't look remotely like you are experimenting on a TEST BLOCK. That looks terribly like you're trying it out on The Real Quilt. (And I can hear your logic - "ah, but I only have to unpick the colour I don't like and the rest of the quilting isn't wasted").
ReplyDeleteAll I can say is you've got nerves of steel, and more courage than me!
What I won't say is which thread I prefer 'cos it's your quilt and the only person it needs to look correct to is YOU!
I think they both look great!
ReplyDeleteI now know where you went for your holiday last month. You were at a secret Crash Course in Free Motion Quilting somewhere weren't you?
ReplyDeleteI knew you'd spot that, Bilbo - but I have Nerves of Steel! Call me FMQ Woman! Actually, call me Unpicking Woman - hey ho!
ReplyDeleteThank you Mrs P - in the end it was an easy choice to make by daylight after all.
No FMQ courses for me last month, Sue, just lying in the sun (*sigh). It's confidence that is the key, I think!
...and not being afraid to spend half your evenings philisophically wielding an unpicker, of course...
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