I did a little more practice using smaller leaves and a different leaf that I’ve done before except in a much larger size. I think it came from one of Dawn Ramirez’s workbooks. It’s the floopy, triple lobed leaf.
January Free-Motion Quilting Challenge: Leaves
Hallelujah! I’m almost caught up on the Quilt Whisperer class by Carla Barrett. You may get tired of hearing this, but this is one cool class. I wish it were 6 weeks instead of only 3!. I’ve finally gotten my homework for Week 2 finished and submitted and we’re half way into Week 3 already.
We had our third webinar today. Somehow, I missed last week’s but no worries because Carla saves the file so we can watch later. It’s just more fun when you’re there during the actual thing.
She asked us to send pictures of quilts we’d like for her to whisper for us. I sent the EQ7 file of Eye of the Storm. She made some really good suggestions. Actually, this quilt is close to being finished but I wanted to see what she would do with it. I’m going to show you her suggestions and in a few days, I’ll show you what I’ve actually done so you can compare.
Carla Barrett's Whispering of my Eye of the Storm
Part of the extra credit homework was to actually quilt a free-motion all over design. First, we drew the designs on black construction paper. I couldn’t find a white Gel pen so I used the silver Sharpie which worked just fine. Here’s the last design I drew (don’t forget that drawing isn’t my big skill). Thank goodness, I think I’ll be a better quilter than sketcher. 
Sketch #6
And here’s the photo of the quilting I did. We were to use black fabric & a light thread. I did my Free-Motion Quilting Challenge on the same piece so you can see part of that. There’s a button to the challenge on right side of the page.
What I quilted
Even though the Free-Motion Challenge is designed for sit-down quilters and I use a Juki on an older Grace frame, I know I can benefit from taking part in it. And now, for the January Free-Motion Quilting Challenge….finally…..
January Challenge: Leaves
January’s challenge was led by Frances Moore.
I’m tired friends, so I’m going to call it a night.
I know I said I was going to be busy for a few days, but I just had to show you these pictures. Don has the beaded paneling finished in the longarm room. He still has to put up the moulding and finish the windows. It looks so good!
East Wall of Longarm Room
Don has added plenty of wall plugs on each wall. The original location of wall plugs was high on the walls and the new ones are lower so we have lots of outlets to utilize.
This is the South Wall in the Longarm Room
Partial North Wall in the Longarm Room
My Dear Hubby hard at work
I took these pictures as he finished each section. The plan for Monday is for me to sweep & clean out the front room and start moving some of my shelving/fabric. I think that means I need to pack fabric this weekend!
Did you ever think we’d get to this point? I’ve talked about my longarm for so long, I think some people don’t really believe I’m getting one. Lol. Sometimes, I have to pinch myself so I know it’s really happening. I’ll take volunteers to help straighten up the mess as I move. Grin.
