Last Monday in April, Scroll Flower Continues

I think this is the last week for the Scroll Flower on Amy's Free Motion Adventures.  I really appreciate having several weeks to concentrate on one design.  I'm learning that it comes eventually but I would have not pursued it this long.  Of course, I can't spend a month on everything but it is confidence building that it will come.  You can see Amy's site by clicking  on her button to the right.
I want to stitch this out a couple more times but this is the balanced design I wanted.  Thank you Amy for the second video.  It was the missing link for me.

 

 

New all over design to learn

This past Monday Amy http://www.bloglovin.com/frame?post=2648296251&group=0&frame_type=a&blog=4987215&link=aHR0cDovL2ZyZWVtb3Rpb25xdWlsdGluZ2FkdmVudHVyZXMuYmxvZ3Nwb3QuY29tLzIwMTQvMDQvZnJlZS1tb3Rpb24tbW9uZGF5LXF1aWx0aW5nLWFkdmVudHVyZXNfMTQuaHRtbA&frame=1&click=0&user=0started a new design for us to practice on.  I just had time last week to doodle it on paper.  Again, I find my first attempts cramped & I tend to get stuck without an easy flow to the next flower.

 

So I tried to loosen it up & for now bigger is smoother for me.

 

Last week of McTavishing Quilt Along

This is the last week of the McTavishing Quilt Along at Amy's Free Motion Quilting:  http://freemotionquiltingadventures.blogspot.com/2014/03/mctavishing-monday-5-free-motion-link.html
This week  I found some smoother curves & lines.  I'm so glad to finally see them!

 

 

Week 3 Amy's Free Motion Quilt Along

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This week I tried to loosen up which made a bit of improvement.  This first picture is the finishing of one of last week's practice sample. This is on my domestic machine. 

 This next pictures is my first attempt on the longarm

 

 

 

 

 

Week 2 McTavishing Quilt Along

Week 2 at http://freemotionquiltingadventures.blogspot.com/2014/03/mctavishing-monday-2-free-motion-link.html
Well I liked my drawing and saw some improvement this week:

 

But had difficulty getting a free flowing stitch.  It's very cramped & not smooth.

 

  The frustration for me is that many hours later, it did not look improved to me.

Ah well, back to practice.  I ran out of time & did not get to try it on the longarm.  Will try later on that.  I usually have only a couple hours if I'm lucky to sew during the work week.

Amy's McTavishing Quilt Along

Amy at freemotionquiltingadventures.blogspot.com has started a quilt along for anyone wishing to develop their version of Karen McTavish's filler stitch McTavishing.  Every Monday in March we will post our progress or project.  I'm a little behind since it's Wednesday but here's my initial drawing.  I did this tight like a zentangle.  I imagine when I stitch something out, I will do it much looser.

My friendly border waving!

I forgot the correct way to attach a border when I made this top 2 years ago & now as I learn to be a longarmer, I'm finding out about wavy borders.