In sewing news, I thought I should show you another work in progress - hoping again that by showing it on the blog I shall be shamed into picking it up once more! This is from this book - a really lovely book that I was given last year.
I like this 'look' very much and quite quickly (and somewhat ambitiously) decided to make this as a wall hanging.
The pictures below show far I've got - I've cut out all the leaves and drawn my tree on the front of my fabric, and then stitched them all in place.
So far, so good. The next stage though is to free motion quilt the whole thing, which I'm ever so slightly terrified about, hence the project has stalled. I clearly just need to practise, practise and practise some more, and then bite the bullet and go for it, but, having spent quite a long time on the appliqué, I'm rather worried I might just ruin it! Still, nothing ventured, nothing gained - and it's good to challenge yourself, right?! I'll let you know how I get on!
I'm so pleased you liked it too! And how funny, my blogless friend, Jenny, has been making that exact quilt from the Syko book and I visited it last week and it's gorgeous. I can't wait to see your one quilted, although I'd share your apprehension after all that work. I found Oh Fransson's tutorial on free-motion quilting really helpful and have conquered my fears around FMQ having following her advice. x
ReplyDeleteGreat idea for a wall hanging! I'd love to be able to free motion stitch, have tried once but I found it quite tricky... Any tips welcome!...
ReplyDeleteThanks, I'll let you know how I get on! I've just been reading the tutorial Florence mentioned in her comment, on Oh Fransson, and it looks really helpful, so hopefully I'll be brave enough to attempt it soon!
DeleteThis is such a lovely idea and a great way to use some scraps creatively too.
ReplyDeleteThanks for commenting! This is one of the things I've left languishing, but hope to finish soon!
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