![]() ![]() All it entails is quilting out several different motifs mixed together to fill a space. I had never tried it myself, and was excited to give it a try. Now this is a design that I admire in other people’s quilting. It still needs a lot of work, but I pushed through and tackled a design that was a complete disaster the first time I tried it. I also tried to sketch it on paper whenever I thought about it–really trying to get that muscle memory going. But, knowing that I had write this post, I determined to find little pockets of time to sit down at the machine and practice. I don’t mean to give you excuses, but I went on a lovely vacation to Napa Valley with my hubby to celebrate our anniversary during the time I was supposed to be practicing this design, and then I was at QuiltCon for three days! So, once again, I did not get in as much practice as I would have liked. But once I try to tackle it on a spiral, well, let’s just say that I find it difficult. When I do it just traveling up a single spine, I do a better job of making the half-heart shape. I also have problems just making the “feather” shape. ![]() The biggest one was not making the feather big enough, and really filling the spiral. I practiced this design a lot on paper first (rather unsuccessfully), then I checked out the trouble-shooting section and found I was making a lot of common mistakes. Really, one of the best things about this book is the step-by-step drawings, especially if you are a visual learner. I have the book as an ebook, and at one point, I literally put a piece of paper on top of my iPad mini and traced it a few times. Once again, the step-by-step drawings of how to draw the design are invaluable. And since I’m not good at swirls and I’ve never done feathers–well, you get the picture. This design ( click here for Angela’s sample, scroll to the bottom of the page) combines swirls and feathers. I’ve been a little nervous about this week’s designs, because…feathers! Now granted, they are not traditional feathers, but still. You can check out previous weeks here: Week 1: Basic meanders, Week 2: Swirls, Week 3, Paisley and leafy meanders. Here we are already at the final week of working my way through Angela Walter’s new book Free-Motion Meandering. ![]()
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