Continuing to improve my Free Motion Quilting.....

A skill that I am very keen to keep improving in 2017 is my free motion quilting. I was so excited to finally feel that I had mastered this technique last year and, I am equally excited to continue to improve on what I have learned so far.

The compositions here are framed (top left); diagonal (top right);
medallion (bottom left) and grid (bottom right)

If you follow my blog, you will know that I have followed several Craftsy Classes by Lori Kennedy.  At the end of one of these classes Lori sets a challenge for you to complete six mini quilts using different quilt compositions.  At the end of last year I had completed four of the six different compositions (shown above) and, to keep up with my FMQ practise, I have now completed the last two.

 

This little quilt is an example of a vertical/horizontal composition and the different motifs quilted include the sun, a boat, some waves, pebbles and seashells.

The last little quilt is an example of a radiating composition and the motifs used are spiral flowers.

Lori has tutorials for the majority of the motifs I have mentioned above on her blog, 'The Inbox Jaunt' if you would like to try them for yourself!