Hi! I want to share this UFO finish before it goes to its new home!
FMQ a lovely moose panel
I started Free Motion Quilting (FMQ) the moose panel for my brother's cottage in July of last year.
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| FMQ Moose panel ready for its new home |
What a difference FMQ adds to the panel. Here is the image of the panel when it was barely quilted. I admit that the lighting isn't as good, but you can see that the fabric is very flat. Now that it's quilted, there is so much more texture.
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| Moose panel with a bit of FMQ |
I had fun taking pictures on our fence - the perfect background next to the burning bush. The only way it could have been better was if I had taken these pictures at my brother's cottage!
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| Moose posing next to the burning bush |
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| A close-up of the woodgrain FMQ |
- As I mentioned in the What I learned from my last post of this project, this panel was very forgiving. It would have been difficult to mess it up.
- When I left the project in July, I really didn't know how I was going to FMQ the water and sky, or how I was going to finish it.
- It seems that I had the foresight to put some wooden panel fabric away with this project so that I didn't have to dig around for it when I decided to finish this project. I'm sure I did this because I only had a little bit of the fabric left and didn't want to take the chance to use it all up before finishing this project. Good thinking 😊 (As my son would say, my present self is very proud of my past self!)
- I still didn't know what to do with the sky, so, as usual, I just jumped in and swirls it was! If I had paid attention, the swirls would have all gone in the same direction but we can blame it on the wind patterns at different altitudes!
- I am also very happy with the woodgrain FMQ that I did in the white section of the frame. I followed Lori Kennedy's tutorial.
- Moose panel with Free Motion Mavericks, July 18, 2019
- FMQ a panel with Free Motion Mavericks, July 4, 2019
- Woodgrain FMQ tutorial with Lori Kennedy
Linking parties
I'll be linking up to Free Motion Mavericks with Muv this week. Check out the 301st post! This project is also a UFO - so that's one down! I will be linking this one to PHD in 2020, when the next party opens, as well as many other fun link-ups. Let's see what's happening in the wonderful virtual world of quilting 😊. Colour & Inspiration Tuesday, Midweek Makers, Put Your Foot Down, Needle & Thread Thursday, Needle & Thread Thursday, Off the Wall Friday, Finished or Not Finished Friday, Peacock Party, Beauties Pageant, Can I Get A Whoop Whoop?, TGIFF, Monday Making, Design Wall Monday,
I'm also linking this post to Sarah Goer's Show Me Something That's a Gift.
Project details
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FMQ Moose panel
19¾" x 22¾"
Materials: commercial panel and lots of thread!
Techniques: free motion quilting
So much fun to see how quilting brings the panel alive.
ReplyDeleteHi Gwyned, it really is great to see. Thanks for stopping by :-) Take care.
Deleteoh yes - that quilting makes a huge difference - what a gorgeous panel!!
ReplyDeleteHow awesome is that? Well done!
ReplyDeleteThis is a really great example of how the quilting brings the quilt to life. A fitting post for me to read on a Sunday when I don’t usually do any online blog stuff because I did finish Module 8 of Indigenous Studies, a course I’m auditing through the U of Alberta thanks to Dan Levy. The moose is fitting since it actually came up a couple of times in the online live discussion today.
ReplyDeleteIt is amazing how the quilting has transformed this panel. I feel you started with a quite ordinary picture and you have made it into a work of art :)
ReplyDeleteI love this panel and how you quilted it. I do swirls for the sky too, it just seems right. Yours looks perfect! Love the movement it gives.
ReplyDeleteHello Andrée, Perfect present for a brother! I love the way the quilting has given it depth.
ReplyDeleteLove, Muv