Welcome to week 376 of our Free Motion Mavericks linking party. I hope that spring is in the air if you're on this end of the Earth!
Sports section finished
The blue sports stripe is done! You can see a pretty good picture below. You will notice that there is still tracing paper left on the snowshoes. It will come off soon but it's very tedious work when the FMQ is so close together. It came off well for the canoe.
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| Finishing up the sports stripe |
Here's a great image from the back. You can see that my sun is getting better. Can you spot the golf ball that wondered into the image? Maybe it got shanked? 😁
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| A great view from the back |
Beginning the Northern section
You may recall that one of the big tan stripes has images of Canadian nature. I've done the West and part of the Prairies, so now it's the North. Although the picture is not great, you can see the section surrounded by some of the other FMQ. There is a mountain with ice, a seal in the water and a big polar bear! I'm cheering for the seal, but the bear does have to eat!
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| Starting on the Northern Canada section |
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| North section from the back of the quilt |
Stars and Planets
I started working on a black stripe that my mother originally quilted stars and the moon. Since I still have some of my notes from the Pinwheels and Stars Baby Quilt, I figured that I could use my FMQ skills to add some planets along with the stars.
On the black stripe, the Glide thread, Shadow (a dark grey), can be seen by the camera. Yeah! |
| Lots of stars and swirling objects in the sky |
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| A planet, a comet and a few stars |
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| FMQ in action with a comet, a planet, a black hole and stars 😊 |
You may as well get a back shot also since this one came out well!
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| Stars seen from the back |
What I learned
- It was nice to have a few easy things to FMQ this time.
- I used a postcard from Nunavut to make the rock and ice formation. I didn't see anything like that when I visited many years ago. The image was from Auyuittuq National Park.
- I'll have to do some research for other images of the North and then the rest of the Prairies.
- Since I've been working on FMQ words, I was thinking of writing the names of the provinces within the tan stripe.
- I thought of adding words with the stars, but only after I finished it and now there isn't any place left. I'll have to try and plan this the next time. (famous last words!)
- I have to remove the tracing paper before I put the quilt away until the next time.
Related links
- A true polar bear story, January 26, 2022
- An Out of this World Finish on Free Motion Mavericks, April 29, 2021
- Previous posts of FMQ on Version 2.0
- All kinds of sports on Free Motion Mavericks, March 10, 2022
- Filling in a couple of strips on Free Motion Mavericks, February 24, 2022
- Weather and nature on Free Motion Mavericks, February 10, 2022
- FMQ Lake Louise on Free Motion Mavericks, January 27, 2022
- Back to Version 2.0 on Free Motion Mavericks, January 13, 2022
- Planning and FMQ with Free Motion Mavericks, October 07, 2021
- Auyuittuq National Park in Nunavut
Linking parties
I'll be linking up to many fun linking parties. I hope that you get the chance to visit some of these. Remember to link up before you go 😊 Wondering Camera, Needle & Thread Thursday, Put Your Foot Down, TGIFF, Finished or Not Finished Friday, Off The Wall Friday, Peacock Party, 15 Minutes to Stitch 2022, Patchwork & Quilts, Monday Making, Design Wall Monday,
Free Motion Mavericks
We had very interesting link ups to the party last time. I think that the three FMQ projects are worth looking at if you didn't get a chance last time.
Nancy at Grace and Peace used matchstick quilting on her mini. I just love the way that the quilting changed the colours of her piece.
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| Nancy at Grace and Peace |
Gail of Quilting Gail finished FMQ her SAHRR for 2022 quilt. She did a great job with all of that echoing.
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| Gail of Quilting Gail |
Sandra from mmm quilts used invisible thread from Aurifil to quilt most of her flying geese pillow top as her last piece for PQ 13.6 She really loved FMQ with the thread.
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| Sandra from mmm quilts |
Love the stars and planets!!! Thanks for featuring my "Then Sings My Soul"!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for linking up again Nancy. I had lots of fun with those. My son has finally given me more ideas for the quilting. I'm starting to get on a roll!
DeleteI love this, but the bicycle and canoe are my favorites this time. I think I see the golf ball flying over. Well, I love the bears too so lets just say I love everything you are doing. This is really a labor of love and I know memories of your mom are overwhelming as you recreate this piece. Thank you for the linky party.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Denise. I had a really good time, especially after I figured out what to quilt! I'm looking forward to getting back to this one, maybe even before the end of the fortnight! Thanks for linking up, it's such a great idea to make something to hold your hoops...and it looks great!
DeleteWow, It's got so many just over-the-top cool details Andrée! So many of our quilts hold memories, don't they? I love seeing it from the back too. It really pops! Thank you for featuring my flying geese pillow.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Sandra. It's really fun, now that I'm into it. I've got a whole bunch more ideas so it should go well. This quilt will be filled with decades of memories!
DeleteWonderful drawings with thread. Really like the stars and the planets.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for linking up with Wandering Camera!
-Soma
its so fun to see the back and the front of the quilting - I like it!
ReplyDeleteJolis, ces nouveaux motifs ! J'aime bien les planètes, trop belles !!
ReplyDeleteVery cool free motion stitching. The night sky stitching is my favorite so far.
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