Like Meadowland blocks...
Walking foot wiggly lines on my modern applique Buggy Barn Blooms quilt...
That was after this diy attachment of the seam guide to do my straight zigzags... good old sticky tape!
Then wiggle wiggle I went! Discovered that your organic lines still need to be somewhat horizontal, resulting in some fix ups along the way 😤. Also that while they may seem wiggly while you are doing them, sometimes they come out pretty straight.
After that I developed a method which seems to have worked well for me, stitch lines that are relatively straight about 3 or 4 inches apart to use as guidelines, and work from the centre out to the edges (I did end up marking a starting line and using the seam guide to do these). Then go back and fill in a straightish line between each of those lines, but having a lot of variety in their widths (this line I just eyeballed and didn't worry too much about)... then finally, doing wiggly lines in each irregularly spaced gap, using wiggles of different wiggliness!
I've only got a strip about 10 inches wide left to quilt on this... woohoo!!
And finally back to some good old free motion as I start the border on Loosely Woven.
With an 8in border, it is going to take some time!
2 comments:
I'm impressed...giving you a gold star. I find machine quilting on a domestic machine takes lots of patience. Both quilts look great!
You really are making good progress. Yes, I've found those horizontal lines not as straight forward to do as I thought they' would be. You've got a good variety of techniques going on at the moment to keep you interested!
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