Linking up to Scrap Attack

Happy Friday, Saturday to some!!
Based on my previous post, I'm linking up to...

http://www.stitchedincolor.com/2012/01/scrap-attack-quilt-along.html

Dara

Scrapping my scraps

I thought this quilt would do some damage on my scraps...nope. I'm in the process of machine quilting (in the ditch) the arcs on this quilt.

So, I decided to do a couple more scrap quilts to "scrap" my scraps. I really want to buy more fabric so, I'm trying to get rid of some scraps. I need more fabric! :)

I started a New York Beauty quilt, which i'm paper piecing. Paper Piecing hasn't been my favorite technique in the past, however, I'm loving it now. I use to just cut chunks of fabric, always had to remove stitches, and thought it was so time consuming. I'm surprised it has actually been fun creating this quilt. I measured each section and cut strips of fabric to a particular size to cover each section and it made the process much quicker. I also took my time to position the pieces just right so I wouldn't have to pick out so many stitches.

Here are some pictures of my progress.

Curves make me nervous as you can see I pin, pin, then pin some more.

Thanks for all the wonderful comments on the previous posts!! I love comments.

Till next time,
Dara

January 2012 FMQ Challenge

I've took the free motion quilting pledge over at SewCalGal's blog to learn to FMQ in 2012. This month's FMQ expert was Frances Moore. I love this design. I still need a lot more practice, but I'm happy with my first attempt.

Happy quilting,

Dara

FMQ Along Wednesdays: Week 1

I signed up to Leah Day's Quilt Along Wednesday's.

Here's my quilt along practice for week #1:

I had some thread issues at first then it seemed to be better. When I FMQ I never know where to go next, how to get out of tight corners, or how to get back to the other side. Next time i'm going to try quadrant quilting, which Leah mentions (Jan. 11th  blog post) to help you not get lost or stuck.

Happy quilting,

Dara