I’m a little nervous about these designs, so I need to be more diligent about carving out time to practice. Next week we will wrap this blog hop up with Flower Meander and some Improv Quilting. I also want to go back and practice my paislies in this more spaced-out way. I definitely need more practice, but this design is a lot of fun and builds quickly. I eventually realized that I need to pause at the point of the leaf, or else they tend to round out. Sometimes getting that leaf shape is easy, and sometimes…not so much. I realized at one point that a bunch of mine looked like they were starting to lay on top of each other, so I made an effort to echo back and change direction. Like many meandering designs, you have to really pay attention that the leaves don’t all point the same way. I filled up my light blue swath of fabric with this meander, and was feeling like it was just starting to click, so I just kept on stitching. And I love a design that stitches out quickly. This turned out to be a lot easier, and frankly, it covers more territory quicker. This is fine, but can really cause a build-up of thread near the base.Īfter following along with Anglea’s drawings, I realized that she just echoed the design, keeping a consistent distance between the lines at all times. For both the paisley and the leafy designs, I was going back to the base of the design every time that I echoed it. It was then that I realized that I had been doing it, well, if not wrong, then…differently. So, I practiced a bit on paper first, and then checked back to Angela’s step-by-step drawings. I find this motif a bit harder, due to making sure that you get that little point at the top. Since I was pressed for time this week, I warmed up with it a bit, but I didn’t spend too much time, since I kind of worked it to death over the summer.Ī variation of the Paisley Meander is a pointier version called the Leafy Meander. This is a design that I love and I practiced it quite a lot over the summer. I really enjoyed this week’s designs: Paisley and Leafy Meanders Paisley Meander But even so, I am constantly surprised and delighted how much progress you can make with a little practice. I haven’t been able to practice as much as I would have liked to this week (who knew February was going to be so busy?). I’m continuing to practice my free motion quilting skills by working my way through Angela Walters new book, Free-Motion Meandering. Welcome back to week 3 of the Free-Motion Meandering blog hop.
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