I have been stalking Kim Bradley trying to do one of her classes. Luckly I managed to get into a free motion workshop at Patches of Indoorpilly.
It was a pretty full on day. And it was a little shock to the system, I was absolutely stuffed by the end of the day. Basically Kim would show us a design on a white board, we would draw it on paper – then she would say – now quilt it. Then we would move on to the next pattern.
I used brown thread on the top and blue on the bobbin, just so I could make sure tension was right.
It was really not that diffiuclt to get a hang of – though it was a little imtidating. The only way to learn is to keep practicing. I was definitely improving as the day went on.
I made 12 quilt sandwiches for the class and got through about half of them. But they are sitting by my machine ready to grab when I have 10 minutes to spare to practice.
I also noted that out of all the patterns that we did learn, stippling was not one of them. When I asked about it I was told that it is quite difficult to master as a beginner and there are a lot of other patterns that are just as suitable.
I love all of them – you don’t look like a beginner at all. It looks like you had fun.
These are wonderful. What a treasure you have now in this knowledge. I’ve been tryign to practice but mine don’t look this great.
I was very surprised by how well I picked it up. The way that kim
teaches it is to get a piece of typing paper and draw the pattern
first. Get the “flow” of it. Then put it aside and then sew it.
Just keep practicing.
xx
Wow! Look at you! All professional!
See, stippling doesn’t look as hard as these….how on earth do you do those feathers??
Can I have a lesson over the phone, you know, with all the free time you have at the moment?
I think stippling is easy as you are basically working from one corner towards the middle of the quilt without crossing over a stitch line. It looks like you had a lot of fun in the class!
WOW! What a day you must have had, but VERY worth it!