I was terrified when I sat down at the sewing machine to start putting down those squiggly little lines onto my carefully basted quilt sandwich. I started, did a whole section before I noticed that my thread tension was too loose. I had to unpick it all again – quite disheartening, but I started again, did it over and did it right. And the further I went, the better I got and the better it felt.
I used mostly scraps for the patchwork, and it felt good to use up the little bits of fabric left over from three other projects. And I do love the texture that stippling gives to the quilt. I think I might even like it better from the back.
As you can see I decided to add some colour to the grey back, turning the quilt somewhat reversible, depending on how playful you feel, I suppose. The grey binding works well with both the back and the front – it adds framing to the design on the front, and doesn’t distract from the simplicity of the back.
So there you have it. My first free motion quilted quilt. I’m so proud!
It’s available to buy from my Etsy shop.