Free Motion Quilting 8/365

Today the block is Wobbly Cosmos.

It is a pretty cool design because it works out from the centre and is like an explosion of colour!

I really like the fuchsia pink Aurifil Thread I used too!

Looks really groovy!

Free Motion Quilting 6/365

Today I am really late doing my free motion block, work has been a bit chaotic!

So today I decided to have a go at swirls and rounded corners.

The block is called Flowing Glass:

The block is quite easy to do, but getting the stitches consistent is quite hard. Plus I didn't work into the middle enough on the first side - a fear of going out too far - so when I was travelling up the other side I really had to go right across the void!

The gloves were great again and made real difference to moving the square around.

Free Motion Quilting 5/365

Yesterday was the Matrix, which I really enjoyed working on. It is such an intense design and perfect for filling space.

Today I went back to swirls: Spiral Vine.

It looks really good! Yesterday at the Festival of Quilts I invested in the quilting gloves that Leah suggested on her blog (I am not stalking her I promise!). They are called Machingers Quilting Gloves, which you can get from Leah's shop if your in the States or from Creative Grids in the UK. They definitely made moving the square much easier and I felt I had much more control.

I will let you know how I get on using them on the bigger quilt I am working on.....