apylinski 97 Posted November 19, 2013 Report Share Posted November 19, 2013 These are pictures of a finished table topper made by my sister. She's a fairly new quilter. She and my younger sister have recently just begun to sew. Unfortunately they think it should be quilted in an hour or so once they give them to me. All in all I'm very proud of both of them. I've never done anything custom. I don't think it turned out too bad. I Still need lots of practice and need to figure out better continuous quilting lines so I don't have so many starts and stops! Thanks for looking. Sorry...not sure why pics are upside down. I'm on my iPad?? Colette, chrisquilter, JeannieB and 1 other 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dmwest 29 Posted November 19, 2013 Report Share Posted November 19, 2013 It's beautiful, Ann. Love it. I am still doing pantos. Diane Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chickenscratch 1,136 Posted November 19, 2013 Report Share Posted November 19, 2013 Oh, beautiful quilting job. That looks great. Your sister should be very happy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jandcembroidery 168 Posted November 19, 2013 Report Share Posted November 19, 2013 It's beautiful, Ann. Love it. I am still doing pantos. Diane Looks great Ann!!! Like Diane, I too am still doing pantos; and after 4 years. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WW Quilter 190 Posted November 19, 2013 Report Share Posted November 19, 2013 Nice job...your feathers are beautiful!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jclark 65 Posted November 19, 2013 Report Share Posted November 19, 2013 Great job on your first custom! Dawn has a great method for getting continuous curve done without stops and starts--think of it as a house, you must finish one floor before starting on another (one row of blocks), you must conquer each obstacle (wall, stairs) before going to the next "room." Probably doesn't make sense but that's what I tell myself as I am quilting, "ok, there are stairs (a diagonal seam), I need to go up one side of that seam and down the other side of it before continuing across the "floor". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RitaR 647 Posted November 19, 2013 Report Share Posted November 19, 2013 The quilting is great.. as for upside down photo's if you can send them to Paint, it has a feature to turn it around. A handy feature. Just keep going. your feather petals are quite smooth, and if I may say without hurting your feelings, they could be closer together, and not have open spaces. The smoothness of the feathers curves is amazing. I usually bobble lately, so went to a computer run quilting device. makes me look like I can really quilt. Meds are causing the lack of control I need.. Keep it up, you are heading to being a quilting expert, and don't fear, they make mistakes too.. even I on the computer. ((((((((((((((( hugs to you )))))))))))))))))) Rita Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mcmullen 19 Posted November 19, 2013 Report Share Posted November 19, 2013 Great job!!! I'm really impressed with your continuous curves! I still can't get the rhythm down to keep them smooth and even.Thanks for sharing. Becky Quote Link to post Share on other sites
K. Szymaszek 357 Posted November 19, 2013 Report Share Posted November 19, 2013 Great job, I would never know that was your 1st custom quilt! Really nice. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
maggienoella 250 Posted November 19, 2013 Report Share Posted November 19, 2013 Awesome job! Doesn't look like a 'first' to me. Joan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
apylinski 97 Posted November 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2013 Thanks everyone. And yes Rita there are lots of gaps between the feathers. Learned a lot doing this for the first time. I have only practiced before and then just let go when I quilted this. I want to do MORE! Love them and I think with more practice I will find my "sweet" spot. I'm hoping anyway. The advice here is just awesome. Thanks to all of you for your help. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lisae 425 Posted November 19, 2013 Report Share Posted November 19, 2013 Great job, Ann! Wish my first custom looked that good! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LibbyG 1,020 Posted November 20, 2013 Report Share Posted November 20, 2013 You've done a wonderful job with it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pumpkinpatchquilter 1,269 Posted November 20, 2013 Report Share Posted November 20, 2013 Beautiful!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ptnylund 3 Posted November 21, 2013 Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 Ann For a first custom quilt I would say you have done a wonderful job and you should be very proud of yourself!!! Terry Nylund Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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