The September Free Motion Quilt Challenge at SewCalGal is a tutorial from the guest expert, Paula Reid. I feel a bit of an affinity for Paula since she lives in Palmdale, CA. Hubby and I have family living in this area, and we both graduated from Antelope Valley High School in Lancaster, CA.
Paula’s tutorial has us practicing our free motion quilting with a stencil. I drew the design onto my fabric with a blue marker and the use of a light table.
I used a 12 weight Aurifil to quilt the stencil. I needed a larger needle and couldn’t find a Schmetz denim sharp (my needle of choice) in the size I wanted. So…I used a Schmetz leather 100/18. I know! But I was desperate!
I could hear Tim Gunn, “Make it work!”
I think this might look nicer if the the thread colors were reversed, but, in any case, this will make a lovely pillow someday.
LC's Cottage 
Your heavy thread and leather needle really defined your beautiful stitching. So even and precise. This is a beautiful sample!
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Thank you for taking the time to look at my practice piece and then leave such a nice compliment!
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Lovely! This challenge would be good for me to learn how to do that feather. You quilting looks amazing! And so controlled!!!!
Thanks for sharing..
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Thanks Stitch! Get on over to SewCalGal and download the stencil and start practicing! I know you can do it!
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Really pretty-the best I’ve seen this month!
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Wow Jenny! I’ve seen some nice ones this month…so thank you! Not bad for a leather needle, eh?! LOL!
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Pretty
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Beautiful quilting and love the stippling around the feathers!
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Thank you for the compliment Connie!
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Ooooo – very NICE! Great job, Laura.
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Thanks so much Wendy!
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