now don't laugh at me, because my friends were, because i told them that i have learned how to stitch in the ditch. i am not lying, i did not know what that was. i want to learn how to do fancy quilting. all i can do is stippling and circles and lines. i know i have a long way to go. i am scared to death to do the feather stitch. they were asking why is the quilting college student going back to quilting 101. if you really want to know i never took a quilting. i just did my own thing until i started to the portrais. the instructor was also talking about squaring your quilt and what kind of batting to use. i nver sqared my quilt, i can say i am using the right kind of batting. class is tomorrow and i can't wait.
i am also trying to teach myself another technique in portrait quilting. now this one is going to take sometime for me to get this technique down to my liking. that is why i am not showing any pictures for this technique. i really need to find a color viewer to help me to pick out the fabric for this technique. because i keep messing up. by me using my own eyes to distinguish the difference in skin tone colors. i have faith that i going to do this. so once i get this, i will show pictures later.
stitches,
yetunde
8 comments:
You'll get it sistah, and I am one of your fans that will be waiting to see the beautiful quilts. You can do anything you set your mind to. I like art quilting because you can make it any way you want to. If it is not straight you can always let it be the way it is and its alright.
You are a brave woman. I say go for it. I am learning to free motion quilt too. So you are not the only that has to go back to quilting 101. Just think about the quilts you will finish. Good luck, wish me luck too. :0) Penny
You;ve done a great done with this one. the black and white is simple and elegant.
The best thing about taking any quilt class or challenge, is that sometimes you end up learning a new & useful technique and other times it just confirms that the way you were always doing it turns out much better.
I'm cheering you on with the class... developing as an artist is always an on-going process. And I love the graphic like nature of this portrait...the fine line for the mouth works for me...it seems to visually balance out the rest of him.
Fantastic work! from what I have seen so far on your blog your work is really exciting. My view is that there is always more to learn, no matter how much you know. I am always striving to improve and get better at what I do. Keep doing what you are doing and you can only get better.
Going back to Quilting 101? I don't know about you but I always find my self having to go back to quilting 101. I am very proud of you wanting to learn all that you can. Because it seems like as soon as you learn one thing in this quilting journey, something new comes along. So you go girl and learn all you can so you can share your knowledge and love for quilting with all of your quilting sistas.
Let us know when you master Feathers.
thank you all for your comments and encouragement.
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