Have you seen what people can do with free motion quilting?
Back up, .... Free motion quilting is a method of machine quilting where the artist (a word which I would not apply to myself, but whole heartedly attribute to these people) releases the feed dogs and moves the quilt "sandwich" freely through their sewing machine. They over ride the machines pull on the fabric, and it's means of creating a measured stitch, and manually direct the progression as layers are sewn together to make a quilt. Often the stitching creates delightful patterns.
It takes an enormous amount of patience and practice to get everything moving in sync.
These are just tiny samples that I snitched from Flickr. They are practice blocks quilted by Katie of Unconventional Katie as part of Free Motion Fridays at Fluffy Sheep Quilting. They are now in week 8 of the project.
In January 2012 a new project is starting. The Quilt as You Go Free Motion Quilting Quilt Along sponsored by my friend Laura at Quokka Quilts in Australia. She has convinced me to join in her efforts to encourage FMQers. Read more about it on her blog, Quokka Quilts
