I am all kinds of frustrated. There is a free motion design that I love, but I just can't seem to quilt it.
I draw out the design, trace it with my finger, practice it, even mark the quilt top for guidance and it just turns out ugly. I watch video after video. In the table runner above made with four left-over blocks, that I thought for about fifteen minutes would be a nice gift, I even double quilted it to try to fix it up a bit. That helped but it's still just not right.
I know I have a right/left thing going on in my brain, always have. I remember well my marching band teacher's dismay that I just couldn't get the foot patterns right. Especially since she was standing facing me. Eventually I practiced on my own, again and again, and I got it. Another memory: I was in second grade doing some kind of IQ test where a picture was shown with part of a hand or foot and I had to choose whether it was the right or left. And it was so hard, almost impossible.
I don't know whether that's what's going on here. I am determined, though. I will quilt an entire quilt with this design even if I have to throw it away. If that's not enough, I'll do another one.
I know there are many other designs that I can do well, but I like THIS one. And others like it.
1 comment:
Can you trace the pattern on see thru paper and then turn it over and sew THAT pattern?
I imagine the pattern has arrows so the turned over pattern would have the arrows going the "other" way which might be all the incentive you need.
You seem to have the ability to see the opposite of what others see. Ability. Positive.
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