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Friday, January 11, 2013

Third Time's The Charm!

FMQ Koi
  The continuing saga of Koi for my Koi Pond quilt. With the two previous attempts with machine embroidery the back of the quilt had nasty knots. I think that I have found the solution, free motion quilting. I'm really love how this fish turned out.
The two to the left are machine embroidered. The one on the right was marked, then free motion quilted

The back is one of the biggest differences, no knots in the FMQ fish.
The other good part of the FMQ koi is that I was able to enlarge to a better size for the quilt. Machine embroidery is limited to the size of the hoop. I FMQed the koi with polyester embroidery thread (Iris), but yesterday I ordered 28wt Aurifil in bright orange and tangerine. Hopefully I get the thread quickly so I can use it in this quilt. I'm planning to get the quilt basted this weekend and I would like to start quilting soon.

Today I'm linking up with Leah Day at the Free Motion Quilting Project for FMQ Friday. Can't wait to see what everyone else is quilting today!
Free Motion Quilting Friday

Color Me Quilty!

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18 comments:

  1. AnyaJanuary 11, 2013 at 8:23 AM

    Very nice!

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  2. GerdaJanuary 11, 2013 at 10:04 AM

    That's a good solution, it looks really good! Well done!

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  3. Marelize RiesJanuary 11, 2013 at 10:44 AM

    The koi you FMQ'ed looks great, I love it!!

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  4. sherryJanuary 11, 2013 at 11:14 AM

    looking great

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  5. AnonymousJanuary 11, 2013 at 11:17 AM

    Beautiful!

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  6. AnnieKJanuary 11, 2013 at 11:35 AM

    It's lovely! I had a bit of trouble with Auriful knotting up on the back, even doing free-motion. Then I realized I was using a lovely cotton thread, on lovely cotton fabric, and had used polyester batting. First thing the nice lady at the quilt shop taught me, match type of thread to type of batting. I won't forget again!

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  7. KatJanuary 11, 2013 at 12:20 PM

    Love it! It looks perfect, can't wait to see it on the quilt!

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  8. DeaJanuary 11, 2013 at 1:25 PM

    Wow, Pat, beautifuly quilted!

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  9. landscapeladyJanuary 11, 2013 at 1:29 PM

    Well done!! I the resting that the free motion is better than embroidery machine. Could be humans give it soul?

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  10. The ThompsonsJanuary 11, 2013 at 1:45 PM

    That is seriously SO cool! I love the koi! I'm glad that doing FMQ got rid of the knotting in the back.

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  11. CatherineJanuary 11, 2013 at 3:40 PM

    Your koi are absolutely lovely!

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  12. MalinisQuiltsJanuary 11, 2013 at 4:59 PM

    Wow! your Koi fish turned out beautiful!

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  13. Stella NemethJanuary 11, 2013 at 6:36 PM

    Just gorgeous!

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  14. BeckyJanuary 11, 2013 at 7:48 PM

    Wow! Those are gorgeous!!

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  15. Gene BlackJanuary 11, 2013 at 9:16 PM

    You do beautiful work. Those are amazing

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  16. LAQuiltsJanuary 11, 2013 at 10:34 PM

    Wow, that is impressive.

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  17. AnonymousJanuary 12, 2013 at 2:47 AM

    I. Love. It. It's wonderful with FMQ, far better than the embroidery trials. That makes you better than a machine, doesn't it?!

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  18. Quiltin JennyJanuary 12, 2013 at 12:26 PM

    So lovely! The thread colors are really nice and you did a great job quilting it!

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