I hope by now, you have had time to do a little free motion quilting using your favorite doodles…I find it very relaxing. After 10 minutes of warm up, I’m usually in the zone, quilting away. The first 10 minutes can be the hardest...It takes the right brain at least that long to wrestle the left brain to the mat and force it to give up the lists of things to do…problems to be solved…etc… ( More on the right brain/left brain another time..)
Doodles make the best quilt designs because they are personal. They are as unique as your signature. They are also original. As much as I love quilted feathers, they are not original. Everyone does quilted feathers. There are many many books about how to create the perfect quilted feather! This brings me to my next point, doodles are easy. Doodles are hard wired in your brain. They have been repeated so many times throughout your lifetime that there are neural pathways making them automatic. You don’t have to think about them (let alone read a book about them!). Doodles are as easy as riding a bike! Because they are automatic, you can concentrate on the mechanics of sewing: stitching speed, moving the quilt, even stitches…
For the next few days, work on free motion quilting your doodles. Try to work for at least 20 minutes at a time. Turn off the news and just day dream or listen to your favorite music. (oh, and see if you can connect your motifs without lifting the sewing machine needle….)
10 comments
Kimberly Konkol
This is amazing! I love it!
theinboxjaunt
Thanks, Kimberly- you are always so encouraging!
Kimberly Konkol
Thank You! That is very nice to hear. 🙂
Dora Scheer
Another wonderful post. And I love this soft green and the texture created by your quilting.
theinboxjaunt
Thank you, Dora,
I had a doodle large enough to make a bag out of this!
theinboxjaunt
Thank you so much! I have visited your very beautiful city and am so pleased to have you visit my humble blog!
PS…I wasn’t able make the correction…
Elisabeth
Sorry, I misspelled your name, Lori! Would you be so kind to correct my error.
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