Have you tried free-motion quilting yet? Is fear holding you back? Go ahead and try it! You really can’t mess it up! As I was moving the fabric to and fro, that is what occurred to me with this last quilt. It is not prim and proper ! It’s all over the place. Running here and there. Twisting, turning, changing it’s direction. And that is pretty much exactly me. A perfect fit!
Ah -but let’s say that you are a person who doesn’t like mess or chaos. You want things just so. Precise and perfect. Yep, I know a handful of you too. Well, I still believe you should try this technique as an exercise in character. 
It’s not perfect. I know that. There are imperfections. But I am not entering it into any huge quilting contests. It’s for my little boy. Who loves it a lot. And his Mama made it for him – which makes it even more special to him. And besides, aren’t the imperfections one of the things that make handmade so much more meaningful than manufactured?
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You’ll see this quilt again in Taylor’s room when I finish it.
(It’s soooo close! I have to find time this week to get it done!)
A quilt should be worth more than one blog anyway. 
And just to re-empahsize, dear husband, free-motion quilting is NOT cheating.
Fabric: Amy Schimler’s Animal Party and Forest Fun
Pattern: FREE download from Robert Kaufman
By the way, I also know some of you that are stuck at making your first quilt top. Pick out a simple design for your first quilt. (Pre-cuts really simplify things.) Then send it off to to be quilted. My point is try to overcome the hurdle that is blocking your way. Figure out a way to jump over it and take off running. Even if that hurdle has nothing to do with sewing.
And now I must go hang shelves! Until next time…..
