quilting question...

Well, we did draw a line and then freemotion quilted it rather than using a walking foot. Mine were pretty wobbly at first but they did get better.

At the beginning I grumbled to her "so why wouldn't you just use a walking foot for this part?" She said she prefers to use freemotion particularly when it's a large project so she doesn't have to turn it and also around applique as you can do gridwork up to the applique and then zip around the design and on to the other side. Ok, so that made sense so I worked harder ;-)

marcella

((groan)) trying to quilt grids around applique is the main reason I turned to applique on prequilted surfaces. I just couldn't make it look the way I wanted.

((shudder)) nightmare memories of completely ruining a quilt!! (quiet sobbing & snivelling in the background). I think it was that experience that put me "off" quilting for life.

Hmmm! Well, I guess I'll continue using my walking foot >g< You should see my efforts at following a line - wobbly isn't the word! approaching the next county might be more like it >g<

I'm so glad you enjoyed it and were successful though - another string to your bow! . In message , Marcella Peek writes

That can't be right. It sounds ridiculous. I like the one ending in 'ii' lots better. Polly

Have you informed Oxford press and Webster's of your preferences so they can change all the dictionaries? lol

(Smile)

Ah ! But - there is an 'e' in the way, you see. It does sound ugly, but many plurals do when they relate to a word that is hardly ever pluralised. I agree that hypotenusii would sound much prettier! However, 'ii' is a Latin plural, and hypotenuse is of (mostly) Greek derivation. Sorry Polly >g< . In message , polly esther writes

good point too Pat

I have decided not to try it on this quilt and see where, what and how later on a different quilt.

the final hand in deadline is the 17th in the am so I have a week left

This was a surprise to me, as I had always quilted with my Pfaff, with the built in dual-feed foot. Now that I am doing most of my quilting and sewing on a Juki, I have to use a regular walking foot, and no reverse!

-- Susan in Kingston ON trying to get all the fall projects completed before heading south for the winter....