April Retreat


Lexie in addition to Martha on the six human foot Art Quilter frame
 Our Apr Machine Quilter's Retreat was lovely. Small is beautiful! With 3 participants in addition to 3 tutors at that spot was plenty of ane on ane instruction.  Joy in addition to Lexie were experienced quilters but relatively novel to machine quilting on a frame. Both brought their Juki TL98 P sewing machines hence nosotros could assistance to acquire them properly tensioned for free-motion quilting.

talking most loading the quilt sandwich
Joy in addition to Lexie wanted to consolidate basic skills in addition to displace on to the adjacent level. We explore problem shooting techniques get-go amongst sewing machine tension. 

Joy practising a novel work pattern on the frame
We displace on to drawing designs amongst pen in addition to newspaper in addition to hence nosotros acquire to the frame in addition to execute the same designs amongst the needle in addition to diverse threads. Then nosotros innovate a novel pattern in addition to acquire through the procedure all over again.

Joy drawing an E's in addition to 3's design
The pen in addition to newspaper exercises enable us to primary the work pattern in addition to displace amongst it. One of the best things most manus guided machine quilting is that the work designs are similar handwriting. The same designs catamenia differently from unlike people.Each somebody brings their ain mode in addition to personality to the design. On a really practical marking nosotros all larn from each other.

Lynda working on feathers
Lynda came on our Jan Retreat in addition to progressed hence speedily that she came dorsum to our Apr Retreat for more. Lynda spent this retreat working on feathers amongst Trudi Wood. It was fun to select people amongst mixed abilities working together. I mean value that yesteryear our adjacent Retreat Lynda volition endure teaching us all!

Lynda drawing feathers nether Trudi's watchful oculus : )
First on newspaper in addition to hence on the frame. Fantastic!!!!

penguin feathers on the practise piece
The feathers were hence fun that Emily had to select a go! She's definitely doing feathers on her adjacent quilt.


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