I didn't get as much sewing or quilting done this last week. Every Tuesday I am working on finishing my Color My World BOM. I still need to make the 4 corner sky scrapers and put the top together.
As for practicing on the mandala, it's been challenge but that is why I wanted to tackle the year long work. I am not doing well on the small or tiny motifs. I feel pretty comfortable with big feathers but I need to go much slower and work on the smaller ones. I was eager to finish this brown one and start the next.
I am still on the brown one. Makes me 2 weeks behind, but hopefully I'll catch up soon. It's like taking a class every week. A video and handout comes every Monday. I've watched all the videos but haven't stitched projects from the last 2 weeks.
What went wrong? My crosshatching chalk marks were fading and I didn't sew straight or space well at times. I didn't have enough extra fabric for the backing and rulers got hung up on edges and pins. I am backing it with a fat quarter so I took it off the frame and sewed extra fabric to the backing. I remarked the crosshatching lines.
Things are better but I unpicked some crosshatching that looked bad. I ended up adding small feathers because that is one area I definitely need to practice.
Positive things - this piece is 18 inches square. When it is all quilted I need to cut it down to a smaller rectangle for the bag - something like 10 x 16. So some wobbles will be trimmed off. Also, I think I am getting better.
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