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In yesterday’s post, I mentioned that I felt like I’ve hit a mini “roadblock” with my practice quilting on Annie.  It seems I’m moving past it now.  I think maybe it had something to do with finally giving her a name.  I kept thinking about the scene from the movie Forrest Gump where a man was explaining to Forrest that his boat needed a name.  That it was bad luck to have a boat without a name.  Well…I think it’s the same for a LA!!  🙂

I got back to practicing on Annie again last night.  Jamie recommended that I change thread colors and just quilt over my practice piece again instead of loading a new piece of muslin.  It’s a great idea, but you can’t see your quilting as well.  I changed my thread to an orange shade.  I had fun trying some new designs.
 
I doodled some deconstructed feathers.  I think they’ll look nice in borders. 
I also had fun quilting some allover swirly flowers.  It’s kind of hard to see them, but I really like how they look too!
I noticed when I first started that my stitches didn’t look very nice.  Since I changed threads, I thought my tension was in need of some adjustment.  That thought was confirmed when I looked underneath my quilt sandwich…
Look at those loops!!!  I think my exact words were “#@!!&*%$@**!!”  Really??  Thank goodness Jamie went over in detail how to fix tension because after a few adjustments, it was back to perfect.
I’m home today until it’s time to take the girls to dance.  I plan on loading a new practice piece so I can see my quilting better.  Tonight I will work on “Hop To It” while the girls are at dance.  Hopefully, tomorrow I can post some progress on that!!