Not too long ago I found out about a challenge sponsored by Teri Lucas on her Facebook page. It’s a slow challenge, with the steps — two so far — coming every few weeks. The challenge is intended to give the participants some practice in free-motion quilting, and so far it’s been fun. The first step was to select fabric (I chose one I’m not wild about so as not to “waste” one of my favorites), trace the pattern Teri gave us onto the fabric, and create the quilt sandwich. The second step was to quilt the “whirling” lines and then to fill in those channels with quilted flying geese, using the horizontal lines as the base of the geese. I used my Bernina ruler foot and one of my rulers for most of the geese. It will be interesting to see what the next step will be!
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Oh, I need this foot! 🙂
It’s wonderful, Kathy! Go for it!
That sounds like a great idea. I tried to find it, but no luck. I’d love to hear more about it. I have the Westalee foot and am just starting to experiment.
Sorry, Paula — I should have double-checked to be sure there was a link on Teri’s site to her closed Facebook group. It’s closed, but that just means you have to request to be added. The Facebook group is at <https://www.facebook.com/groups/1478782799013395/> and is called Lucy’s Nickels.
Ooh, fun! How are you liking your ruler foot? The straight lines look fantastic.
I *love* it, Rebecca Grace! I’d tried a couple of other feet, and this one is so much better than either of those. The “tick marks” — both inside and outside of the circular portion — really help with alignment, too.