mactavishing

well, i mactavished today. in fact, it was so much fun, i wish i was still mactavishing. i started a little wall hanging (part of the killer w-i-p during the visit) but only got the fall leaves cut out and fused. now i've outlined them and decided to mactavish the background more for practice than any great need of a fall wall hanging. (actually, it's not even that big, it's more like a door decoration). i drew a curly line on the background, check the book again, and away i went. and much to my surprise it did go. then i did some mimimactavshing between the leaves. i only got a couple of inches down before i had to quit and come to work, but it really seem easy, and fun. hopefully, it will look as good in the morning.

the bobbin thread is showing too much and i'm not sure what else to adjust. i'm not really in the mood to mess with the bobbin tension. and my starts and stops are messy. there has got to be a neater way to do it without little threads all over the place.

but the key to it all is...go... slow. whenever i tried machine quilting before, it was full bore petal to the metal speed at all cost. now i'm going slowly and have much greater control over where the stitches go and how even they are. of course, i have a long way to go for really nice stitching but i think i finally do have a handle on it.

plan A was to have pictures of my wonderful quilting, but as is most thing lately, we will have go go on to plan B.