Project Simplify - Day 40
July 12, 2011 Also known as "the day she went and lost her mind ..."
Did you watch the video tutorial on how to do this FMQ design? It does caution that it takes a long time to do and that it's best to just use it for small areas. But I seem to have a little defiant streak in me that surfaces every once in a while when I'm not looking. (Shhh, please don't tell my 8 year old - my credibility with her is hanging by a thread as it is!) I thought if I made the Stones bigger, it'd go faster.
Yeah, TWELVE hours later ...
I think it's safe to say I have successfully nailed this design - as in slam dunk, wipe the floor and "you can kiss my grits" NAILED it!!! (I don't usually talk smack, but you guys I'm feelin' so victorious!)
After 12 hours I should be able to do it in my sleep ... in fact I was. I FMQed this quilt over a 4-day period. One evening I was working on it for a few hours just before I went to bed ... my brain was making stone after stone after please-make-it-stop stone for a loooong time after I closed my eyes.
I straight-lined the inner border. Wowzers, eh?.
[singing] "It's by blog and I will brag if I want to,
brag if I want,
brag if I want to ...
You would brag too if this happened to you!" :)
And I only used two large pieces of fabric for the backing.
Oh sweet irony that I'm good at rocks. How come I can't be totally awesome with flowers too? This blog is called PRETTY by Hand, not ROCKS or CAVEMAN TOOLS or BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA WEAPON by Hand ...
Project Simplify 
Reader Comments (11)
To quote a lovely blogger friend of mine 'your rocks, ROCK' !!! :)
Hope you find that mind of yours!
Vivienne x
Your quilt really rocks;-) Can´t wait to actually SEE it! I know it´s fantastic!
Hildy
Laughing... so much. Thanks for the afternoon giggle at work :)
Yep, it's your blog and you can brag if you want to! I think it looks wonderful but I can see how tedious the sewing must of felt. ;0 It's a keeper!
Now I'm singing Mary Chapin Carpenter 'stones in the road' ...... I don't think it's bragging if you are merely saying that you have conquered the technique (no, I lie, it's bragging!!)
Brag away, K! Looks amazing! The texture is perfect! I love how the straight lines break up all those pebbles. Another success! I think I'll stick with my little small projects for a bit longer! ;)
I am SO impressed, you are really rockin and rollin. Do we get to see the finished quilt tomorrow????? Pretty please????
What kind of sewing machine do you have?
Oh. My. Goodness. That there is a whole lot of rocks! I can't believe you FMQed that...WOW! Impressive!
Great job! It’s a lot of work, but so worth it. Do you keep running your hands over it, it has such a nice texture. Work it girl, work it!
Looks so textural and the quilting looks perfect. I'm inspired :)