This is called Sashiko Shells. It is basically an overlapping arch inspired by Japanese quilting. I decided to change thread, but I can see that while the yellow looks nice in person, it doesn't show up as well on camera. I'll have to rethink my color choice a bit I guess, but as promised here is also a picture of the back, green flannel with green thread. Not an exact match, but closer than the front for sure.
This one seemed easier for some reason. I have some sort of weird fine motor control, even in handwriting, I can do small things pretty well, like this design, and large things well, like writing on a white/chalkboard in a classroom, but that middle ground of quilting normal things and writing on paper is somehow not quite right... Oh well, I guess I just need more practice.
I also quilted this one at a higher stitch speed, and that seemed to help with the jerkiness of my machine. The smaller stitches that were made gave it a more gradual line which was easier to hide mistakes in.
Well, for a couple days I am going to take a break from following Leah Day's Free Motion Quilting Project, where I am getting these quilting patterns, to quilt a blanket for my husband. It's not anything too fancy, he's rather a minimalist, but it's nice to make something that he will like. After quilting almost the first quarter of it all I can say is that queen sized quilts are BIG. Wish me luck and straight lines.
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