Oh that Free Motion Quilting Again.

I am so tortured by free motion quilting. I LOVE it, but I can't do it, okay, I can do it, but not well. I know practice is the key to getting it right...I just feel so out of control as I'm doing it. I'm trying...I really am. I just don't get how something that makes me so mad and frustrated can keep me coming back for more.  I'm fighting the fight...so if you're out there fighting the fight too, can I get an Amen?  Here's the latest try at FMQ!! If this one is presentable, it will be donated to Children's Advocacy Services on behalf of Camaco Quilt Guild, if it's a no go...it will be nice and warm sitting out by the fire on a chilly spring night!!

 

It's still on the frame...a few more passes to go. It looks good here close up, but there's lots of crossing over the points of leaves and I'm curious to see how it looks when it comes off the frame and I can see the whole quilt. Free motion quilting is kinda like Christmas morning...you roll up your work as you go then it's like unwrapping a present when you take it off the frame... you don't know what you get until the completion. 

I've had a good quilting experience over the last few weeks too...but that's a story for another day! 

Go make something!

Nini~

The Red Scarf Project

Here at Nini and The Sea we love to give back!  Whether it be through an art project or monetarily, we always try to help someone out in any way we can.  This fall we are once again donating to Foster Care To Success through The Red Scarf Project!

Foster Care To Success is the oldest and largest nonprofit that works directly with college bound foster care children.  They offer not only tuition help to these students but also a text book fund, help with living expenses, and an emergency fund.

Every year Foster Care To Success promotes The Red Scarf Project in which scarves are knitted or crocheted in red yarn and placed in care packages.  These packages are delivered on Valentine's Day and become valuable items that students can use year after year!  Last year I made this ridiculously bright red scarf for the project:

This year I knitted this slightly less obnoxious scarf:

This was the first time I attempted to knit a cable scarf and I'm so happy with how it came out!  I found the pattern on Ravelry and it turned out to be free! You can find the pattern here.  So easy, I can't believe I avoided cable stitch for so long!

If you would like to make a scarf to donate to The Red Scarf Project, click here for more details.  If you don't knit or crochet, you can make a monetary donation to Foster Care To Success here. 

I love encouraging and supporting people who are working hard to get an education and Foster Care To Success does just that!

Wishing you big waves and an artful day!

~C

Do you have a favorite charity that you donate an art project to?  Leave a comment and tell us about it!  We may feature it in a post!