Stomach lining - looks nicer than it sounds!

Here is my efforts for Free Motion Friday this week.




I did my preparation by drawing out the design - it is practice but as I'm a bit of a doodler I find this quite fun!  

I have to say that I was better at doodling with a pencil than with the machine.




I kept wanting to stitch this pattern from the middle and kept turning it round.  From the video it doesn't look like we were supposed to do that!  Ah well I cannot fight my instincts and if I tried my stomach lining became jagged rather than gently curved.  A bit of an ulcerated stomach!  Ouch!

I also found that I had to have my needle going quite fast to get a better curve so I revved up a bit in my second sample and it is smoother.

I am not bothered by an occasional slight lack of curviness as I doubt it would show up in a quilt!  This will be a great design for lots of texture and would make a great flower centre for applique or something! 




This is one I will want to keep practicing !   Good choice Cindy and I liked last week's Bright Star too!  Looking forward to more FMQ - who'd have thought it??  Certainly not me!


(Sorry if the pics are a bit gloomy but they were taken in the evening)