busy little bee - Free motion machine quilting

Ah another weekend passes us by and for me it was a weekend with quite a lot of difference to the normal...My boys, for the first time ever spent a couple of nights away from me... it was a Lads and Dads kind of a weekend... Now let me tell you this was not an easy thing to do.  As a full time Mom my boys have always been with me except for one night when babe No 1 stayed with a close friend as I delivered babe No 2...so it was a big thing for me.  The funny thing is having spent some time on my own, to go sleep when I wanted and to wake up when my body chose to... to have some free time in the day... well I feel 100% refreshed and I feel a better Mom all round now.  So what did I do to fill the hours...I did what Suzie Sews does best and I sewed... Around me the house shows signs of this activity from the pins in the armchair when I curled on the sofa Saturday evening to bind a quilt, a glass of wine and a movie for company... to the threads that lay in little dust bunnies over the wooden floor (despite brushing it daily).  Yes lots of sewing got done.
After a lovely nights sleep on Friday I went off to my sewing course and this months course was free motion machine quilting, something I have been unable to achieve myself with satisfactory results.  
So I had a go at this...
a little play at that...
I had great fun with this...
and I got plain carried away with this little beach picture including the little fish...
it was fun, challenging and I feel I have just about got the hang of it, enough to have ago now with out fear, I think I just need lots of practise...
Because practise makes perfect, not that I want perfection I am a great believer in Homespun ethics...
Because that is what gives a quilt its character and history, after all if you wanted it perfect you can go into a shop and buy one off the shelf...
I have so enjoyed my journey through all the measurements and detail of learning to quilt, I used to be scared of all the quilting terms which is why I joined the course, and whilst its not my first love, it has taught me so much about sewing, pattern and putting it all together over a period of time to make something that is precious to my family.  Yes I have enjoyed this journey and I look forward to what it will reveal to me next...

The children returned home excited and tired after their adventures and safely into my open arms.

Thank you for the lovely friendship comments (see last post), it warmed my heart and that's not a bad thing as the Autumn chill sets in,  leaves blow across the fields, the lights go on when I get up in the morning and yesterday I defrosted the car (in my summer sandals because I have not given up hope of a few more days of summer)... well I can dream can't I?