Needle and Thread Thursday!

Happy NTT, friends!  Can you believe that Christmas is less than two weeks away?  When I think about how little is left of 2016, it just shocks me.  I finished another secret quilt, and I was brave enough to try another brand new free motion motif, and even more brave to quilt this brand new motif with contrasting thread.  It's hard to tell with the sunlight throwing it into relief, but the thread is navy against the lilac backing.

I've done swirls before, but these are nested together, which I found a little bit easier to control.  With this motif, I could easily avoid quilting myself into a corner by adding another ring on the spiral, making sure that I was heading in the right direction.  The one part that is a little trickier is the fact that it includes lots of little overlapping stitches, so that took a little bit of practice.  I like the result on this, but I will definitely be doing some practicing to make my spirals a little more uniform.

Last week's party was amazing!  Georgi at The Shy One Sews shared this fun quilt-

This bit of improv awesomeness is from Luna Lovequilts.

and check out this beauty from Sew Preeti Quilts-

Okay y'all!  Time to share what's going on in your sewing space this week!

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