Welcome to the second part of the members spotlight on Amira. So Amira what are you currently working on?

Currently I have just finished two quilt tops which I am currently quilting on. One is the Modern Medallion, which the pattern is by Crystal, a member of this guild as well. I have enjoyed making this quilt with all the improve style patchwork. Although I did find a bit of struggle here and there, I love the process of learning. Secondly is the “Swoon” quilt, pattern by Camille Roskelley. I am having fun doing free motion quilting on this one so far!

What is your favourite part about quilting? What is your least favourite?

I love piecing / patchwork and the quilting itself. I invest a great amount of time into freemotion quilting as I enjoy this part so much. My least favourite would be basting. I don’t have a large area for basting but find this part is critical to get good results when I start to quilt, so I have to spend a lot of time and redo this part.

Making small projects but with lots of free motion quilting is my favourite of all because basically it eliminates the time spent on basting!

 

Is there a technique on your list to learn this year? How do you like to learn new techniques?

I would love to learn how to do more curve piecing. I need to improve my skill doing this. Another thing on the list is hand quilting. I really admire Sarah Fielke’s work, and I consider her being a modern quilter as well with all her strong choices of fabrics and the free mind of quit designs.

Here is a modern quilt I made with an inspiration from Sarah Fileke’s fabulous needle turn technique.

Show us your sewing space! What’s the best thing you ever bought into it?

Here is my current sewing space. I love every bit of it. The best thing would be the Janome Horizon which I invested in last year. This machine has definitely helped me bring free-motion quilting to another level.

Thanks for hanging around – come and say hello on my blog! http://littlemushroomcap.blogspot.com/

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