This is the fourth in a series of posts about my recent trip
to New Hampshire, April 27-30, 2012.
Both of the grandkids were learning to ride bikes. Madeline (age 7) was learning to ride a “big”
bike without training wheels. She was
riding like a pro in no time. Garrison
(age 4) was learning to transition from his Big Wheel trike (where one can pedal
backwards without braking) to a bike with training wheels (where back pedaling
will cause you to brake, and jerk, and get frustrated).
Once he got the idea of pushing FORWARD on the bike pedals,
with some patient coaching from Daddy, he was off!! By the end of the day he was circling around
a parking lot determined to keep up with his big sister. And, as is often the
case, I learned something from my grandchildren in watching their learning
process.
As a quilter, I know I need to take my “training wheels”
off and learn to free motion quilt. I
will pay to have my special occasion quilts professionally quilted by a
“longarmer,” but I have too many quilt tops (UFOs – unfinished objects) that
really need to be quilted—and I’m too cheap to hire out all that quilting.
I have a pretty good sewing machine (my
trusty Janome QC), and machine quilting “feet,” and books with continuous line
patterns for machine quilting –but I just seem to tense up every time I take
off the walking foot. The walking foot
is the equivalent of my “training wheels.”
I’ve signed up for a virtual free-motion quilting class on www.craftsy.com, but I hyperventilate while
watching it. I’m truly free motion
phobic.
Maybe this year I’ll finally gain
the confidence to go beyond training wheels quilting to real free motion
“liberated” quilting. Whee!
TTFN
LeAnn aka pasqueflower
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ReplyDeleteIsn't it wonderful watching the grandkids learn new things. I know you can do it. I have faith in your skills.:)
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