Panto progress...if you want to call it that!
LOL...I started my first panto today. Just a plain piece of muslin...and a blending (cream poly thread).
As in most things, leave it to me to choose something way out of my league to be my first panto. I could have chosen any panto but what did I choose?
HA...HA...HA...all those loops and points and close-set lines...sheesh! H-e-l-l-o...what was I thinking!!!???!!!
I made it through a single repeat before I learned a VERY important lesson: DO NOT under ANY circumstances look up at the needle. No matter how steady you think you are, if you look away from your panto design line, you will end up at least 6 inches off the path.
That's right...I'm practicing my frog stitching tonight...RIP IT...RIP IT. LOL...some people just gotta learn the hard way. Hey...I resemble that remark!
Oh yeah...talk about the hard way...ripping out cream colored thread off of natural colored muslin is NOT easy on the eyes. That's lesson number two--use at least a slightly contrasting thread when practicing so it's easier to pick out.
Lessons learned.
As in most things, leave it to me to choose something way out of my league to be my first panto. I could have chosen any panto but what did I choose?
HA...HA...HA...all those loops and points and close-set lines...sheesh! H-e-l-l-o...what was I thinking!!!???!!!I made it through a single repeat before I learned a VERY important lesson: DO NOT under ANY circumstances look up at the needle. No matter how steady you think you are, if you look away from your panto design line, you will end up at least 6 inches off the path.
That's right...I'm practicing my frog stitching tonight...RIP IT...RIP IT. LOL...some people just gotta learn the hard way. Hey...I resemble that remark!
Oh yeah...talk about the hard way...ripping out cream colored thread off of natural colored muslin is NOT easy on the eyes. That's lesson number two--use at least a slightly contrasting thread when practicing so it's easier to pick out.
Lessons learned.
Hi Tracy, this is Kathi in Flint Michigan.. i ROARED over our first "practice panto".. Yes, RULE ONE. pick something fairly EASY and wide spaced.
RULE TWO. IF you feel the NEED to "check your stitches, etc etc" STOP quilting , make SURE you have your needle DOWN.. and THENNN LOOK. Rule three. ALWAYS use CONTRASTING thread on a practice piece.. ALWAYS.
now... "easy panto".. i just received "raindrops" from you.. i can't WAIT to try it because it looks FAST therefore EASY. some other EASY yet VERY attractive designs are by Jodi Robinson, i think,, angel wings and popcorn.. i'm pretty sure i purchased "all the above" from you as well.
i was told, and found out the "hard way" years ago when i first started doing panto's. DO NOT go for HEARTS or CIRCLES at THISS time.. LOOK for a flower or something loosely geometric.. that way IF you DO go "off the line" it still looks "OK".. oh, leaves fall into this category as well.
be KIND to yourself. do some EASY ones first. THEN after you have the "feel of it" THEN go for the more intricate, time consuming, detailed designs.
most of all. HAVE FUN.
kathi
Thanks Kathi! LOL...yes...sew many lessons to learn doing pantos. I seem to learn most "the hard way". LOL...but my frog stitch is getting REALLY good...rip it...rip it.
Watch the blog this week for follow up (and a few pics) on my panto piece -- oh yeah, I finished that puppy. It was frustrating and funny all at the same time, but it was a learning experiences for certain.
Smiles from New Mexico,
Tracy