This photo is a picture of the first quilt I ever made-it is an American Flag wall hanging made in 2001. I restarted quilting about two months ago after a LONG break of about 9 years. I, along with my daughter have already tackled many new projects in just the last month or so. What has been amazing to me, is how much I remember from nine years ago just in a technical sense. I can't remember something someone told me an hour ago, but quilting techniques that I learned ten years ago have come right back to me like I learned them yesterday. I have marveled at how the human mind is a magnificent entity. Tonight, I decided I wanted to try to do some free motion quilting on my latest project. I was able to go straight to the place on my machine where I needed to turn the feed dogs off,and I just remembered instinctually what I needed to do on a machine that, until about six weeks ago, I hadn't touched in nine years. As it is said, returning to quilting has been just like riding a bike. Things are fuzzy and I'm a bit wobbly, but I'm still rolling and I haven't wiped out yet. Now, I am planning to practice my free motion quilting on a scrap quilt sandwich before I endeavor to do it on my project....I don't trust my brain that much! I'll keep you posted on how the free motion quilting goes and we'll have a discussion about it after I do it. Here's to happy quilting.
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