![work in progress](https://photos.smugmug.com/Quilts-Plus/In-stitches-quilting-too/i-bD2LthR/0/de72308d/M/IMG_2010-M.jpg)
The quilt I'm calling Opposites because it's black and white on the front and super colorful on the back has a ton of negative space -- if I quilt it from the front. I thought it would be the perfect quilt to practice my longarming.
I'd watched a YouTube video that encourages beginners to keep going, even when they make mistakes, because it takes a long, long time to be perfect. I learned I need to do more than practice drawing shapes, which I have done. I need to practice putting my whole arm and body into the drawing.
So that's exacty what I'm doing.
![Somebody's watching me...](https://photos.smugmug.com/Quilts-Plus/In-stitches-quilting-too/i-P5B9PcR/0/71b0a08a/M/IMG_2020-M.jpg)
Sometimes what I'm doing looks okay.
![some look okay](https://photos.smugmug.com/Quilts-Plus/In-stitches-quilting-too/i-NvBk78f/0/516a9877/M/IMG_2012-M.jpg)
And sometimes it looks pretty darned sloppy.
![some, not so good](https://photos.smugmug.com/Quilts-Plus/In-stitches-quilting-too/i-WrssbCq/0/49fcd491/M/IMG_2013-M.jpg)
The worst part was accidentally catching my leader into an impromptu quilt sleeve around the back bar of the longarm frame.
![owie](https://photos.smugmug.com/Quilts-Plus/In-stitches-quilting-too/i-FK5rF5X/0/af33b6f5/M/IMG_2009-M.jpg)
Now I have a bunch of thread ends to bury and a bunch of short areas to redo, which will require even more thread ends to bury.
![redo](https://photos.smugmug.com/Quilts-Plus/In-stitches-quilting-too/i-wPP68Tx/0/be82a9d5/M/IMG_2011-M.jpg)
But knot practice is good, too, right?!? Ha ha!
![Knot again!!!](https://photos.smugmug.com/Quilts-Plus/In-stitches-quilting-too/i-GXdjn2g/0/58a70dfa/M/IMG_2022-M.jpg)
Linking up with Alycia Quilts and Confessions of a Fabric Addict.
I am thinking it looks Great!!! and yes you do have to practice a lot - but isn't it fun!!!
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