What the FMQQAYGQAL?

I have a confession to make. I have a fear of white. I rarely wear white, I don't use white in any decor choices, and I've only made one quilt that had a significant amount of white in it and it was for someone else. I'd like to blame my 'fear of white' on the fact that I have kids and that I secretly refer to them as Sticky, Goopy and Mucky, but my fear of white actually goes way back BC (before children). The truth is that I'm very clumsy and I'm always I spilling things constantly on myself. Combine that with my kids and my less than stellar laundry skills and you have whites that don't stay white for long in this household. So I didn't see the point of spending a lot of time making a white quilt only to have it be stained.


But then I see all these cool white quilts in the blogosphere and I think that maybe it's time to let go of the fear; to try something new. So for my FMQQAYGQAL (Free Motion Quilting Quilt As You Go Quilt Along) quilt with Quokka Quilts, I decided to go wild and use white for the square borders and white for the thread.

I prepped my blocks this week. I backed my blocks with the same colour as the front centre square and I decided to free motion quilt across the whole block, thinking that it might look neat on the back. The FMQ was a little choppy at first, but I think starting on the white helped hide some of the issues.

Block One: Loopdy loos

Front - Block One

Back - Block One

Block Two: Flowers

Front - Block Two

Back - Block Two

Block Three: Spirals

Front - Block Three

Back - Block Three

Block Four: Sunflower with Spirals -- Love this one. I think I'll do some of this on my Tangled Garden quilt.

Front - Block Four

Back - Block Four

All of them together:

Front

Back

I'm thrilled with the results so far. And the white is still white -- that might be the bigger accomplishment given my history. Can't wait to see what we do next!

Happy Thursday!