http://www.quiltingdaily.com/forums/10.aspxDo you need a hand with embroidery? Is your free-motion not so free? Get help.enCommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)http://www.quiltingdaily.com/forums/thread/5249.aspxSun, 10 May 2009 22:52:29 GMTdd4ad8cd-147d-404a-a568-5abd2115af5b:5249TheNeedler0http://www.quiltingdaily.com/forums/thread/5249.aspxhttp://www.quiltingdaily.com/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=10&PostID=5249<p>Hi, Melli.&nbsp; Congrats on your piece in CPS.&nbsp; I enjoyed it a lot.&nbsp; Now, to your embroidery.&nbsp; Smooth flowing lines and muted color do not evoke Fierceness. Sharp jagged lines and strong contrasts do.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The tree line is an examp of sharp lines creating a feeling of roughness.&nbsp; We see heat lightning in the distance and it doesn&#39;t bother us, but let it strike close to us with loud cracks and bangs and jagged lines and we say it is fierce.&nbsp; The rounded soft script, even though the word means fierce or rough, &nbsp; doesn&#39;t cause those feelings in us.&nbsp; I think your rambling curved stitches should have been more angular and perhaps the lower portion could have used a more v- shaped stitch.&nbsp; This is going to be a tough one to salvage and hit the meaning of the word.&nbsp;Please take this in the spirit in which it is given.&nbsp; I sometimes I sound so critical when I&#39;m really being analytical out loud.&nbsp; I even beat myself up so bad that I have to put a piece away.&nbsp; The bird and the two curved lines do strike a note in me and I like the quiet feeling of the moon over the treetops.&nbsp;&nbsp; Good luck, and I hlpe you can find a workable solution......Jim D</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.quiltingdaily.com/forums/thread/5236.aspxSun, 10 May 2009 21:45:10 GMTdd4ad8cd-147d-404a-a568-5abd2115af5b:5236MellyT0http://www.quiltingdaily.com/forums/thread/5236.aspxhttp://www.quiltingdaily.com/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=10&PostID=5236<p>I am working on a piece that I do not think is finished. I am going to try relying on embroidery to complete the idea, so if you would check out my blog, perhaps you could help me come up with some ideas, so I can finish the piece.</p> <p><a href="http://quiltingdaily.com/blogs/melanie_testas_blog/archive/2009/05/10/just-keep-swimming.aspx">Here is the link</a>.</p> <p>It would be nice to come to an understanding with the piece!</p> <p>MellyMells</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>