Learning free motion quilting

Lately I've been watching Angela Walter's free motion quilting challenges.  My first attempts at free motion quilting were pretty pitiful.  Sometimes it still looks like I've never done it before, but sometimes I actually get in the groove and the curves and shapes work, the stitches aren't too tight or too loose, and then I lose it again.  


Here's the link to Angela's quilting challenge: 
https://quilting-is-my-therapy.myshopify.com/collections/free-motion-challenge-quilting-along

It may not be phenomenal quilting, but as Angela says, you get a quilt when you finish!  I'm actually pretty proud of it because it is SOOO much better than when I began!  I short cut the process by using a pre-printed panel, but here's the quilt pattern or the quilt kit.

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