Grammahunt

When free motion quilting a Baptist fan on my domestic, do I tie off at the end of each row and begin again? I can't figure how to go from left to right. Any advice?

Grammahunt

Stitchnripper

Hmm. I’m considering that for my next quilt. I will be curious to hear responses

Tartan

Take a look at how longarmers do them. Rather then stopping and tieing off each curve, they travel up to the next one.

cmputerdazed

I love the baptist fan but have not done one.

Grammahunt

I understand traveling up to the next one, I just can't find the path through the maze.

nativetexan

I took smaller stitches when ending.

NZquilter

I did FMQ Baptist Fans on my domestic machine and here is picture on how I did them. I did not tie off after each fan, simply travel stitched up to the next one. I could do an entire row without breaking the threads. I bought a Baptist Fan stencil from Joanns for my guide and to use for marking.[ATTACH=CONFIG]602895[/ATTACH]

Jingle

Great idea.

Barb in Louisiana

The Baptist Fan has evolved. This search for Baptist Fan Stencil gives several examples of how you can go from area to area without cutting the threads. https://www.bing.com/images/search?q...il&FORM=RESTAB

There are even more ideas if you search for Baptist Fan Pantograph. https://www.google.com/search?q=bapt...w=1096&bih=650

49Ellen

my Baptist fans the arches come out wonky, I still try to do them