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08-13-2015, 10:36 PM

#11

earthwalker

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Quote:

Originally Posted by MadQuilter

I think there are some relatively simple FMQ patterns that do not require jumps. Loops for example. I was so horrid at FMQ for a long time, I told everyone that I didn't even suck at it. Getting to the "I suck at this" stage was a real improvement. Lately I finished my very first FMQ project and I am pleased with the results. (See "Living the American Dream" thread in the pictures section.) It isn't great but it is happy. The more I practice, the better I get. Now putting me in ice-skates would land me in hospital and that is without jumps. lol

I think I get the hang of it messing around on scraps....then I stick a quilt under the needle and all kinds of disaster happens...reading Martina's post is giving me another glimmer of hope.....I can't even iceskate, yet alone think of jumping whilst on skates.

08-14-2015, 05:52 AM

#12

alleyoop1

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Yes, but with one of them you could break your leg!

08-14-2015, 06:16 AM

#13

ManiacQuilter2

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I look at FMQ like driving a car. Some people such as me when I was learning to quilt found that following a line doing FMQ was a lot easier than stippling where you didn't have a road to follow.

08-15-2015, 05:44 AM

#14

maviskw

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I did a LOT of ice skating and roller skating in my younger days. (The last time on roller skates was at age 69) We did the waltz and the polka and lots of tricks, but one skate was always firmly planted on the ice / floor.

I love doing FMQ. I like to make circles and swirls and write words. Last quilt, I wrote around squares. I found out that if I can write a word on top of the square, I can write one upside down at the bottom of the square without turning the quilt around. So why can't I write a word up one side and down the other. I can! What fun!

08-15-2015, 02:09 PM

#15

katesnanna

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Location: Brisbane, Australia

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Quote:

Originally Posted by bearisgray

I compare FMQ in quilting to being able to do jumps while ice skating.

One can still enjoy making a quilt without being able to FMQ - and I think people can enjoy ice skating if they are unable to do jumps.

Well said, bearisgray.