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06-15-2010, 03:46 PM
#41
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Location: Colorado
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I have done some FMQ and am getting better every time I do it but it has been a frustratingly difficult journey. I learned on a different thread to turn my machine with the right side to the back and I really like it. I feel like I have more control and more room for the quilt.
06-15-2010, 03:54 PM
#42
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Join Date: Sep 2009
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I just finished a practice block. I've done a little meandering on a poster quilt I did a few months ago. But this is the first time I tried different shapes etc. Not great, need lots more practice, I use a darning foot, but I love doing it! I find it so soothing..........
06-15-2010, 04:49 PM
#46
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Location: Mableton, GA
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wow, those practice blocks are amazing. I am still trying to master FMQ and I am fascinated by it. I can do meandering pretty well, but when I mark a quilt with a design somehow I get flummoxed and can't follow the design very well. I am sure I need much more practice, but, am not giving up.
06-15-2010, 05:14 PM
#47
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 181
Originally Posted by Stitchnripper
wow, those practice blocks are amazing. I am still trying to master FMQ and I am fascinated by it. I can do meandering pretty well, but when I mark a quilt with a design somehow I get flummoxed and can't follow the design very well. I am sure I need much more practice, but, am not giving up.
I also just bought a sewing table to put my machine on, and everything is level now. What a huge difference it makes!
06-15-2010, 06:03 PM
#49
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Prosper, Texas
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Kwilt Krazy your doing some nice work! Wish mine looked that good. I've done some and even though they don't look so great I've enjoyed the process so I'll keep on with it & maybe someday I'll be proud of them!
I've had some pretty good luck with tracing patterns on exam table paper I got from a drs office. Then I lay the paper down with spray adhesive and stitch on the lines. I quess it feels a little like cheating but till I can do FM that looks decent I can count on these. I use the books "Quilting Dot to Dot by Cheryl Barnes and Machine Freehand Patterns by Nan Moore.
I've had some pretty good luck with tracing patterns on exam table paper I got from a drs office. Then I lay the paper down with spray adhesive and stitch on the lines. I quess it feels a little like cheating but till I can do FM that looks decent I can count on these. I use the books "Quilting Dot to Dot by Cheryl Barnes and Machine Freehand Patterns by Nan Moore.
06-15-2010, 07:35 PM
#50
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: kingston, OK
Posts: 968
Originally Posted by Pam Pollock
I have enjoyed watching Leah Day's video tutorials online. She is a very fluent free motion quilter. Check out her link.
http://freemotionquilting.blogspot.com/
http://freemotionquilting.blogspot.com/
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