I feel your pain and have given up meandering. Other shapes are much more attractive to me.
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I practiced at the beginning & it does help. Then I told one of the ladies at LQS that sometimes I want to do what I want in FMQ even if it means CROSSING LINES. She told me IT'S YOUR QUILT DO WHAT YOU WANT. So I tried crossing lines etc when I wanted to EVEN WITH A DIFFERENT COLOR THREAD FOR EACH LINE. Guess what! I'm much happier. I've made some really pretty quilts and given them to people. They like them and the quilts turned out pretty. I think everyone has a sense of what looks good & what doesn't. You'll know if you don't like it. FORGET ABOUT THE QUILT POLICE ENJOY YOUR QUILT AND QUILTING PROCESS. Good luck.
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My QS owner tells me I'm the exception to the rule. I picked it up quite easily but I think I just wasn't scared and hadn't learned yet what is supposed to be hard. When I started quilting about 3 years ago my girls had American Girl dolls and so did their friends. So I made doll quilts for everyone. My second doll quilt I started meandering. It was a big enough quilt to move around easily but small enough that it wasn't heavy ad overwhelming. I've doodled all my life though (all my school books are covered with scrolls and vines) so my brain already had it memorized. That's the big thing, you need to train your brain, you know how you can type without looking? or you can type certain words or sentences without thinking about it? That's because you've done it often enough you don't need to consciously tell your fingers what to do.
So start doodling, over and over. Then make yourself up a quilt sandwich, backing, batting and a fabric for the top that is at least 14 inches square and just play. if you have a doll quilt sized piece ready, make a doll quilt! There are cold dolls everywhere, trust me, they need quilts. have fun! |
Originally Posted by SueSew
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I'm only learning, but I warm-up then do it the best I can. I never rip out work unless I am confident I can do it better. It is what it is and you will wreck the integrity of your fabric by pulling and resewing and endless needle holes. Enough already! Be proud of what you can do because it is the best you can do. God give me the grace to accept the things...etc. Of course, if you want to quilt your first time like the mothers of machine quilting - Gaudinski or whomever, knock yourself out.
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Good luck hope you can do it. For some reason I can not relax to quilt, unless it is SID and X's if the blocks are small and it will look good on that quilt. Do baby quilts and soldiers throws but the simple things. Am jealous of all the people who can quilt.
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Very interesting topic.
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Originally Posted by grocifer
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Google Leah Day and scroll down until you see Free Motion Quilt Project. She has done several video's on stippling that are very good. Start with lesson 1 and you will learn a lot. She has been posting one lesson per week.
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Good advise practice practice practice
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Orangeroom, that is a perfect situation for me. I love to make the tops, but not doing the quilting. I have a quilt that has been all pinned together since 2005, and still isn't quilted. And now the future recipient is finally in a relationship, so I know I will have to quilt it one of these days.
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I found this--
http://www.quiltingboard.com/tutoria...g-t177072.html to be very helpful. It at least gives you a direction to go in. As far as stitch length control, that only comes with practice on YOUR machine. You CAN do this! |
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