MadQuilter

I don't think I have ever heard of a quilter getting good at FMQ without practice. Is it frustrating? Sure. Does it get better? Absolutely. And one day you'll realize that you are no longer scared of this FMQ thing and you will sore. Hang in there.

osewme

I just signed up for Amy Johnson's craftsy class on using rulers. It's normally $39.99 but on sale right now for $19.99.
I'm going to go through the class & then decide if I want to order rulers/supplies. I believe this is the best approach for me right now.

NJ Quilter

This is kind of where I am headed at the moment. My LQS is offering a ruler class for Bernina's. I'm going to pop in there to see if I can monitor that class (for a fee) to see what it's all about.

Weezy Rider

Do it! It's a fantastic class and so is her second one.

Weezy Rider

I'm working on my own. I have some rather strange problems with the spinning type templates. There are 8 loops, but I only get seven. I will get the same result using a pencil washer, the spinner and paper. I think that no matter how hard I try, the fabric is pulling on the thumbtack and distorting. But getting the same result on paper using the pencil washer thing, and a pushpin stuck into a big pad of newsprint, has me scratching my head a bit. It's hard to put any more sandpaper dots, Westalee's strips, or any others on the templates as to where the markings are.

I'll play with it again, later.

I got seven loops on the wallhanging, the backs look OK, and so do the fronts. Think I'll leave them and try one more in the center of the wallhanging. None of the other rulers are giving me fits. The small Celtic ruler did, but I went over the loops with a colored pencil on the pattern and it made sense. The small Celtic ruler does not use a rotating pin.

NJ Quilter

Weezy, are you familiar with my LQS? And that class specifically or are you thinking of something different? If it's this shop specifically, I agree the instructor is an excellent quilter and an excellent teacher as well. Two of the reasons I'm interested in this class.

JeanieG

I am on the 4th Craftsy Class lesson with Amy Johnson. I did not buy all the rulers, so don't know how far I am going to get on the rest of the lessons.

Weezy Rider

No. Taking classes from Craftsy, but she didn't cover Westalee Spinners. There are videos, but I don't like videos.
Some of the Craftsy classes have transcripts, and I think they all should. Deaf and hard of hearing people can quilt. I'm not deaf or hard of hearing, I can just read faster than people talk. I want to get on with experimenting with lesson.

I like challenges. I finally bought some of the clear grippers and found spaces to put those on the bottom. Small enough to fit, but large enough to grip. It was the bottom of the template around the thumbtack that was sliding.

I left the 7 branched designs alone. Stitching is good and they look just fine. No one is really going to count the branches. But it bugged me until I solved it. Now I know. Same with the small Celtic ruler. You can't rotate it like the large one that Amy Johnson uses as it doesn't have the center pin.

Now since I have so many more ways to quilt, I'm going to have to learn how to think in quilting design. I still like the way my grandmother did it, and the usual free motion isn't conducive to that. She did separate patterns like Baptist fan and churn dash as quilting. Not stippling. Those old patterns for hand quilting are still being sold.

Gail B

Wish my LQS was offering the class. I have some of the Westalee rulers & love them. For sure take the class.

QuiltnNan

I was lucky to get that class for free some weeks back. I really need to sit down and go through it!.