Free Motion Quilting
#61
This is the best site for all free motion quilting questions. Leah has videos that are very explicit. I have used her directions for many of my free motions projects.
http://www.freemotionquilting.blogsp...tart-here.html
http://www.freemotionquilting.blogsp...tart-here.html
#62
I am not real comforable with FMQ as I am such a perfectionist! I just saw where Missouri star quilt company with Jenny has a new video out on FMQ but I haven't watched it yet. (Just got the notice this evening).
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#64
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 493
That was a great site. Thanks sooooo much for sharing.
#65
Could someine please post a small picture of stippling and meandering? i was told they are the same thing but I find that hard to believe when I see so many different people on here mentioning both. I'd sure appreciate someone clarifying this for me.
Thanks bunches.
Thanks bunches.
#66
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Central Illinios
Posts: 43
I agree with everyones advice. To me the bottom line is practice, practice, practice. Our guild does quilts to give to our local women's shelter. These are my "practice" pieces. Not only am I getting better the more I do, the shelter is still receiving quilts sewn with love!
#67
I have the BSR for my Bernina that I found new on Ebay for $400 and love it but I still don't have much confidence, so I only do small projects with it and my Project Linus quilts. On my bigger quilts that are being done for someone else, I send them out to a local long-arm quilter. It is not worth the stress to do them myself!
I DO know that the new Missouri Star Quilt Company tutorial that came out today on free-motion quilting is going to be my new best feriend.
I DO know that the new Missouri Star Quilt Company tutorial that came out today on free-motion quilting is going to be my new best feriend.
#68
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Iowa
Posts: 816
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pWMfiQCevr...20/j%2B001.JPG
Meandering is ANY design that travels around the quilt, as if you were meandering around town. So stippling is a form of meandering, but it might be loops, or stars, or flowers.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hEBb1yIrQm...0/IMG_1714.JPG
http://prettybyhand.com/storage/FMQ%...=1304898550277
(Note, the images are not mine)
#69
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 106
I feel pretty confident with it on my Brother. I think it is a million times easier than SID or just straight line. Not to mention that for me it is a million times more ejoyable. But I practice A LOT. I use a practice sandwich before I put any actual project under the needle.
#70
I wanted to start FMQ my own quilts and I have a Janome. I took the class and feel really confident doing a table runner or wall hanging. I tried it for the first time on a twin size quilt right before Christmas and I HATED IT!!! I just don't enjoy the struggles I have to go through to do it. So I will continue to do SID and straight lines and send out any quilts that I want fancy quilting on. I know that there are quilters out there that do it on their domestics and their quilt tops turn out beautiful. Just not for me. . . .
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