Fantastic. I love those filler designs. Sharon Schamber has some too which I have used. I thank you so much for this web site.

Nancy in NC

Hi Sue, guess our daughers wishes are our law My daughter wants a bedspread, white, wholecloth with free motion all over it! I had a hard time finding fabric :shock: I ended up ordering a white backing fabric, that way I do not have to piece the top . Now I need to take it to work so I can have enough floorspace to mark it (just the squares and rectangles that is). I know I will enjoy doing the FMQ on the quilt, and I hope it end up looking like an old fasioned bedspread just like my DD wants. Just want to make her happy

Yes, Hanne-Grete, great idea--I have been to Patsy's website but need to go back. I'm also following Leah's site and watching the videos carefully.

I'm sewing a semi wholecloth quilt for my daughter who's wanted a cloud pattern comforter for her bed for years. We found just the fabric we wanted and I'll just have to piece two widths to get the size she wants.

Then I'll have wide open spaces to quilt in. We just brought a book back from the library 1000 Quilting Designs. I figure with all those to choose from, we'll be able to find many to fill up the 60" x 72". I'm definitely marking this one

Sue

SueinNH wrote: I do agree with you, FMQ is easier on fabric. But, when you do the doodling on paper, line up so you doole within a square. That way you learn to tackle those rough spots! When looking at quilt designs, do not feel sad if you cant get the same look, just view anything you quilt as your own singature quilting It is just as handwriting, you will not be able to write my name the same way as I do.....You will have a greate time trying it all out. If you need inspiration, visit Patsy Thompsons website. She has a number of quilt designs you can download for free. Print the disigns and play "follow the lines", it is great! But the most important is to have fun while FMQ!

SueinNH wrote:
You have lots of them too eh?

Hi Leah

It's great to see that you are also a member here. I didn't expect to get a response from the author herself when I posted the link.

Thanks so much for creating such a great resource. As you can tell from the other people responding - it's very much appreciated.

Karen

Hanne-Grete,

Thanks for your encouragment ! I've been trying out the doodling with just a pencil while I wait to get my sewing area set up. I actually have found FMQ with fabric a little easier, but I have no idea where I'm going when I do it ---kind of like learning to drive a car in an open field

I will have to remember: Cs, Es, Ls Os--that will definitely help. I have a dear friend who keeps offering to let me use her long arm with pantographs, but I'm determined to learn how to do this myself on my domestic machine.

I hope persistence is a good thing in quilting---if nothing else the rejects can become potholders, pillows for the kids or dog beds

Sue

Leah, your suggestion for setting up your machine with walls behind and to the left so that the quilt can't fall off the sides and cause drag is awesome! It makes so much sense. Thanks for taking the time to make these videos!

Maggie in E. Central Illinois

Yes! I do plan to put all of the designs into one book when it's done.

I searched high and low for a free motion guide with a variety of textures, but couldn't find anything.

An awesome quilter from Canada did contact me last week with just the books I've been looking for this whole time! Her name is Darlene Epp and her website is http://www.TrilliumHouseDesigns.com

But now that I've started, I can't stop creating the designs. It's weird! I'll be eating breakfast or taking my son to school and a new design will pop into my head like magic.

Thanks again for everyone's support and feedback. I really appreciate it and hope it helps everyone to get better at free motion quilting.

Let's go quilt!

Leah Day

Hi Leah, welcome to TQS!!

You have a great blog there, I've finished going through them all so far last night starting right from the beginning (interesting going upside to the front!! ).

Will you be putting them all in a book? It would make a great machine side reference.

Amo
UK

SueinNH wrote: That is all it takes Sue!! If you feel comfortable writing, make yourself a quiltsandwich and try to "write" words with the needle. If you look at the most common shapes in free motion quilting there are O's, e's, C's and L's :shock: ..if you can write with the needle you can free motion quilt! Just try it out, I bet you will have big time FUN!!

Leah,

Thanks so much for your blog and generosity in sharing ! I have no drawing skills and I never doodled in class---I wrote words----lovely for poems but don't look very good as machine quilting--LOL---so I really appreciate you sharing so clearly---there's hope for me yet !

Sue

Thank you Kazzy for sharing news about my blog!

I really appreciate the overwhelming support it's been getting in the last few weeks. I really hope it helps everyone gain more confidence with free motion quilting!

Let's go quilt!

Leah Day

kazzy wrote:
I just spent the morning on this link...thanks for posting it kazzy. I think I will enjoy watching her progress as the year goes on.