Comments on Sew Inspired: Focus on Free Motion Quilting!

Here's something I learned about avoiding puck...

2012-01-19T09:21:37.836-08:00

Here's something I learned about avoiding puckers on the back of my quilts. After pinning the quilt, keep it flat. Quite often I would drape it over a chair or the ironing board until I could get to the quilting. I would sometimes get puckers on the back and realized that by draping it over something for a period of time it would create 'stretching' of the backing thereby creating a ripple of fabric. Another thing that really helped me would be to 'grid' the quilt with painter's tape after pinning into four sections. I would concentrate on one section at a time then remove the tape and move onto another section. You can't tell where one section ends and one begins due to the free motion design. You don't even have to make your grids even - the more uneven the better. You could even use more than four grids. Hope this makes sense.

Just what I need to help me concentrate on FMQ for...

2012-01-08T14:26:26.504-08:00

Just what I need to help me concentrate on FMQ for a while :) I love that this is a 'short' project!

Thank you so much for the FMQ tutorial - have look...

2012-01-07T16:15:24.136-08:00

Thank you so much for the FMQ tutorial - have looked at lots and read books before but no-one ever mentioned how to lock the stitches as you start off! So my stitches ended up all uneven unless i went really fast (faster than i could keep up) and even with the needle down the stitches pulled up and looped when i stopped.
Wonder if i need to increase the tension on my machine?
I am using a hopper (darning foot) and feed dogs down.
Will try again and see how it goes. Will follow your posts with interest.

This is great! I really want to focus on learning...

2012-01-05T17:40:29.864-08:00

This is great! I really want to focus on learning and improving FMQ this year. Thanks for the help

This is so exciting! I just bought a new sewing ma...

2012-01-04T06:26:14.474-08:00

This is so exciting! I just bought a new sewing machine and made sure to pick one I could free-motion quilt on.

This series will come in handy I hope.

I am signed up for 3 FMQ challenges this year beca...

2012-01-03T23:36:19.228-08:00

I am signed up for 3 FMQ challenges this year because I am determined to get better at it. I just found out about keeping my dog feed up! I tried it and I find that it works better for me than lowering my dogs. My top stitches are more regulated. I also increased the top tension to 7 out of 8 and the eyelashes on the back are gone! I am totally psyched about doing more FMQ now as to where before I kinda dreaded it because my stitches really SUCKED! Now they look good, from what I just did on my practice sandwich! Thanks for hosting this!

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This is a great project for me - I certainly want ...

2012-01-03T21:23:23.174-08:00

This is a great project for me - I certainly want to improve my free motion quilting.

I really need to do some small projects so I can p...

2012-01-03T10:15:12.873-08:00

I really need to do some small projects so I can practice this. Thanks for this post!

I'm really excited for this!!! I tried free mo...

2012-01-03T06:19:18.017-08:00

I'm really excited for this!!! I tried free motion quilting on my machine once and it was an epic failure. I am going to bust out some spare fabric/batting this month and try it again. This time I'll actually read my machine manual first AND keep on top of your tips and tricks!!! :)

This is fantastic! I have just made myself a promi...

2012-01-03T04:25:58.780-08:00

This is fantastic! I have just made myself a promise to practice free motion quilting.