and grids:
While I do this because I really like the simplicity of them, I think it's also because I have been afraid to venture into more complex techniques, especially FMQ! Plus I don't want to ruin a perfectly good quilt top with a bad quilting job.
But, one must evolve, so I have set a goal for myself. Starting in September, when the kids are back in school, I will try some new techniques. And in an effort to gather inspiration, I have created 3 new Pinterest boards: FMQ, Quilting with a Walking Foot, and Hand Quilting (I do enjoy quilting by hand and actually have 2 quilts that I plan on hand quilting). Feel free to check them out on Pinterest, and if you know of any blogs or sites that might provide inspiration please let me know!
I noticed you'd been pinning quilting info on Pinterest :) If you aren't familiar with the work of Ann StewArt on Flickr, you might want to look - she hand quilts her quilts and they are wonderful!
ReplyDeleteHi There, I love your wavy line quilting, I think we have spoken about it before. Do you draw the lines on first and then sew or do you just go with the flow so to speak? I love hand quilting and I like to use a no. 8 perle cotton thread, it's so pretty. I am yet to FMQ, I am very nervous about it, like you say, it would be terrible if it all went wrong after all that work! Have a lovely summer and do let us know how you get on. :-)
ReplyDeleteI love the pink cross one!
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ReplyDeleteI can highly recommend Leah Day's Free motion quilt along here: http://freemotionquilting.blogspot.com/p/free-motion-quilt-along.html
She has videos for every single post where she explains the different techniques that you can practice on your on pace. She starts with the basics and builds up the skills. I suggest you start at 1 and then go up a level when you feel comfortable. Hope it helps!
I love that you're going to start some FMQ! :) I'm always one to encourage it. I'm by no means an expert, but I've got a pretty well curated FMQ pinterest board (http://pinterest.com/emedoodle/free-motion-quilting/) there are some pins there with tips on altering your FMQ foot etc to have better results. Leah Day is really the best - check out Angela Walters too - she does hers on a long-arm but it's still really inspiring. :)
ReplyDeleteYay, yay, yay for learning FMQ! I made the same goal a year and a half ago and I'm so glad I did. My biggest lessons learned were to stick with it, do a little bit each day, don't unpick or at least wait a few days before unpicking (I always had a hate on for the FMQ in the moment, but with a couple of days distance, I realized it didn't look as bad as I thought) and that washing the quilt afterwards will soften/hide some of the wonks. And I think I watched every single video Leah Day posted on her site. :) Good luck!
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