Free Motion Quilting Tips
1. Pause the quilt’s movement, but not the needle, whenever you change direction. Corners and other directional changes are where tension problems often show up. Just slow down and pause for a heartbeat before you head off in the next direction. The close stitches will relieve some of your tension difficulties.
2. quilter1943 - If you can take a class, that helps. If you can't, get a book or find some tuts on line and practice making circles. I'll even go over a new pattern I want to use on some sandwiched fabric with no thread, just to get the flow of the pattern.
3. thecasualquilter - Take a two minute break after about 20 minutes of FMQ. You will find that your shoulders start to tense if you FMQ too long.
Needle Tips
1. threading a needle: http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-117282-1.htm#3063661
Quilt Care Tips:
http://www.materialpleasures.com/Quilt-Care_ep_27.html
Quilt Sizes & How to determine sizes:
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art10199.asp
1. posted by stevendebbie25
found this link, it's very helpful for anyone trying to figure out yardages for their own quilt. Often we find a quilt block we like, and not know how to figure the construction.
http://www.quilterscache.com/StartQuiltingPages/startquiltingtwo.html
http://www.quilterscache.com/M/MathChartsPage.html
and I liked this link, creating a quilt by your 'mood' colors.
http://daintytime.net/2010/06/16/mod-mood-quilt-1/
Another site with great step by step tutorials to begin a quilt.
http://www.squidoo.com/patchwork-quilting-tips-from-jant
1. Pause the quilt’s movement, but not the needle, whenever you change direction. Corners and other directional changes are where tension problems often show up. Just slow down and pause for a heartbeat before you head off in the next direction. The close stitches will relieve some of your tension difficulties.
2. quilter1943 - If you can take a class, that helps. If you can't, get a book or find some tuts on line and practice making circles. I'll even go over a new pattern I want to use on some sandwiched fabric with no thread, just to get the flow of the pattern.
3. thecasualquilter - Take a two minute break after about 20 minutes of FMQ. You will find that your shoulders start to tense if you FMQ too long.
Needle Tips
1. threading a needle: http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-117282-1.htm#3063661
Quilt Care Tips:
http://www.materialpleasures.com/Quilt-Care_ep_27.html
Quilt Sizes & How to determine sizes:
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art10199.asp
1. posted by stevendebbie25
found this link, it's very helpful for anyone trying to figure out yardages for their own quilt. Often we find a quilt block we like, and not know how to figure the construction.
http://www.quilterscache.com/StartQuiltingPages/startquiltingtwo.html
http://www.quilterscache.com/M/MathChartsPage.html
and I liked this link, creating a quilt by your 'mood' colors.
http://daintytime.net/2010/06/16/mod-mood-quilt-1/
Another site with great step by step tutorials to begin a quilt.
http://www.squidoo.com/patchwork-quilting-tips-from-jant
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