This weekend I decided to try out the free-motion foot I bought months ago. I have three full size quilt tops waiting to be quilted and it's high time I did something with them. Here is my first attempt at free motion-quilting: Yes, it's a mess, but honestly, it turned out much better than I expected it to. (Oh, yeah- I expected a tangled, mangled disaster!) This is my second ...

I've decided my Christmas/Birthday money will buy me some Machingers quilting gloves and a Supreme Slider  I might also get a pack of  Little Genie Magic Bobbin Washers  I'm in two minds about investing in the Janome add ons free motion feet set (£25) and bobbin case (£39).  It seems like a lot of money to make your machine do something it's ...

Quilting continues on the holiday quilt for my mother-in-law. The walking foot came off and the free-motion foot ... 39;t release the spray baste. Anyway... Now I started quilting as I'd visualized - moving along at a fairly good ... nice compromise. Like the other green, I worry about running out before all the quilting is done, but so far, so good. As I move out to the edge, there are shorter runs ...

... a belated peek at the final product. I was finally able to figure out free-motion flowers for the white blocks! Yeah!!! I was excited about doing some free-motion quilting on a real quilt, rather than a small quilted project, ... ...being satisfied with my flowers, but laughing out-loud again at the bizarre quilting lines in my ribbon borders. Oh well, something to learn on my next project. ...

... (like the built in walking foot for quilting, and the ability to lower the feed dogs for free motion quilting), and more stitches then I know what to do with. I am still learning the machine – but I will tell you that sewing and quilting is now a breeze with this fantastic “tool!” If you are a serious sewer or quilter, I ...

I have (like hundreds of others) been following the 365 Days of Free Motion Quilting Filler Designs blog. Leah Day has been blogging for 105 days now and doing a really great job inspiring me (and many others) to just ... . And the top image? It is one of my latest City & Guild exercises - highlighting quilting with Shiva stick and leaf stencil.

... needed a design that was quick and easy to finish, the quilting design became boring squares. The method I used for the pattern ... 's much harder than it looks to quilt a straight line with a free motion foot on. It did finish up quickly, but I must admit ... Sulky, and Mettler are the 4 threads that are in this quilt. And even though I was really quilting at top speed, I didn't have one thread ...

... the early hours of the morning, but there is one difficulty quilting  at that time. I find that the quilt moves much more fluidly under ... s cold.... there is also a difference in the free motion stitch when the machine is prepared properly. When you go to a quilting class, ask your teacher ... quilt. Interestingly, the design began at 6" and has shrunk over an 1/8th inch after the quilting.

... a programmed stitch on my machine.  Now that I have fallen in love with free motion work on that same machine, I decided that it needs more quilting. So last night, I decided to start on it.   ... hanging at the end of the movie. Where was I?  Ha ha.  Yes I was quilting away. finally after three ?? or four bobbins, I stopped.  There is still a little bit to quilt and I will ...

... runner out of blocks remaining from my Kansas Troubles quilt. The quilting is beautiful, it's free motion quilted by Margaret. Again I would have been quite satisfied with a pantho but this is gorgeous, ... son had surgery and it has been hectic here) but i know she will love it and she's very excited to see it.I love that the quilting works diagonally down the quilt following it's design.

... excited today as I just received one the best Christmas gifts ever: Art Quilting Studio...and I'm on the Cover A while ago I made some art quilts for the ... other gift I got was Sew Somerset. I love this magazine and as you know I love to incorporate stitches into my work. I have two articles here. One is about free motion stitching on paper using ATC cards and fabric. And the other ...

Walking foot or free motion quilting foot? I currently doing my free motion quilting without the foot dropped. I've only done one quilt this way but it came out quite well so I can only imagine getting better as I do it more. The walking foot, not sure if I need but I do know when doing bindings it doesn't always feed evenly so maybe that would ...

... . I got Iggy's quilt backed and I started quilting it. I can't wait to see how this turns out. Here's a sneak peek. I found a website with free-motion quilting techniques. Watching a few videos made me more confident ... sew for competition it's a whole 'nother ballgame. And I am quilting this with love, so it's going to be beautiful, mistakes and all! Tonight I'm ...

... protecting us with their lives. OK, that being put into print, here is a sample of the free motion quilting I have a passion for. I am thinking of doing a whole cloth quilt in this, maybe some more focus on design, maybe not. Am I crazy???? Probably but this is what my heart beats for when I think of quilting. Well that and Batiks!! Off to work oh, really now ;-) ...

... able to move the cloth around fluidly underneath the needle in a free motion sort of way. This minky stuff feels nice but ... writes She's got some mad skills — definitely PhD-level free motion quilting genius. She posts videos of her ... motion quilting. I am going to have to study her technique. Fortunately today I realized that when I first started making handmade paper, I was terrible at it ...