Hey everyone!

With my new found love of free motion quilting, I am wondering if anyone out there know of any sites online to download and print free copies???

Oh AGGI I just found a bunch let me go get them.

http://www.needlepointers.com/displa...ingdesigns.htm

http://www.needlepointers.com/displa...fspageone.html

http://www.needlepointers.com/displa...bom%2febom.htm


P.S. There free

Thanks Renee!! There are some really nice pieces there too I'm going to have to try out!

Aggi thanks for asking the question.

Renee thanks for the response to Aggi's question.

:D :lol: :D :lol:

What is funny I needed something for the two quilts I have and some how found them and it wasn't easy. I really need rectangles, but I think the bunnies and teddie bears will do just fine.

Thanks for sharing this link...its awesome!

Wow, these sites are great. I am a beginner quilter and l look forward now to starting my first hand quilt. Thank you! :-)

really cool- thanks for sharing!

What a great site and it came just as I was about to head out to the quilt store to find some stencils I could use for quilting. :D

Thanks so much for posting your answer.

great links...
Thanks :D

Thanks bunches!!

WOW! Thanks for sharing, these sites are awesome!

Thanks for asking, Aggie!! Thank you Renee for sharing the links! Glad you found these!
Susan

great site, thanks for info, have been searching for free designs for months!!

joan Manchester, UK

Great site! Thanks for sharing! :lol:

Just looked at these and found a pattern I am going to use. Thanks for posting so long ago.

Hi not sure if this is what ur looking for but found these:
http://reannalilydesigns.blogspot.co...-stencils.html

http://www.fulllinestencil.com/Full%...20Stencils.htm
http://quiltingstencils.com/continuouslineborders.aspx
http://www.stensource.com/cat_stenci...ing%20stencils

Thank you renneebobby for these great sites and for sharing

Also thanks to nativetexan

Wow, thanks so much. I am just starting out to expand my FM quilting skills and I needed some templete ideas to get me started.

Thank you for sharing

Great links, thanks

Gosh this is great as I will be looking for FMQ stencil patterns to print out soon. I live way out in the country....miles and miles from any big towns or even small towns....my computer is my best friend!
Thanks so much for sharing and if anyone knows where there are more patterns....then I will love you for ever.

Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for the links....I checked them all and they are very useful.

Thanks all for sharing all links and sites....they were good and very useful. Also before I forget....what marking tools are advised to be used when using stencils on my quilt tops?

Does anyone have an idea for FMQ on stars. I need a fairly densely quilted pattern because of the style of quilt it is. It is for a patriotic row quilt and some of the rows required density so I believe that I need to continue it throughout the quilt so it doesn't pucker. Thanks for any help you can give me. There are several different sizes of various stars.

Thank you Renee & Aggi.

Just what I am looking for....thanks so much for the links.

thanks so much, new fun thing to do

Another member recently posted this handy link. The patterns are classical and attractive and they're free.

http://www.forestquilting.com/freepatterns.html

Thank you Great sites

Great site ,thanks for sharing

Hi Aggi. have you looked at Leah Day's blog yet? She is posting hundreds of FMQ designs with videos to show you how to do them. I like her site because you don't have to mark your quilt, just practice a design a bit and then go for it. She has lots of great ideas about FMQ besides the designs. Hope you give her a try! I'm really not related to her or anything, just love her information:) http://freemotionquilting.blogspot.c...tart-here.html

Help! I found the stencils as well and they are beautiful, but now I have another problem. I set my quilting machine to all the settings my manual tells me and what other ladies have told me to do. Check tensions, threads, bobbin winding, change to new needle, but when I try to do free motion quilting with my darning foot, I can't slide the fabric without fighting it and my machine ends up across the table from me, with me pushing so hard. I have come along ways but it has been strictly machine quilting, not free hand. Help?

I also have found the beautiful stencils...I am very new to FM and don't understand how to get the stencil on the fabric....do I mark it with a marker...or print it and and sew over it....

I'm at my wits end ....I have a flannel quilt finished and am wanting to FMQ it....I want us a stencils but chalk hasn't worked and the fabric is too dark for any marker....how do I get the stencil on the quilt...

You could try a white pencil, but you could also draw the stencil onto regular paper, enough times to cover whatever area you intend to FMQ. If you will be using an allowed pattern on the top, fill the entire page if you like. Get a stack of very thin paper. Go to the sewing machine and, using an unthreaded large topstitch needle, with a small stitch, sew through all the layers. The holes will function as a pattern for you.

Then what do I do with the paper,,,keep it on the fabric and sew that way?