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Old 11-02-2012, 08:43 PM
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Someone was telling me that there is fabric that has free motion quilting designs printed on it that you can stitch on to practice. Has anyone heard of such fabric?
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Old 11-03-2012, 01:29 AM
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I've seen some on a pellon-like fabric at a LQS near me until they closed down. Sure wish I'd gotten some before they went out of business!
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Old 11-03-2012, 01:48 AM
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I have seen it but it was a couple of years ago? Someone on QB also had a link to a site that you could order it from but I can't remember where, sorry.
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Old 11-03-2012, 02:17 AM
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There are some at Erica's
http://www.ericas.com/quilting/tools/skillbuilder.htm
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Also at www.keepsakequilting.com
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Old 11-03-2012, 05:39 AM
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Yup. The skillbuilders as some have given you links for. I've got two, have used one. At first I was hoping they were like the pre-printed whole cloth designs that will wash out after you've quilted them, but now I don't really care because I use it strictly as practice ... and I've practiced a lot with thread combinations - some of which clearly did not play together well. So it has turned into something pretty ugly

Yes I like it, yes I used the designs, yes they helped for the most part.
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Old 11-03-2012, 06:34 AM
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You can also practice going around the designs on a carefully chosen fabric if you want to practice following a line. However, IMHO it is much harder to stay on a line. Instead, most books tell you to practice drawing the pattern that you want to quilt. First you can trace it with your finger, then draw it with a pencil or chalk or whatever, then quilt it. It really does work to get that pattern into your subconscious.
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Old 11-03-2012, 04:03 PM
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Originally Posted by gramajo View Post
I used this one when I wanted to learn FMQ. My work looked pretty bad; but I think it really helped me because when I tried FMQ on the quilt I was making, my FMQ actually looked pretty good.
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