FMQ ...stuck!
#33
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Join Date: Jan 2013
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www.theinboxjaunt.com has a lot of FMQ tutorials that are free. She shows a design and then stitch by stitch how to do them. The patterns are broken down to the base components. My FMQ has improved a great deal. She puts a new tutorial up every Tuesday and all of the past ones are available under tutorials.
Last edited by Vera39760; 08-12-2013 at 06:05 AM.
#35
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Join Date: May 2012
Location: Central Wisconsin
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My first FMQ was on a bag we were making in a class. I wanted the bottom quilted, so I just started making loop-de-loops and was quite pleased with it. I think I practiced for all of 2 minutes. I still like the bottom of that bag, and now I have been doing leaves in the borders. One leaf points to the left; the next one to the right. Fun. Most of my quilts are loop-do-loops or back and forth lines to fill in a space.
As for quilting gloves, I couldn't do this without them, but you don't have to spend a lot of money on them until you are sure you like this process. I started with Latex Gloves: a box of 100 costs a buck or two. And it doesn't matter if they have holes in them, just as long as you have "sticky fingers". LOL They are even more comfortable after the hand part is mostly gone. Just be sure to wash your hands well after using them, as bacteria builds up inside them after a while. I was surprised to hear that you need to wash your hands after you take gloves off, but ask your doctor friends about that.
As for quilting gloves, I couldn't do this without them, but you don't have to spend a lot of money on them until you are sure you like this process. I started with Latex Gloves: a box of 100 costs a buck or two. And it doesn't matter if they have holes in them, just as long as you have "sticky fingers". LOL They are even more comfortable after the hand part is mostly gone. Just be sure to wash your hands well after using them, as bacteria builds up inside them after a while. I was surprised to hear that you need to wash your hands after you take gloves off, but ask your doctor friends about that.
#36
Leah Day is the greatest inspiration, I didn't want to be wasteful, so I made up about 50 !0" sandwiches with insulbrite in them, and later made them into potholders, and they went out as X-mas gifts. I got much better in all these sandwiches.
It was a lot of fun, also.
It was a lot of fun, also.
#37
After a lot of clicking back and forth, I finally realized the original link is missing the word "the" even though "the" shows in the original post.
Try this one: http://theinboxjaunt.com/
Try this one: http://theinboxjaunt.com/
#38
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#39
I just bot a Pfaff GrandQuilter 1200 long arm from a friend. I have made one muslin sandwich to practice on. When I get to the end I just re-roll the whole thing, change top thread color (using up all my old spools!) so I can see what I am doing and keep going. So far I haven't had any trouble with thread breaking or needle issues. Guess when it gets tooooooo thick, I'll make another "sandwich" and keep going until my confidence level allows me to do a REAL quilt.... practice practice practice...... most important HAVE FUN !!
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