Originally Posted by Gerbie
Newbie, do you quilt from left to right or which direction do you start your FMQ? I have a quilt that I started quilting a design on and have had so much trouble, finally decided to have a LAQ to do the job. I haven't taken the quilt to one yet, and just might try this first. I really wanted to do it myself. Thanks for the info. Gerbie
I do not really have a set order yet, but I start somewhere in the middle to make sure the layers of fabric are secured there and then expand to the outsides, going left to right and back, not necessarily across the whole width, but kind of like in sections. I haven't quilted any designs yet other than some curvy things in the sashing and borders which I then do in a complete line from left to right. There is a similar topic in the Main section that talks about this way of quilting, there must be a lot of people out there doing this. I just started the whole quilting thing like half a year ago. And I haven't yet quilted anything bigger than 42" square or so.