Originally Posted by drivingsusan
Although the fancy swirls and feathers are truly beautiful and amazing on other's quilts, I do believe that I will be a straight line quilter for the rest of my life---for all of the reasons stated above!!
Straight line quilt the blocks and then go back and quilt the inside of the blocks. Just remember to sew one way to the left and the next row( side to side), go to the right, otherwise your quilt will want to angle that way. Then turn and go the other way (Top to bottom) There is a well known quilter that started doing her own quilts that way till she got more comfortable doing freehand in each block, then she started doing real freehand quilting. I have started doing small wall handings and table runners and I am working into larger items very slowly.