Originally Posted by diannemc
I still have my cowboy quilt hanging on the wall waiting to be quilted.. I want to try free motion but just to scared..I have practiced and practiced but to scared to jump in and do something so big! Do you start square in the middle or in the middle on the edge?
Your quilt should be basted well enough with saftey pins, so you can start wherever you want. I generally start at the top right corner, but that's just a preference. If you have to start at the center so that you can continually adjust the backing, you haven't basted well enough. I find that spraying the layers with 505 spray helps keeps the fabric and batting from shifting while you pin, pin, pin!!