Originally Posted by sewingladydi
practice, practice, practice and before you work on a actual quilt, warm up on a scrap
I had some fabric "books" in my stash(that you cut and put together with batting in between the pages)-- little bible story books for children. I assembled those and used the pages to practice different machine quilting techniques-- stipple, meandering, waves, swirls, flowers, etc. Another idea is potholders... or little quilts.