Originally Posted by misoop
have tried and tried and never mastered the fancy, fancy quilting? I am beginning to think that I'm going to have to stick to my loops (going different directions) and stippling, and meandering!!! I practiced again a couple of hours this afternoon "trying" to do feathers.....just can't do it. And forget the straight lines...ruler work....I even bought the extra tool to put on my machine head and the acrylic ruler....AWFUl!!! I guess I hate the thought of hours and hours of practicing....trying....when I could be making another quilt. Anyone else just do the easy stuff?
I was feeling that way for awhile until I went to a couple of the classes that the company I bought mine from offered and it was amazing the little secrets she taught us on how to do some of the neat fancy things like feathers. Plus there are all kinds of dvd/cds that show how to do some of that. For example the pajama girl and also Pam Clarke. Plus one thing that helped me was using stencils and pouncing them just kinda got me feeling more of a free flowing movement with my machine and just helped get more comfortable as it built up my confidence.
Hopefully, some of this will help you. Just like anything else it does take practice and patience (which is hard for me at times).
Good luck,
Sherryl
Candlequilter
Remember to breathe and try to relax as you are doing it. I know that is easier said than done. :D