Originally Posted by CAJAMK
I did some practicing on small quilted scraps to get the feel of free motion quilting. Now I am working on my first charity doing FMQ and it looks like a disaster! I could really use some help and tips. I just want to do swirls all over the little quilt and mine look like jagged circles. I lowered the tension to 3 and I dropped the feed dogs...Oh I don't know...I am just upset but I really want to do a nice job! Please help...tips anything...thanks
I feel your pain! I've tried FMQ with some success, but it took a lot of practice. Have you looked at videos on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39I5A...eature=related
This is a four part series, with helpful info. The only tip I can give is to be gentle with yourself; sometimes we're our own worse critic. I'm sure that whoever receives your charity quilt will be thrilled. He/she won't know if your jagged circles were "suppose" to be little swirls!