Originally Posted by Jenni M
I love your quilt. And the hand quilting is awesome too! I know how you feel...I can make a quilt top and am pretty happy with my work, but I'm scared to death to try to quilt anything on my machine. I am a beginner and trying to learn on my own. I wish I had somebody to sit down with me and my machine and give me some hands on training! I am a visual learner!
Get you some fabric with fruits on it. Start with oranges...and make you some little quilt sandwiches out of it and go slowly around each orange until you feel you have control. You have to find your "control rhythm" When you get comfortable with that go to something smaller like cherries. Remember to slow your machine down and remember to STOP and take your foot off the petal when you need to decide where to go next...but try and train yourself to think ahead and look ahead of the needle.