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Old 09-03-2011, 10:05 PM
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audsgirl
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Originally Posted by sewmary
I have taken a FMQ class and have practiced at home but what I found is that it is easy to do on a small square but much harder when this big old quilt is going through!

I know you can't use actual quilts in class but some tips for how to handle and move a big quilt around would be helpful, I think.
This is so true! It's the biggest obstacle to FMQ. Quilts don't handle the same as practice pieces, and what you have learned doesn't always apply to a real quilt. That's the most frustrating part and why I put off doing the quilting.
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