Originally Posted by
Geri B
hey, don't knock yourself out.....even those of us who longarm had trouble FM at first and somedays still do!!!!!!!I am sure we use chalk and templates occasionally too - at least I admit to doing that. Do what you want to the way that works for you...........enjoy the process.......make it your own.....
Even Karen McTavish and Kimmy Brunner mark their quilts, use templates and stencils, so you are in good company!!! I find that Karen McTavish's feathers are the easiest for me to do (ok, yeah, I have a longarm), but her feathers don't have much backtracking and she taught me to start with a "hook" feather so when I join up my line of feathers on a border they fit together much more easily! Lots of doodling with the "bump-bump" really helps get it into muscle memory.