Can I add my beginner FMQ lessons as well? I'd like to thank Carol Miller of Quilt University, Leah Day and Christina of A Few Scraps, and all of you on QB for teaching me - an invisible, lurking student who never hands in homework - and giving me the impetus to go out there and try...
1. New needles seem to help to keep the top thread from shredding and breaking in places you don't want the thread to break.
2. Have 2 or 3 bobbins ready so you don't have to interupt everything when your bobbin runs out at the wrong time.
3. Stippling isn't the easiest motif to start with! Spirals are nice and so are meandering loops, double loops and loops-become-leaves. When I found a motif I really liked, it suddenly got a lot easier and satisfying.
4. Cats like to nap on practice sandwiches.
5. Fusible batting is wonderful and can be re-ironed when your sandwich comes apart.
Someday I'll get up the nerve to post pictures of my first FMQ quilts.
Last edited by Maggiem; 05-20-2012 at 12:49 AM.