I do my quilting on my old 1946 Singer 15 or 1951 15! Love them! I have been told I am a type A personality(not typical however),which I found hard to believe. Anyhow, I totally dislike the SID technique, that is the hardest of them all in my HO.
Now, here is my best advice on FM.
1.get a pair of cotton garden gloves (you can get a pair at dollar store, with nubbies on them for a dollar), cut the finger tips out, this will allows you to move the material easy and rethread and change the bobbin without taking your gloves off constantly.
2. Buy some felt, lots of it, not costly and practice on that
3. Use a needle size 16
4. Think of puzzle pieces while work, This puts the image in your head.
5. Then just practice, nice steady speed, not to fast. use your start button on machine if you have one, that will keep you speed even for you. makes it so much easier.
6. Practice some more, at some point it will just click!
7. Oh and don't forget to puddle, not roll.
FYIO- I don't have any desire for a longarm at all, I don't want someone else finishing what I started, but that is just part of my personality.
Last edited by deedum; 03-16-2013 at 07:01 PM.