Timeline - hmmm - not quite a year? I know last June I was at a quilting retreat and had started doing some. A girl there was doing FMQ and people were very impressed. I had done several at that point so was very interested in what she was doing. She favored an allover pattern. I've done some of them, but like to do my little patterns better for now. The quilt I'm working on right now will be #95. Probably the last 30 have some sort of FMQ in them. If I'm in a bigger hurry - or just don't have the time to experiment and rip - I still do straight line diagonals - starting corner to corner with a marked line then sewing parallel lines from there. I like the way that looks, but the FMQ is so much more fun!
Of my 95 completed quilts I've sent maybe 6 to a long-arm quilter. I like to do mine from start to finish, but the biggest reason is budget. Just can't afford to add the cost of LA quilting to what it takes to complete a quilt.
Last edited by JanTx; 05-04-2013 at 02:51 PM.