Yes, as some others have already mentioned, use a larger sandwich to practice on = 1/2 yd. works well for me. Practice drawing your design on paper, a roll of plastic preview or a dry erase board. Go to Leah Day's site : daystyledesigns.com. She has 100's of videos showing 400+ designs for fmq. She demos on a 4" square, but watching her fmq really helps me. Then practice, practice, practice. It takes lots of practice to learn this skill. For me, I dislike designs that are very random (stippling), I like to have a definite plan as to where my design is going. There are lots of videos out there on YouTube, also many books.
I also have found that wearing gloves really helps having control of the fabric sandwich. Machingers are my glove of choice, my hands don't get hot in them and I've tried others.
Last edited by fireworkslover; 08-22-2013 at 06:38 AM.
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