Originally Posted by
wump
Beautiful job Once you get your design than do you transfer it on or just free motion by looking at what you've done?
On this particular design I free handed it, using seam intersections of the piecing as registration points. But on other quilts I have transferred the design or made a template out of watercolor paper or card stock, like on this quilt that I did a few years back ,
http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...r-t121493.html .
I try to come up with designs where minimal marking is involved, like for feathers, I only mark the spine and free hand the plumes. Some designs need registration marks where I have divided the patchwork up into quarters or eighths or more and some I can get away with just marking a dot.