Sheri, fabulous quilt! I congratulate your gumption as I'm terrified (did i finally admit that out loud?) to try fmq'ing on my machine! I've done a couple of very small pieces by stitch in the ditch and I was dissatisfied with the results. I think I need to just give fmq a whirl; if it isn't perfect, at least it will be done. I have enough lap size quilt tops meant only for myself so what can really go wrong??? Nobody else will really see them...
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SheriR
Yes. I pulled her quilt out one day before what would have been my moms birthday. I did "stitch in the ditch" on all the straight lines then I thought. "That's all I can do..." I called the QS where I bought my machine and signed up for a free motion class given by Paula Reid. At that time Ms Reid had quilted over 1700 quilts on a domestic machine, 1/4 of them king size. My biggest lesson that day was.....if she can do it I can!!! I've been muddling by ever since. Here is my sisters quilt. It's roughly 110"x105". Boy was she surprised because I hadn't told her I was finishing it after TWO years!!!