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Old 02-20-2016, 12:44 PM
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Watson
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Leah Day is wonderful for teaching FMQ. I also took a Craftsy class which was really helpful. I am not at home, but when I am I will look up the name of the instructor because she was great.
For me doing FMQ is just practicing over and over on a quilt sandwich (or 6 ) to do different shapes, meandering and then get so I can go from one to the other. Use contrasting thread. I also find that if I draw lines on my practice piece and then attempt to keep my shapes between the lines it helps me with my sizing. As an example I will draw two lines 1 inch apart and do circles between them or start the lines one incha apart and make them widen so my circles (or whatever) have to get bigger too. Another practice thing is to draw a 4 inch square and fill it with pebbles.
Remember to draw up your bobbin thread before you start and try to get it out of the way.
Using gloves makes a big difference, as mentioned and I always snip the end off the index finger so I can still thread the needle etc.
Have fun and just get started. You will do great!

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