Originally Posted by fireworkslover
Katrine,
Do you do your FMQ from the front or the back side? Is your back a solid fabric or a print?
My first back was pieced together strips from the fabrics I used on the front. I found it fairly hard to see where to go w/ my FMQ. I did feathers (Sally Terry's book "Hooked on Feathers"). The others I've made, I purposely made the backs be a solid color fabric, so I could draw on it with my chalk and see where to go. I've done feathers on all three that are done. I'm not sure what this next one will be, prob. a meander.
Also since I have 4 different prints,on this top, the general colored areas are forest green bkgrd. w/ the fish, blue bkgrd. w/ the loons, brown for the deer and medium to forest green for the evergreen needles. Should I use like colored thread for each area? I'll have to fmq from the front since the areas kind of meander across the quilt - no specific shape for each fabric.
See above, it depends on front fabric design really. I like a very fine thread for these and sometimes it's easier to do from the back.*
Personally I wouldn't change thread colours for different areas, but would use something like Bottom Line or Masterpiece in one colour. But if you want the stitching to show more, go for a heavier weight. I would select a colour which is most dominant on the print. Then again if you have largish separate areas of colours it may be better to use different colours.
*I use natural muslin almost all the time for backs - at French prices we cannot afford to back with print (or solid!) quilt fabrics. Unless it's something small like a crib or lappy.
I'd not heard of that book by Sally Terry, and just been reading the reviews - and have just ordered it! I'm still at early stages of no-draw fmq and I'm impressed by what people have to say about it, so looking forward to having a go!