Originally Posted by newestnana

I just finished my first FMQ ... (well, I have one more row of vines/leaves to do around the border but I ran out of thread). I found that meandering was really hard...had to think about where to go next (in addition to trying to keep my hand motion speed consistent with the needle speed). On my next attempt I'm going to stencil on a pattern to follow so I don't have to worry about that part.

I did use the 505 basting spray and liked it a LOT!

I also wish I had made my quilting a little more sparse ... to make the quilt softer. Again, hard to see that when you're meandering (and have essentially no experience except for a little practice).

Have said all that, I like the results, albeit with inconsistent stitch length and some eyelashes. I'm really glad my backing fabric is busy enough to hide the mistakes :-)