Hello all. I'm Connie from Ohio and have been quilting for several years. I thoroughly enjoy it - is a great stress reliever. Have a question. I'm currently working on a baby quilt for my newest granddaughter, Lily. This is a 3-panel ABC quilt, which has the letters/characters appliqued. I'd like to finish it off by doing a sort of free hand quilting - loops and swirls, but not sure how to accomplish this. I normally use the plastic templates and mark the quilt. Any suggestions? Thanks.

I'd just take a water soluble marker and mark the top with it and then follow the lines.

Hello and welcome from a very snowy and snowed in Michigan :!: where are you in Ohio? Iam originally from waverly-givens in southern ohio. Are you snowed in at your place.

Welcome

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I use Floriani embroidery Wet N Gone Fusible stabilizer, It's sheer so I can trace my quilting pattern, fuse it to the quilt top, it stays in place, do the quilting, and it washes away when finished.
The best price I have found is located at Erica's Crafts, here is a link http://www.ericas.com/embdesigns/sta...s_floriani.htm

If you try this method, you won't go back to marking, believe me it works great, especially if you do feathers.

Welcome from Michigan.

Hello and welcome from Ontario.

Hi and welcome from the sunny state of Florida!!

welcome!

Hello and Welcome to the board :D:D:D

Practice drawing this design over and over on paper until you are very comfortable with it. Make a practice sandwich and give it a go :D:D:D

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Hi Connie and welcome from northern California!

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Why don't you try to quilt without markings, just freehand? I have done it several times and it's fun!

Welcome to the board from Southern California!!

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Hello and Welcome from the snowed covered state of Connecticut. Congrats on your new granddaughter :-)

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Welcome from Indiana!!!

Hello from West Virginia and welcome to the group

I live in Northeast Ohio - about one hour south of Cleveland. Yes! Has been a very snowy winter here. I don't mind - if you live in Ohio and its Winter, you might as well have snow.

Thanks for the suggestions. I guess I'm just a little cautious about just marking it myself, with no template. I'd love to just go for it free hand, but afraid it will turn out looking amateurish, and I've put a lot of heart and soul into this quilt. Does anyone know about any sort graph that would show swirls, circles, etc.

Thank you! She was born six weeks early, but coming home today!

Welcome from Virginia

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