I'm Calistria and love making quilts. However I find quilting my own is scary. I am making a simple baby quilt now and this is the first quilt I am quilting myself. I took the easy way out and decided to do quilt in the ditch but would like to do something pretty on the borders. I am not really sure about stenciling or freehand quilting. Any suggestions?

Use your creativity and intuition. There are no rules in quilting. Welcome from Colorado.

I have not tried free motion quilting yet. I traced a leaf pattern onto old "copy" paper, pinned the sheets to the quilt border & stitched with my walking foot.

Welcome for Southeastern, PA!

Welcome to the board from Southern California!!!

Hello Calistria, welcome from Minnesota! Pretty name! I've never done FMQ either ... I've never gotten the hang of it.

Hi and welcome from Alaska.

Hello and Welcome from Northern Indiana ! Glad you joined us :lol:

Welcome to the wonderful world of quilting :thumbup: Decisions.. decisions.. decisions ... :wink:

Hi! Welcome from MS. I'm working on my first quilt and am a little intimidated by the quilting stage, but excited at the same time!

Hello and welcome from Maryland

Welcome!

Donna Jean, that is a great idea!!

G'day and a warm welcome from Australia.

Hello, and a very warm welcome from very warm western Nevada! :thumbup:

Hi and welcome from the sunny state of Florida!!!

Hey Calistria! Welcome from North Carolina!

The first time I FMQ was on my daughters memory quilt. I made a heart template and used a disappearing marking pen and quilted hearts on it. Since then I have discovered continuous line stencils and the pounce pad.

I just need to quit procrastinating and fretting about quilting and start practicing on some small pillow size projects!

Welcome to the Quilting Board from S.E. Texas

Welcome from Michigan.

Hi and welcome from Southern California! This is a great place, as you probably already have noticed, to get great advice and inspiration on anything to do with quilting. Everyone starts with their first quilt and you will gain confidence and skill with each subsequent quilt. As is often stated on this blog, "there are no quilt police here" so go for it and be brave!

Hello and welcome from Boston, Ma. I'm sure you will find some friendly suggestions on this board.

Hello and welcome from Utah

I found templates in the craft section of the scrapbook section at Wally World...I put stars on my border just scattered them where I thought they looked good....good luck in picking out something special ...and you can do it! Have fun quilting....:-)

Welcome from Arizona!

Welccome from Texas. I'm fairly new to quilting and haven't tried FMQ. I enjoy hand quilting. I traced a stencil onto my border and then hand quilted. It turned out really pretty.You will love it here.

Welcome from Oregon.

Welcome from Ireland

Thanks everyone for you welcomes and advice! I am looking forward to gleaning much information here. I relate to your signature Patti, quilting is my therapy too!

Hello and welcome from Ontario.