I just read my copy of this new online magazine. It is a great magazine for a newbie quilter like me! This message was included in it......
"Don't keep this New Online Quilt
Magazine all to yourself – it's FREE,
so share it with your Quilting Guilds
and Friends!
Don't wait - Invite them to
www.OnlineQuiltMagazine.com to
Subscribe and receive each New Issue
as soon as it's Published!"

Hope you enjoy it too!

Thanks for sharing a free magazine. I will definitely "subscribe".

Just click on this link. http://www.onlinequiltmagazine.com/ and thanks for sharing.

Thanks!

Thank you!!

I just did this. I love FREE!!!!!

Thanks :)

Thanks so much - love freebies :)

Thank you. It's nice of you to think of sharing
such a nice magazine. I just went there and
signed up.

I just signed up for it, and read part of the magazine when
it was delivered. I was reading the tips, and one of them
really did catch my attention.

It said to start machine quilting from the OUTSIDE, working
all around and working towards the center.

Now I'm not a perfect quilter, and had discovered the hard
way that this made puckers in the middle that had to be
covered with some sort of matching applique. Now I always
start in the middle and work outwards.

Am I the only one who does this?

I was taught the same way... start from the inside because it will pucker... I just subscribed, too, and I thank you for the information about this free magazine... I hope it will be a good resource...

I'm sorry I didn't catch that in the article. So glad you did, though. I hope you all enjoy the magazine as much as I did.

Thanks - new ideas always welcomed

"Quilt" is my favorite magazine :thumbup:

Thanks for the link. I read part of the first issue and it's great. Even greater that it is free.

I didn't read it all yet but I did see they are trying to have you buy something... am I reading it wrong?

I saw that too and wondered why you'd ever start on the outside. I can get enough puckers doing it the right way, if I don't watch.

Thanks for the link. I love freebies.

While I've only just signed up, the comments about quilting from the middle, outside in, etc. are most interesting. Let me share what I have discovered only in the last few months (I've been quilting for some time and have tried all methods): MACHINE BASTE that puppy!

It saves my arthritic bod a lot of stress. I start out by folding the backing in half lengthwise and crosswise, then place a safety pin at the middle "point." Open it up and lay it on the table, right side down.

Then, do the same with the batting, i.e., folded twice (length, width), pin center "point" and match to the pin "point" on the backing. Adjust edges so both pieces are lying straight. Remove the safety pin from the batting.

Do the same with the top, marking the center "point" and lay on top of the batting, right side up. Adjust edges and pin every 5-6".

Thread machine with a thread color different than the one you will quilt with. (A good time to get rid of all those short spools, bobbins, etc. in weird colors.) Set top thread tension way low (between 0 and 1) and the length to as long as it will go (mine is a 5). Start in the center and machine stitch from the center to the edge every 3-4" both directions, removing the pins as you go.

You are now ready to machine (or hand) stitch. (Be sure to reset the tension to normal setting.) The quilt will hold without shifting, you can stitch right over it and don't have to worry about running into pins while you're stitching.

When you're through, clip the top thread every 12-18" and pull it out. It comes out very easily (because of the tension setting). The bobbin thread simply lifts off. Doesn't take much time at all and it leaves absolutely no marks or anything to rub, spray or wash out.

I have used this method for three quilts so far and find it most efficient.

No more crawling around on the floor, breathing fumes from the spray, etc.

I love it. I think you will too.

Now, back to the freebies.

From every experienced quilter I know, plus watching my loved ones quilt, all started in the center and worked out to the edges.

Thank you i just signed up

Thank you I just signed up.

thank you, free is the best, I just signed up!!

Thanks for sharing the link.
I signed up.

Thanks, Jo, I'll have to try your method. I am horrible about hand basting but this is something I need to try.

I just signed up too. Hopefully we won't get a bunch of spam mail from it.

Thanks, I love freebie too!!

Thanks for the link. Free is always good.

I have been doing my own quilting on my sewing machine for several years. If you baste (pin or otherwise) really good, there is no puckering. I usually go around the inside and border, then quilt the inside, then the border. Just remember to baste really well.

When I was young I Watch my grandmother Qt with other family member, They started on two sides, and worked toward the center. They were doing hand Qting, semilar to clam shell. They would work as far as they could reach. Stop and roll, they would fill in between to half circle, starting small half circle, the lines were the width of the needle, thoses half circles would get bigger and wider as they crawd out of the valley to make a mountain. Being young I was told to watch the young one. Which I did .But that was towards the cinter.

Thank you for the address. Just signed up and am looking
forward to reading the mag.
Judy in Wyoming

Thanks for the site.

Thank you, and God bless.

Thanks for sharing with us. :)

I just subscribed. Thanks!!

Um, did I read correctly in the email that they sent me that there is a $1.85 fee for your first months membership? Just asking...

I didn't get that email.....I wouldn't have sent the link, if I had got that reply. You can join their clubs to get patterns monthly for a fee. I hope that's not right about the fee. If so, I'm so sorry to have mentioned this site. Did anybody else get that same email?

When I initially visited the site, there were options to either join for the free stuff or join for the enhanced stuff for paying members. I opted for free only. No biggie as there is clearly a choice.

And I'm always open to freebies, especially if they notify me.

Thanks once again for the link. It just required reading a sentence or two to explore options.

I'm with her, I also opted for the free only and we had a choice. Thanks for sharing it.