FMQ/Darning foot?
01-25-2011, 04:42 PM
#31
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Location: Lutz, Fl
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Originally Posted by deema
I did it! Ordered the open toe, clear plastic, springy foot. I ordered a pair of Machingers gloves to go with it. :D Now I need to get working on a quilt top so I can quilt it when they get here!! LOL Thankfully my next planned project is a bed quilt for my daughter, who is 5. So I can play with random shapes, flowers and such, and I will have lots of space to practice some stippling and meandering and the like...and she won't care at all how amateur-ish they look! :lol:
01-25-2011, 04:43 PM
#32
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Location: Australia
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Originally Posted by deema
I did it! Ordered the open toe, clear plastic, springy foot. I ordered a pair of Machingers gloves to go with it. :D Now I need to get working on a quilt top so I can quilt it when they get here!! LOL Thankfully my next planned project is a bed quilt for my daughter, who is 5. So I can play with random shapes, flowers and such, and I will have lots of space to practice some stippling and meandering and the like...and she won't care at all how amateur-ish they look! :lol:
01-25-2011, 07:16 PM
#34
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Location: Ontario, Canada; Florida in the winter
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Try checking out http://freemotionquilting.blogspot.com/ It will really motivate you to get into fmq!
01-25-2011, 09:10 PM
#36
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Location: Illinois
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Originally Posted by MiMi in Lutz
Originally Posted by deema
I did it! Ordered the open toe, clear plastic, springy foot. I ordered a pair of Machingers gloves to go with it. :D Now I need to get working on a quilt top so I can quilt it when they get here!! LOL Thankfully my next planned project is a bed quilt for my daughter, who is 5. So I can play with random shapes, flowers and such, and I will have lots of space to practice some stippling and meandering and the like...and she won't care at all how amateur-ish they look! :lol:
01-26-2011, 12:47 AM
#39
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Location: Small town south of Ottawa, Ontario
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I have a big foot and love it. My machine is a Janome 6600P. I tried the open-toed darning foot (hopping foot) but found I have more control with the big foot and less eyelashes on the back.
01-26-2011, 03:43 AM
#40
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Pittsburgh PA - Leesburg FL
Posts: 537
Originally Posted by quilterella
I have a big foot and love it. My machine is a Janome 6600P. I tried the open-toed darning foot (hopping foot) but found I have more control with the big foot and less eyelashes on the back.
I want/need to learn to FMQ. Thanks! Pat
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