I like to try any new quilting design on my white board before I commit to thread on a quilt! Practice with your elbow up, you are teaching your arm and shoulder the movements. If you put your elbow or wrist down, you are training your hand only. Use low odor dry erase markers (ask me how I know!) Karen says that everyone will have their own "style' of McTavishing. Its not a 'perfecting' kind of technique. Its what works for you! Have fun 'doodling' with thread...

I really like McTavishing! What is so great is there is no right or wrong way to do it! Each person's own style will develope. It can be done densely or more sparingly. A great way to quilt!

I do and I love it. It's a great filler and fairly easy to do.

Ok, looks like I am the only one that doesn't know what you are talking about. What is McTavishing? How do I find it?

I have seen it but do not own the book, yet anyway, I think it does look beautiful on some quilts and wall hangings, again where it is not quite as dense...for me it would need an enormouse amount of practice and i don't see that time coming anytime soon.

I don't know either!

http://www.designerquilts.com/mctavish.html

Karen McTavish is a longarm quilter extraordinaire who developed her own style of background filler.

Oh yes !!!!!! Every night......................but then in the morning I wake up.

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McTavishing is a fun idea! You develop your own "style", and just keep going! I do like mine a bit bigger, and some more open. Not so intensely done. JMHO~