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My "free motion" quilting consists of outlining: edges of flowers, vines, fairies, whatever print is on the fabrics. I lostly look for where I can follow a print (and I don't mind crossing over, either!).

I have never figured out how to do stippling.

Maybe someday I will try the dot-to-dot method. It looks close enough to outlining that I might stand a chance.

They also say if you can dance you can FMQ.I hope this helps.Dizzy[/quote]

Darn, two for two!!! Throw in being organized and I'll be 3 for 3! LOL

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Originally Posted by jljack

Despite all the encouraging comments here ( :thumbup: ), I have to admit that I, too, have no drawing skills either. I find FQM to be extremely challenging, even after 3 years of doing it on my shortarm machine on a frame, which should make it so much easier. I get all tied up in knots, my stitches are so uneven and the design looks like it was done by a 3 year old.

I am best suited for SID, my own swirly loopy meandering, or edge-to-edge pantograph. Anything else is just beyond my abilities...I don't have that kind of artistic ability.
I feel for you....we should start a club...The Unable to FMQ Quilters!! :-)

I'm ready to join. I can't even draw a straight line with a ruler, no joke. My daughter said she doesn't understand how I can cut fabric straight. Well me either. My FM looks like "hen scratching and then they just ran around and went to sleep and woke up startled". Oh well they do say that practice makes perfect, maybe for some folks, but I'm going to keep plugging along. Maybe some day ya think?

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Originally Posted by Kappy

They also say if you can dance you can FMQ.I hope this helps.Dizzy

Darn, two for two!!! Throw in being organized and I'll be 3 for 3! LOL[/quote]

This fits me to a "T", three for three! :mrgreen:

where do i sign up?????? lol

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Originally Posted by jljack

Despite all the encouraging comments here ( :thumbup: ), I have to admit that I, too, have no drawing skills either. I find FQM to be extremely challenging, even after 3 years of doing it on my shortarm machine on a frame, which should make it so much easier. I get all tied up in knots, my stitches are so uneven and the design looks like it was done by a 3 year old.

I am best suited for SID, my own swirly loopy meandering, or edge-to-edge pantograph. Anything else is just beyond my abilities...I don't have that kind of artistic ability.

I feel for you....we should start a club...The Unable to FMQ Quilters!! :-)

Try practicing with a pencil and paper first, it really helps me to attain the 'muscle memory' when I'm trying a new pattern

O.K. I failed art all the way through school and now I'm showing my ignorance--what is a FMQ? So many abbreviations on this blog and I'm always in the dark.

ACK I FEEL YOUR PAIN!! I found that I like my older singer that has the darning option in it and I am soooooo much better with the FMQ. My other sewing machine would end up eating thread, messing up the bobbin, the needle bending or breaking, etc, etc....

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Originally Posted by marthahelen

O.K. I failed art all the way through school and now I'm showing my ignorance--what is a FMQ? So many abbreviations on this blog and I'm always in the dark.

Free Motion Quilting

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Originally Posted by donnalynett

I can't draw a stickman but I seem to have stiples mastered. Circles are impossible for me at this point. I figure if I just keep to one pattern at a time until I get it looking right, then I can move on to another pattern.

Circles are not my thing either - I played with them today - uh my husband asked me if I was DWS (drunk while sewing)....I just threw the practice square at him!