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earthwalker 08-13-2015 10:36 PM
Originally Posted by MadQuilter (Post 7285682)
I think there are some relatively simple FMQ patterns that do not require jumps. Loops for example. I was so horrid at FMQ for a long time, I told everyone that I didn't even suck at it. Getting to the "I suck at this" stage was a real improvement. Lately I finished my very first FMQ project and I am pleased with the results. (See "Living the American Dream" thread in the pictures section.) It isn't great but it is happy. The more I practice, the better I get. Now putting me in ice-skates would land me in hospital and that is without jumps. lol
I think I get the hang of it messing around on scraps....then I stick a quilt under the needle and all kinds of disaster happens...reading Martina's post is giving me another glimmer of hope.....I can't even iceskate, yet alone think of jumping whilst on skates.

alleyoop1 08-14-2015 05:52 AM
Yes, but with one of them you could break your leg! :)

ManiacQuilter2 08-14-2015 06:16 AM
I look at FMQ like driving a car. Some people such as me when I was learning to quilt found that following a line doing FMQ was a lot easier than stippling where you didn't have a road to follow.

maviskw 08-15-2015 05:44 AM
I did a LOT of ice skating and roller skating in my younger days. (The last time on roller skates was at age 69) We did the waltz and the polka and lots of tricks, but one skate was always firmly planted on the ice / floor.

I love doing FMQ. I like to make circles and swirls and write words. Last quilt, I wrote around squares. I found out that if I can write a word on top of the square, I can write one upside down at the bottom of the square without turning the quilt around. So why can't I write a word up one side and down the other. I can! What fun!

katesnanna 08-15-2015 02:09 PM
Originally Posted by bearisgray (Post 7285600)
I compare FMQ in quilting to being able to do jumps while ice skating.

One can still enjoy making a quilt without being able to FMQ - and I think people can enjoy ice skating if they are unable to do jumps.
Well said, bearisgray.

Oneta 08-15-2015 04:13 PM
Check out this youtube site. She has a lot of good information. http://www.freemotionquiltingadventu...blog-page.html

LGJARN52 12-02-2021 04:46 AM
Remember the male figure skatter from 1990's with the comedy routines, and back flips? Scott Hamilton. I so desire to be the Scott Hamilton of FMQ!

juliasb 12-02-2021 06:28 AM
Originally Posted by bearisgray (Post 7285600)
I compare FMQ in quilting to being able to do jumps while ice skating.
I just have to be sure not to twist my shoulder!


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