Good for you!!! It gets easier the more you do.

Hi, I have tried my hand at FMQ and it's a lot of fun. Like they say, practice, practice. Right now I'm not worrying about my stitch length, hopefully in time that will get better. A helpful tip I wanted to mention is Leah Day has a video of how to modify your quilting foot. I have to agree with her that the bouncing up and down that the foot normally does did bother me, so I modified mine and it is so nice not to have it jumping up and down and to cut out the opening where I can see. If you have a few minutes take a look at how she did this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APD6s...eature=related

Tammy

I kept putting it off as well then started practicing on 12" squares but got bored with that real quick. I found that if I just started meandering on small pieces such as table toppers, wall hangings & lap throws, I enjoyed it and with each piece I get a little better at it. It isn't perfect but not so afraid of making a mistake anymore. It doesn't have to be perfect and I have stopped and ripped out. I hate being that vain and no one probably notices it, but I know it's there. Working on letting the small things go.

You'll be up to 12 coasters soon!

that is fantastic, you are on your way to more excitement of seeing how a quilt looks when done with FMQ
now that wasnt so bad was it :thumbup:

Congratulations on taking the plunge! I love the FMQ meandering. I would not win any awards, but I can finish quilts - love doing charity quilts - and have the satisfaction of having a completed quilt at a lot less cost. I LOVE the quilts done professionally by LAQ and totally admire the beautiful work done professionally, but I can't justify the expense for quilts that I know will be used and worn. And, doing my own quilts made it more reasonable when I told my Hubby I needed my new machine with the larger bed for quilting!!! LOL!!!

Congratulations! Doesn't it feel good? I bet it does, it is like anything else, thinking about and actually doing it on fabric are two different things, it can be fun!

Yay...well done.

Congratultions! I still haven't got up the nerve to do a large quilt yet, but someday I will.

Oh yes, I have found this to be sewww true in my life. Especially in quilting. After pushing through, I always wonder why I was so up tight about the whole thing.

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