what's your favorite free motion quilting design?
 

Hopefully no one will find this too silly. ;) For those of you who FMQ what's your favorite design?

I'm most comfortable (and like it the best) when doing a meandering curlique. Not sure if that's even a name but when I first started I played around with what was comfortable and where my hands seem to want to go. Next would be a meandering bow which would be just another loop on the curlique.

I prefer a non FMQ: crosshatching.

I also cross hatch or "on the bank" (aka next to stitch in the ditch) about 1/4" from the seam.

The first FMQ design I used was a cute 3" double heart motif from Quilting Creations (HH19). I was absolutely shocked at how easy it was. The continuous lines had arrows and the whole thing was so much fun. I probably would have given up on FMQ if I had ruined the baby quilt I was quilting, but marking this pattern was the training wheels I needed to get started with FMQ and it is still one of my favorite designs.

I like to do a meander, a meander with hearts and the one I've attached a pic of. I don't have a name for it but it's easy!

My first, and favorite, FMQ design is swirls. They kind of look like waves. My latest favorite is woodgrain.

McTavishing

Flowers: I start with a small tight swirl for the center, then I go around and around, adding several "layers" of petals, not necessarily all the same size, until I get the size I want. I've just finished a quilt where I did this type of flower in the center of each block.

Puzzle pieces and swoops that I call a fleur de lis. Recently I tried curl e q's and that went really fast since I could cross over the threads.

Paisley.

Watson