Originally Posted by
TheMerkleFamily
“For me it was a case of getting really comfortable with smaller quilts and then jumping in and going larger.”
Great advice! My strategy for all new challenges or goals is to start small.
Other advice: Allow yourself to be a beginner. Don’t expect perfect on the early tries. Practice makes progress.
You can also start out with straight line grid quilting using a walking foot. All my machine quilting was using a walking foot until recently. First on a travel machine (Elna Lotus), then upgrading to a big machine with a 5.5” harp! After taking HollyAnne Kinight’s Free Motion Quilting Academy, I now feel confident in adding FMQ to my quilts.