earthwalker

I'm still at the scribbling on paper stage (and failing!)...yours is looking good. I must keep practicing!

akgranny

your stitching looks pretty good. i'm gonna try some sort of 'u' hoop i saw while browsing. wish i had looked at it, at least read the blurb. i haven't the 'touch' for fmq yet, even with gloves. will try finding this hoop again. when you guide this, your hands are in the proper position to guide it. might do for me.

pamkasperi

I saw one of those - octi-hoop or something like that...looks to me like it would be harder...my Mom was laughing at me about all of this - she said she expected nothing less than for me to sit down for 5 or 6 hours and get to where I could at least do a basic pattern and not stop until I got it....she said one time I spent 4 hours on the floor shuffling cards until I got it down and could do it without losing any of them from the deck! Didn't realize I was like that - so I told my husband and he and my kids are all still laughing shaking there heads.

I think the hardest part is not being scared of it...once I got past being scared of it - it just started flowing....

Oh and someone posted to use pledge on the deck of your sewing machine - so I did and it really worked moved the material along smooth (plus my machine smells lemony fresh now).

terri bb

i just got a machine a month ago that will allow me to quilt, and i have been going crazy with table toppers, etc etc. have done a couple quilts now as well, and yup, practice is what it takes! those gloves....they are a lifesaver!! i fought the fabric it seemed and some of my meandering circles would just whoosh! go fast when the fabric rolled smooth...the gloves make all the difference in the world! the little grippers on them make it much easier to control the fabric and i noticed a difference immediately. i love the idea and thank you very much about doodling for a few minutes before you start; i am making a quilt now for my 'second mom' before surgery and i will try that before i start in on it! you are doing fantastic! and hello from idaho :)

Kappy

I'm thinking you MUST ba a "first born"....LOL

pamkasperi

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Yep that is me....hum come to think of it my first born is like that too!!