Lainee

Good idea on the garden gloves. I have been using finger cots and they're less than ideal...sweaty fingers and they're fragil. The quilt shop was out of cloves when I signed up for class and I was going to stop at Joann's today...will check Walmart or Target.

Lainee

Here's a real newbie question....Do you sew on the paper after you have trace a patten on it? Has anyone tried the rolls of border that you stick onto the fabric? I really do need something to follow to stitch!!!! Don't really like the idea of drawing pattern on fabric...sounds really tedious.

gayle b

I have done quite a bit of free motion quilting and each time I start I get anxious about it. You just have to jump in. One thing I have found is that after washing the quilt, the puckering that occurs covers up mistakes. Instead of meandering I find it easier to do swirls in different sizes. STop with needle down when you need to reajust your hands at a natural stopping place, which for me is in the center of the swirl when I change direction. It does take practice and is much cheaper than sending out to a long arm quilter. Have fun and breath!

gayle b

there is somthing called golden threads paper, it is like tissue paper, you trace your pattern onto it, pin to fabric and sew over it, it is a bit teadious to remove all the paper bits afterward but it does work great!