FMQ - I now know why I failed Art Class in Kingergarten
03-18-2011, 06:49 PM
#61
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My "free motion" quilting consists of outlining: edges of flowers, vines, fairies, whatever print is on the fabrics. I lostly look for where I can follow a print (and I don't mind crossing over, either!).
I have never figured out how to do stippling.
Maybe someday I will try the dot-to-dot method. It looks close enough to outlining that I might stand a chance.
I have never figured out how to do stippling.
Maybe someday I will try the dot-to-dot method. It looks close enough to outlining that I might stand a chance.
03-18-2011, 07:35 PM
#63
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Originally Posted by jljack
Despite all the encouraging comments here ( :thumbup: ), I have to admit that I, too, have no drawing skills either. I find FQM to be extremely challenging, even after 3 years of doing it on my shortarm machine on a frame, which should make it so much easier. I get all tied up in knots, my stitches are so uneven and the design looks like it was done by a 3 year old.
I am best suited for SID, my own swirly loopy meandering, or edge-to-edge pantograph. Anything else is just beyond my abilities...I don't have that kind of artistic ability.
I feel for you....we should start a club...The Unable to FMQ Quilters!! :-)
I am best suited for SID, my own swirly loopy meandering, or edge-to-edge pantograph. Anything else is just beyond my abilities...I don't have that kind of artistic ability.
I feel for you....we should start a club...The Unable to FMQ Quilters!! :-)
03-19-2011, 02:36 AM
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where do i sign up?????? lol
Originally Posted by jljack
Despite all the encouraging comments here ( :thumbup: ), I have to admit that I, too, have no drawing skills either. I find FQM to be extremely challenging, even after 3 years of doing it on my shortarm machine on a frame, which should make it so much easier. I get all tied up in knots, my stitches are so uneven and the design looks like it was done by a 3 year old.
I am best suited for SID, my own swirly loopy meandering, or edge-to-edge pantograph. Anything else is just beyond my abilities...I don't have that kind of artistic ability.
I feel for you....we should start a club...The Unable to FMQ Quilters!! :-)
I am best suited for SID, my own swirly loopy meandering, or edge-to-edge pantograph. Anything else is just beyond my abilities...I don't have that kind of artistic ability.
I feel for you....we should start a club...The Unable to FMQ Quilters!! :-)
03-19-2011, 08:51 AM
#68
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ACK I FEEL YOUR PAIN!! I found that I like my older singer that has the darning option in it and I am soooooo much better with the FMQ. My other sewing machine would end up eating thread, messing up the bobbin, the needle bending or breaking, etc, etc....
03-19-2011, 08:49 PM
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Originally Posted by marthahelen
O.K. I failed art all the way through school and now I'm showing my ignorance--what is a FMQ? So many abbreviations on this blog and I'm always in the dark.
03-19-2011, 08:50 PM
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Originally Posted by donnalynett
I can't draw a stickman but I seem to have stiples mastered. Circles are impossible for me at this point. I figure if I just keep to one pattern at a time until I get it looking right, then I can move on to another pattern.
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