Great insight. I too get stuck, frustrated and say " they will never see this crossover!" Thanks

Boy this will help alot of us. Thank You for your insight.

I can't stipple to save my life, but thanks to you, you made it easier. I will try this your way.

Wow! Thanks! Just took a FMQ Class and still didn't get the stippling or the circles or most of it! Anyway, this makes sooooo much sense to me and I will be trying it very soon!

Thanks so much. I can see this helping me a lot.

Great idea -- I am a bit too left brained for stippling too, but I think this might work for me as well. Thanks much.

Thank you so much Lady!!! Duh . . . I guess it's that left-brainy thing :D I can stipple on "small areas - like mug rugs and wall hangings", but go bonkers on the bigger things. Now, let's see how much difference this will make . . . I think I can, I think I can, and I will conquer!!

I hate this part of quilting with a passion but WOW this is going to help me enormously. I too get lost when meandering. Thanks for the simple but effective tip. Two thumbs up for this idea thanks.

Just read this, it's so obvious yet it is genius! Thank you for sharing.

I like this idea. Can you tell me how far down you would draw your first line. The total
length of your quilt? I am a newbie.

Yes, I would draw the first line over the entire quilt top so I'd have a path to follow all the way.

thanks for this tut. i've struggled with stiippling, too. i may be able to do better with this method

I do pot holders for a senior center and am going to try your method. Will try using an iron off marker. Think this will make a great improvement in my production. Also thinking I will try doing a double size piece and then cut to size and bind. Thanks for this handy tutorial.

Brilliant-- I used chalk and away I went... no more stuck spots-- thanks ever so much! cheers from -30 Canada-- is a stitching day -- not even remotely interested in our usual snow machine tours on the weekends-- nope nope nope--- even if it has to be scrappy pot holders-- inside for me-- and meandering nowwwww

That pictures goes miles in making it clear as can be. Thank you!!

Thank you so much. I to have trouble with meandering.

Isn't it strange how we differ in our skill set? Meandering has always come naturally to me but I have difficulty in feathers. Now if someone could teach me that I would be thrilled.

ditto...................................

I haven't signed on to this forum in several years, but when I saw the image posted in Pinterest, I thought, "Brilliant!" THANK YOU!!!

Thanks Wendy, I just tried this a couple days ago and it is much better to have a line to follow, I still need a lot of practice. I am in Cottonwood AZ. Suzanne

Thanks, Mousie! This "discovery" made so much difference in my stippling/meandering that I just HAD to share!

I'm glad somebody plucked this out of the archives. I thought I was the only one who had trouble meandering. Thanks, Wendy.

Ditto. This is brilliant! Thank you so much!

I'm impressed! You mastered feathers before meandering?! I've been quilting for a few years and feathering is still a challenge for me. I'm not too bad at meandering but I'm also impressed with your idea for drawing a "snake" line. I've got a quilt sandwich waiting and I'm going to use your technique to finish it. Thank you!

I saw a reference to your tutorial on FB yesterday... they posted your picture of the technique

I'm interested to know where/who posted it, but I am happy to share. I've seen it on Pinterest numerous times too.

Wendy

This technique is brilliant! I can't wait to try it out. I always get stuck in areas & can't get out. Thank you, thank you for this discovery!

I look forward to practicing. Thanks

Thank you for the tut...

Thank. You. So. Much! This is really going to help me!

Great idea! And thanks for the drawing.

Thanks this looks like a method I can now accomplish.

Thank you so much for sharing your idea!!

Make sure that you leave little hills and valleys at the bottom of the row. That way the next row will nest into the previous and you won't see a line.

Brilliant! Thanks for sharing your technique. I only have done outline quilting on very small pieces, because I couldn't wrap my head around the stippling, either! So thank you! I'll try it!

I'm so glad I read this. I struggle with this too. And I really want to be able to do it. So now I am anxious to practice. Thank you!

Thank you! I am going to try that.

When stippling and meandering I have to keep telling myself "round corners" or just "round" to avoid a pointed spot or loop in my quilting...just another tip!