Freemotion quilting

I've had the chance to review the book Free Motion Quilting for Beginners (and those who think they can't), by Molly Hanson. I love that title! I'm a big proponent of quilting your own quilts, as you know, and I've read a lot of books about free motion quilting. I like how everyone presents the information in their own personal way....there is always more to learn! This book presents all the practical information you need to get started. More importantly, it gives you the confidence to jump…

Do you want to do quilting differently this time? Try and learn how to do FMQ in this post on the free motion quilting tutorial.

Bethanne Nemesh | Freemotion Machine Quilting Teacher | Reversing curls is a critical foundation free motion quilting skill. Here is a trick for getting them to roll correctly and not getting… | Instagram

Once you are finished with your quilt, you may be thinking - what's the next step to actually getting this large piece of fabric into a finished quilt. Here are some of my favorite free printable machine quilting designs.

In this post, you can explore your options of machine quilting designs as a beginner and create your first quilting project.

I'm teaching a Free Motion Quilting class starting in April at my LQS, Heartstrings and Heirlooms. I finished up the class sample over the weekend. In the class the students will do larger samples, but I needed a small book of designs to advertise the class. As you can see in the above end view, I used three different types of batting for my sample book - Quilter's Dream 100% Cotton, Hobbs 80/20 (80% cotton and 20% polyester), and a 100% wool. I used a tutorial from a recent Quilting Arts…

Eight Free Motion quilting Tips for Confident Beginners- for when you're sick of making place mats and hot pads!

Arches are such a common element in free motion quilting. Sometimes we even do not realize that we quilt an arch. And they are in arches, flowers, crescents,...

Ever wondered how to start and stop neatly when free motion quilting? Here's a quick video of how.

The thing that helps me most in my free motion quilting journey is this: I don’t quilt with both hands on top of the quilt sandwich. I tried it in my first days of quilting and I hated it. I wanted to free motion quilt and I wanted to make it easy and fun so […]