Free Motion Quilting

Free Motion Quilting Adventures in Review: My Best post of the year

Add a little LOVE to your next quilt with these sweet hearts. This versatile motif looks like hearts and upside-down hearts when stitched on red or pink, but don’t reserve it just for Valentine’s Day—the hearts are beautiful on many quilt styles! Learn how to free-motion quilt a heart border on the blog at #WeAllSew!

The December FMQ Challenge , where Patsy Thompson showed us how to create spectacular borders using FMQ. Before I announce...

101 ideas for straight line quilting – Sugaridoo

Today, it’s all about the 5 things you need to know about thread when free…

I was thinking about what I can do to help all the beginners who are just taking up free-motion quilting right now. I decided to share a design that I often get new quilters trying in their first clas

Step-by-step tutorial for 2 methods of quilting feathers.

Free Motion Quilting Sampler Blocks How to quilt half square triangles

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

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…