Tag: Free Motion Quilting

Quilting Around in Circles

After getting all of the Concentric Circles marked (from yesterday’s post)……

…it was time to start quilting.

BUT…things didn’t go particularly well!!

I started on my domestic machine using a walking foot and realized that it was going to take a LONG….LONG time to quilt this top.

Move over to Julio (my Juki Sit-Down Long-Arm).

Have a watch to see what happened next!!

So, in the long run, I am very happy with how the quilting turned out….

I mentioned in the video that I tried a “Flanged Binding” for the first time. Keep an eye out for a future post about how to accomplish this EASY task!!

Tomorrow I will show you the finished quilt and a few of the other quilts from our guild members!!

See you then……

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That’s a LOT of marking

After I pieced my challenge top…..

….it was time to think about the quilting.

Actually, I had been thinking about the quilting since I started the project, and most of the design was based on how I wanted to quilt it using Concentric Circles.

I quickly realized that I was NOT capable of quilting these large circles without marking them first….

UGH…..I HATE MARKING!!

But, I came up with a solution that made quick work of this onerous task….

Spoiler alert….the quilting was NOT a painless process!!!

Come back tomorrow for that!!!

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Free Motion Quilting at IQF

Today I thought I would switch things up a bit and present a video of some of my favorites from the Machine Quilting Category at the International Quilt Festival.

I hope you enjoy it!!

If you are reading on email, you can use this link to go directly to the video….. https://youtu.be/-6OFBxwk_8g

Here are two quilts that didn’t get into the video…

“Bond” by Ryoko Mizota

I LOVE how she added an entirely new design just with quilting!!

“Main Event” by Ben Darby

Ben said that he wanted to play with stripes in a Lone Star setting and then decided to add a touch of whimsie…..

Come back next Friday and we will look at more!!

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For Free-Motion Quilting ideas, be sure to check out my YouTube channel…… https://www.youtube.com/c/francesquilts/videos

Let’s Talk Tension!!

This is post number two in the “Frequently Asked Questions for Free Motion Quilting” series and today we are tackling a BIGGIE….. TENSION!!!

One thing that I love about “Julio” (my sit down Juki Longarm) is that the tension is almost always perfect. It is such a wonderful feeling to sit down and know that it is going to work well!

BUT, what if your machine isn’t that reliable?

Watch and learn……

Hopefully now you have a good place to start when you are having tension issues.

Keep coming back for more FAQ’s for FMQ!!

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