Free-Motion Quilting with Your Sewing Machine
It’s time to check free-motion quilting off your bucket list! With tips from Sewing With Nancy guest Molly Hanson you can jump in with a can-do attitude. Luckily, my guest took her can-do attitude and taught herself artistic stitching. Now, you can watch her can-do free-motion quilting techniques online and view the specific techniques in her book.
Molly’s goal in teaching free-motion quilting is to inspire creativity. The best news is that creativity isn’t difficult! To prove it, we’ll start with paisley free-motion quilting techniques.
Paisley
The wide-to-narrow paisley design is often paired with geometric quilt patterns. It’s a free-motion design perfect for beginner stitchers.
Note from Nancy—I’ve tried free-motion quilting in the past and was never able to master paisley. After following Molly’s directions, I had success after the first try. Really!
Woodgrain
Quilting nature-based designs seems to bring a sense of calm. Woodgrain is a design that relies on imperfection for its beauty. This is not a design to stress out about or fuss over. Small wiggles and bumps give it character, and variance in width of the grain adds to the beauty.
Swirls
Swirls work well almost anywhere. You’ll learn how to manipulate the shape by creating a half or even a quarter swirl, or stitch around one swirl to create more layers to fill a space. This design teams well with many other free-motion styles.
Print Tracking
Our last free-motion quilting technique of this series is print tracking. Just like it sounds, you choose a printed fabric and track or stitch along the design. This outline stitching allows you to make the fabric design really stand out, while giving you the opportunity to quilt all sorts of new shapes you might not otherwise try.
You’ll really enjoy Molly’s Book!
In Free-Motion Quilting for Beginners learn how to:
- Set up your machine for free-motion quilting—no technique is left out.
- Begin by learning how to quilt your name, because soon you’ll be signing unique works of art.
- Master all the fundamentals of free-motion quilting by working on manageable fat-quarter-sized fabric pieces.
- Confidently stitch 10 different quilting designs, including stippling variations, pebbles, square meander, swirls, and woodgrain.
- Take your skill to new heights as you quilt 15 practical projects to enhance your daily life, such as a tabletop organizer, table runner, tote bag, weekender bag, and laptop sleeve.
Watch Free-Motion Quilting for Beginners (Part One and Part Two) on Sewing With Nancy online.
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Laura Hartwig
I have been terrified to quilt! The idea of all the artistic free motion quilting that many do on their quilts has left me to scared to attempt quilting. Thank you Molly Hanson for writing this book. I will be buying and trying all your techniques!!!
Clovis
Haven’t got the hang of FMQ. I tried, but didn’t do very we’ll. Will try again.
Julie Kill
I’m petrified to try quilting something on my own. I’ve always brought my work to a professional. I need this book! THANK YOU for the techniques! Now, I may get some of my UFOS completed.
Starla
Great ideas. I will try again!
Linda
I will have to checkout Molly’s book.
Melissa
I have tried free motion quilting and done terribly , but willing to try again after watching episode. This book would be very helpful.
Florence Dupuis
I keep trying fmq but still cannot get the hang of it. Maybe I do need this book. I think I’ll put it on my Christmas list.
Carolyn Langley
I love free motion, and watching these videos, just helps me to add even a few more designs, and how to use them in projects. Thank you very much. So glad these free videos are made available to us.
Happy sewing..
Jeanette withrow
I would like to learn more about free motion quilting. This would be a good opportunity
scarter
I have tried free motion but have had no success.
Judy G
Like others, I try FMQ but just can’t seem to do it, although I do admit, it seems to go better each time I try. So, I will watch this video, order the book, and keep trying!
Marsha Lamberth
I have tried FMQ several times. I don’t know how to do anything but meander quilting. Even that works best on small projects. Maybe I will see if this book can help me.
ronda delao
what type of sewing machine do you use
Nancy Zieman
Hi Ronda. I sew with Baby Lock machines. You can find much more information about their sewing machine at http://babylock.com/