NEW! Free-Motion Framework Book and Blog Tour
Join the Free-Motion Framework Book Tour
Thank you so much for stopping by the Nancy Zieman Productions blog stop on the Free-Motion Framework book tour! Team Nancy Zieman met author/sewer/quilter Jen Eskridge, about 3 years ago, when Jen interviewed for an independent contractor position to work on the NZP blog and social media team. While working with Team Nancy Zieman, Jen found time to develop and author her own Free-Motion Framework quilting book, releasing now with C & T Publishing. Keeping with Nancy Zieman’s mission of sewing and quilting education, we knew we wanted to be included in this book tour. Find Jen on her own blog site, ReannaLily Designs, on Facebook, and on Instagram.
“Free-Motion Framework is more than a quilting book. It is a guide to a journey of self-discovery and enrichment. By using one of 10 linear designs as a framework, you can practice quilting motifs in small spaces while accidentally creating a 40″ wholecloth quilt,” says Jen.
How Does The Process Work?
Choose one of 10 Framework designs included within the Free-Motion Framework book. Transfer designs onto your own 40″ fabric square using tips and instructions included in the Free-Motion Framework book. (Jen uses Water-soluble Pencils from Clover to mark her designs.)
From here, prepare the fabric for quilting, as you would any other quilt. Choose shapes from the linear design to fill, symmetrically, with quilting designs. Practice as many design motifs as you like. Each time you create a small project it will help grow your machine quilting skills, and it will turn out completely different from the one you stitched before.
Note: Build your skills on a domestic or longarm sewing machine.
And, after you’ve practiced and quilted the entire piece, you’ll turn out an unexpected wholecloth quilt without the extensive planning of a wholecloth quilt design.
What’s in The Book?
- The Free-Motion Framework book includes ideas for basic quilting designs and concepts for how to challenge yourself. If you already enjoy stitching a meander/stipple design, consider adding in loops, stars, hearts, or leaves to push your design to the next level.
- Goal Worksheets are offered for each of the 10 linear designs. Once you choose a design and mark your fabric, you may want to make notes as to how you’ll finish up the project. The Goal Worksheet will keep you on track and allow you to track your progress.
- Jen presents tips and variations for isolating shapes within the linear designs.
- Quilted interpretations by four different quilters per linear design are also presented. By choosing different shapes in the design, each project will look unique. There are 41 inspiring quilts featured in the Free-Motion Framework book. In the design below, Shark Attack, notice the abundance of shapes from which to choose:
- Each design is presented in its full square composition, and a quadrant of the design is presented. Then, each linear design is stitched four times, by four different quilters, using as many or as few lines as they’d like to fill in shapes with machine quilting designs, which they feel comfortable stitching. For this reason, this skill builder is great for ALL levels of machine quilters. Take a look at these interpretations of the Shark Attack design:
Shark Attack: Quilted by Jen Eskridge
Shark Attack: Quilted by Joanna Marsh
Shark Attack: Quilted by Jen Eskridge
Shark Attack: Quilted by Geraldine Wilkins
Join the Free-Motion Framework Book Tour!
See the interesting perspectives from Jen and the contributing quilters along this book tour. Be sure to check out each stop as each stop may have additional chances to win a copy of the Free-Motion Framework book.
Monday | June 4
ReannaLily Designs: Jen Eskridge’s Blog
C & T Publishing
Tuesday | June 5
Joey’s Quilting Co
Helen Ernst Longarm Quilting
Nancy Zieman Productions, LLC The Blog
Thursday | June 7
Friday | June 8
Kustom Kwilts
Living Water Quilter
Seamingly Slawson Quilts—Susan Lawson
For a chance to win a copy of the New! Free-Motion Framework book, from C & T Publishing, please leave a comment sharing your favorite part of the quilting process.
Happy Quilting,
Team Nancy Zieman
Nancy Zieman Productions, LLC.
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Joy
This book looks like it would give so many options to doing whole cloth quilts. So many ideas. Great! Joy Baetz
Claudia Tam
My favorite part of quilting is sewing my blocks together to make the quilt top.
Helen Jaroslawski
Sounds like it might be the perfect book for a newbie like me!
Mary O.
My favorite part of quilting is seeing the quilt top come together after all the dreaming and planning. I would love to learn to quilt designs as beautiful as those on the cover of the book.
Cindy K
My favorite part of the quilting process is putting the top together. The hardest part is deciding how to quilt it so I’m sure I could get some ideas from this book. Looks like a good one!
Madeline
For me, deciding on quilt designs is the hardest. But, once I decide, I definitely enjoy free motion quilting to see the quilt come alive.
Karen B.
My favorite part of the quilting process is creating the blocks and putting them together. I really would love to enhance my quilting process. This book looks great! Thanks.
Tracy Baker
Wow,what a great tool! I have tried to get the hang of free motion for several years now. This will be such a roadmap to follow. Can’t wait to give this a try, I have the dream big panels bit too afraid to start on them yet and this is exactly what I need.
Dorothy Martin
As I quilt I think of the loved one who will receive the quilt, and that helps me make it unique even with standard techniques. There is nothing like the joy of sharing stitches with loved ones, or babies in need, or families who are frightened and feel unloved. Stitching quilts make so many things possible.
Linda
I love the designing phase of quilting from picking fabrics to sewing on binding. I try to practice machine quilting every day. I need all the help I can get. My friend and I purchased a sit down quilting machine.
Debbie Glass
I enjoy the planning process, but deciding which plan should go with a particular fabrics is harder. Usually the quilt top gives me the quilting plan, but my FMQ skills don’t always get the message!
Carol
My favorite part of the quilting process is designing the quilt and then seeing it come to life.
Rhonda Maxfield
My favorite part of quilting is when I can finish the top and get into quilting the sandwich. Love the look of these designs, would love to learn how to quilt like that. Thanks for the inspiration.
Susan Spiers
What a great book! I love the whole process of choosing the fabric & colors when gathering fabrics & thread to begin!
Rosemary C.
I love choosing the pattern and fabrics. So many options for my unique creation.
Millie McCarthy
What a great book. I have always been amazed at how quilters came up with all these designs and would love to learn how to do them. One step at a time I guess.
Sue Arnold
These patterns are just beautiful. Need much practice to quilt like that
Gwen Allen
I enjoy the planning and cutting more than the sewing. I like least the pressing, but a well pressed Quilt is rewarding.
Sue L
I really like the time I spend with my friend picking out colors and designs, then seeing how it looks in the end after she is done with the quilting.
Verena Jones
Of all of the quilting process my favorite process is the sewing of the rows together into a pieced quilt top.This may seem like a very minor part, but to me, it is the turning point of the quilt. At this point I have completed the piecing and am now ready to move on to the actual quilting process. Additionally, it is the first first peek of what the completed process is going to look like. Although I have seen the beautiful fabrics and the completed blocks, this part is the “a-ha” movement when you realize that you are creating something beautiful!
Teri Ralph
My favorite part is deciding on the quilt designs I’m going to use on the quilt top I’ve made. I’ll admit, I’m very new at quilting, so I’m confident the “New Free-Motion Framework” Book would help me a lot. Thank you so much for the opportunity to have a chance to win this book!
Gale Betterly
Wow! This sounds like a guide to wonder and potential. I’d like to be able to use my new longarm effectively but to this point haven’t gained the skill to do so. What an exciting guide to REALLY quilting well.
Marilyn D.
Free motion quilting is so hard to perfect. I would like to try this method of hers because it looks like it would be more exact with the guides or rulers.
To be honest about the best part of quilting for me, is when it is finished and I can be proud of the good work I’ve done. Thanks for the chance to win this book.
This method, I think would do that for me.
Judith Sasse
I feel that after doing all of the piecing of a quilt I want the whole finished quilt to be my work. This book appears to teach beautiful detailed stitching to enable that end result. It’s a must have for the quilters library!
Clovis
My favorite part of quilting is looking at the work I have done. It shows I have have accomplished something. Thanks for the chance to win.
Lynn
The best part is when the quilt is done and all the sections are now one.
Susan
Have pieced 2 large quilt and ready to quilt. Now what? Struck with fear of how to go about machine quilting! I’ve sewed for years, but do not feel I have the artistic ability to do freehand quilting.
I think this book could help develop my confidence to at least start. I need help! Lol
Max
Great ideas to make the quilt extra beautiful!!! Can’t wait to try some of them.
Kathy Fitchner
Have been a quilter for years, just now dipping my toes into quilting my own …scary!!!! Would love to try the techniques in the book!
Dawn Hollingsworth
My favorite part is sewing the top together.
Barbara Jay
My favorite part in the quilting process is cutting the fabrics in preparation of piecing the quilt. Watching the pieces stack up into their neat units is exciting for me.
GrrannyH
My favorite part of the quilting process is giving the finished product to a someone. When you sleep under a quilt, you are wrapped in love.
Caroline Burzan
I keep looking at all the patterns and have sewn a couple of squares – getting enough nerve to do an actual quilt. I think I need to get this booki!!!
Teri
My favorite part of the quilting process is the planning and piecing. Looks like great ideas in the book.
Lynn F
Planning. Choosing a design, the fabrics, colors and deciding how I want to quilt the final product. I would love to know more about free motion quilting as my friend recently bought a second hand machine.
Joyce
My favorite part is piecing. I’ve tried the free motion quilting, but haven’t had much luck…but I’ll keep trying!
Connie Duffey
My favorite part of free-motion quilting is when I’ve hit the “zen” moment – my hands moving the piece in time with the machine. It’s the worst possible spot to run out of bobbin!
Crystal Conrad-Kauffman
Hand binding at the very end is my favorite part of the quilt process. I like this because it gives me that “done” satisfied feeling at the end of the long process of quilting. Also, during the hand sewing of the binding, I get to spend some cozy time with the quilt in my lap which is especially nice when it is a gift for someone else and I won’t be seeing it much in the future!
Melanie Eddy
I love learning new skills and perfecting my old ones so I am sure I would like this book.
Diane s
Love designs. I just got a new mid arm and this is awakening my creativity. Such wonderful designs.
Brenda Wallgren
I love the process of quilting and seeing how the quilting comes alive and highlights different parts in the piecing, or builds on itself, in the case of whole-cloth quilting. For me, quilting is the reward after completing the careful work of of piecing it well. Thank you for chance to win this new book!
Pat
My favorite part of the quilting process is knowing that the quilt I made is truly my creation, even the quilting. While I am very new at free motion it is important to me to complete even that part myself.
Cheryl Fabiano
Once I embraced the idea that perfection is just a goal and stopped comparing my quilts to others, I love the challenge and fun of free motion quilting.
Bev Agler
I love it all. The front is the fun and the easiest, but I love making unique backs and then the quilting adds so much character to the whole piece.
Suzanne
I just love the creativity in the entire process.
Linda Vetter
My favorite part is the quilting. Quilting is like the icing on the cake. It enhances the what has already been pieced or done previously. I have never done a whole cloth and look forward to trying that someday. Wonderful ideas!!!
Katrina Roehl
My favorite part of the quilting process is that magical moment when I take the quilt off the longarm and see that all of my sweating and fretting actually produced something beautiful. I am a newbie longarmer who would love to one day be a professional, so I could really use your book!
Linda
I love finishing the binding and seeing all the parts become whole.
Donna
I love every part of quilting. My last quilt was done with straight lines and I chose to quilt them 1/2 inch apart. It really is amazing how the quilting gives a quilt a whole new cozy look. Now it is time to learn FMQ designs.
Teresa M Edington
My fave part is putting all the pieces together and watching what comes out as I go. Even using the same pattern again and again…with different fabrics…it’s ALWAYS different.
Linda
My latest endeavor is creating small wall quilts from children’s drawings. The imaginative things children draw are endless and the quilts are fun and expressive. The kids get so excited when they see their artwork in a quilt.
Kathy Renz
I enjoy the entire process but my favorite part, my downfall, is planning and shopping.
Marty Askins
I like the whole process. I’m learning to free-motion quilt, this book would come in very handy at the moment.
Ali
I love making tops – quilting them and picking the designs has always been difficult! This book looks awesome – those examples are fantastic!
DonnaS
I love when it is finished!
Charlotte Brown
The binding is my favorite part, because that means the quilt is finished and ready to enjoy.
Miriam
My favorite part of quilting is planning the quilt, what pattern to use and picking the fabric. I struggle the most with free-motion quilting and would love this book. I’m sure it would help the process.
Linda Davidson
I am learning to free-motion quilt and the designs out there are just incredible. Picking the quilting design is difficult–what if I pick the wrong one?!–but the process of free-motion quilting is so much fun–but I still need a lot of practice!
Bonnye
I enjoy the entire process. Planning, cutting, sewing, and quilting. I love a challenge. I especially enjoy the show and tell.
Ann Scott
I am just learning machine quilting. I like the detailed designs that can be achieved!
Helen
My favorite part of quilting is free motion quilting with mt stationary machine.
Carol
I love the creativity of the whole process. Even when following a pattern, the fabric selections and quilting design are all my own.
Patricia Wester
Patchwork is my favorite part of quilting but I also love free motion quilting.
Karen A
I enjoy the whole process of making a quilt, but I really have fun with the free motion quilting.
Karen
I like to do free motion quilting using words or pictures that personalize the quilt along with traditional quilting designs. I quilt on my 440QE Bernina. I try different things to add interest to the quilt and also to keep myself from feeling it is becoming tedious. Jump in and have fun quilting!
Edna Marks
My favorite parts are the planning, picking the pattern and material. I also like the sewing of the pieces to make the blocks.
Melody Lutz
The ironing of fabrics! It means I’ve chosen a project, purpose, fabrics, time and am READY! Ironing clothes? BITE YOUR TONGUE, how dare you even think of it!
Lynn A.
Love the satisfaction of creating sometime with new skills.
Lynn A.
Love learning new skills and creating something uniquely me.
Janine
These designs are so beautiful. Just itching to stitch them out!
Debbie
I love everything about sewing. My husband surprised me with a mid size long arm machine and I am learning to free motion and how to use rulers. I am having fun practicing.
Delores
I enjoy the whole quilting journey-from idea through selection of fabrics to execution. But I must admit that putting those quilting stitches in (either by hand or machine) is so satisfying because they signal another nearly done project for someone I love- or for me.
Janie H
I love the selection of color and pattern when deciding on a quilt. But what’s NOT to love in any part of the process!
Louise Haddon
My favorite part is the piecing. I love starting a new project and watch it all come together.
Margaret
I enjoy seeing the blocks go together and the design “grow”. When the binding is on and it is complete, I think stepping back and seeing the entire quilt is the best part. I have two quilts now waiting for the quilting process. I think that this new free motion book might be a great inspiration. Thank you for all the great materials on this site.
Chris
Though I haven’t made many quilts (exactly 5) my MOST favorite part of the quilting process is seeing them on display or being used by our grandchildren (who received 3 of the 5)! Seeing the quilts and knowing that I made them–even with twp attempts at free-motion quilting–makes me so proud and grateful for the talents God has given me.
Nancy
I am torn between the design process and the quilting. I am often stumped when it comes to figure out just “what to quilt”. This books looks like it would help with some of that process!
Thanks for sharing.
Teresa Vicars
I enjoy piecing my quilt tops the most. Deciding how to quilt them is the hardest part for me. I love the designs in your book and would love to learn how to do them. Thank you for the giveaway. Someone will be very blessed to recieve the free copy.
June
My favorite is the quilting part. Im not really good with color and desgn as so many are. I havent hand finished snything as i dont think i know how. But im pretty ok with fmqing blocks. Need to do more with llarger sizes. Thanks for the chance.
Michelle Hall
i love learning something new and creating something unique
Christi
I love the piecing. MY free motion skills need work.
Millie L McCarthy
I am in the same way. I love piecing, but too much FMQ.
Mo
Oddly enough the repetitiveness of the process. By the time I have done a design a few times its like a zen moment after that.
Sue Abrey
I’m just learning to fmq on my Simply16, and it is absolutely my favourite part of the whole process.
Joni
I love the piecing but as I get better with my FMQ I find I am enjoying that more every time!
Robin Hessefort
I really need to practice machine quilting on my home machine. This would be an excellent lesson to practice this.
Nancy Thone
My favorite part of fmq is getting that quilting finished!
Denise Munger
I like the idea of the Goal work sheet. Great idea to keep you on target. Love reading and seeing how people have different ways and tips of doing free motion quilting. Have done a tiny bit of free motion but would love to get into quilting free motion more. Would be grateful and love to win a copy of this book.
Carol Lorraine Stearns
My favorite part is reading the book and getting ready to quilt!
Sandy
I love the idea of fmq but have never tried it. Maybe now is the time. Thanks for the information to get started.
Leslie Coduti
I am amazed at what I see and seriously wonder “How does anyone come up with these ideas?” It is most humbling. I love constructing quilt tops but mystified when trying to decide how to quilt it.
Helen Thomas
My fave part of the quilting process? Picking the fabrics and petting them in the process! 🙂
Donna Thueson
I love how complete the instructions are to help me get this done.
L Watson
I like putting all the individual pieces together. I love looking through fabrics, however, it can be overwhelming for me to imagine how it all needs to go together.
KATHY PARKS
Love to free motion – really like to see how different each quilter can add their experience to the same pattern.
E. Watson
I like looking through all the fabrics as I select the fabric I’m going to use. However, it can be a bit daunting to decide which fabrics to use, they’re all so pretty! 🙂
Zina Hardy
I love stitching the pieces together because it’s amazing watching the design come to life.
Jo Collins
I love figuring out the design.
Sherry Laferriere
This book sounds exciting, I’d love to try out the new designs. I am an experienced quilter but, I am just a beginner on machine free motion quilting and could use all the help I can receive. Thanks for the chance of receiving your new book.
Bonnie
What a fantastic book! I would love to win a copy of this book, because my free motion quilting skills need some serious help. My favorite part of quilting is the piecing.
Carole S.
I have to say, my favorite part is taking the quilt off the machine! It’s like setting it free, and I can wrap myself in the beauty, and not worry about all the little mistakes I’ve made.
Dottie Bishaw
I would love to win this beautiful book. My favorite part is the piecing together of the quilt, thanks for the opportunity to win.
Patti Van Dyke
Such exciting ideas! Designing, sewing, pressing & now completing all the quilting myself makes the quilt even more special for the person receiving it as a gift!
Jayne P
My favorite part is hand stitching the binding on
Donna W
My favorite part is the piecing. But, I have been practicing my free motion quilting and starting to really enjoy this part also.
Janie
Great book and wonderful designs. I need to work on the design planning and pathing.
Mandy
My favorite part of the quilting process is the excitement of starting a new project!
Kathy Myers
My favorite part of the quilting process is the piecing. I get lost from the cards of my life and enjoy the creative process. I would love to be able to quilt my creations myself and this is an awesome book
D. Hogue
Although I am a raw beginner in quilting, my favorite part so far is the planning/design process. I have always admired the beauty and craftsmanship displayed in whole cloth quilts and aspire to make one. This book sounds like a perfect place to start.
Linda Martindale
My favorite part of making a quilt is each step as I finish it.
Linda Chin
I love the piecing part of quilting, but I want to learn free motion and ruler work, also.
Sara David
My favorite part of a quilt is the actually quilting. I want to improve my skills so I can feel more confident and free when I am quilting.