I reviewed Free-Motion Quilting For Beginners and Those Who Think They Can’t by Molly Hanson for Martingale and was surprised at all of the neat free-motion stitches she did and also the fun projects! I like the idea of writing it on paper first so your brain has something to refer to when you begin. That is my favorite part of quilting. Thanks for the tutorial and thanks for the giveaway!Wow! I plan to work my way up to larger quilts. (and those who think they can’t)Not only are we fortunate to have Molly work along with us…we can tell you..she is just as talented as she is sweet! Molly’s answer is, “Start by stitching your name or a favorite word!” The basic loop de loop design—just like cursive—allows you the freedom to incorporate words into free-motion quilting designs.Pebbles and Chains consist of a space filled with as many touching circles as possible. You can check out the tutorial for this wall hanging over at the Therm O Web Blog! Encouraging you step-by-step along the way, Molly Hanson teaches how to quilt like a pro. Once it was quilted, I added the binding and hung it on my wall.When I first heard about Molly’s new book I was a little uncertain…I am a hard core straight line quilter. Many thanks for asking..Julia[…] I recently read Molly Hanson’s Free Motion Quilting for Beginners. Turn.
This is a great resource!Too many years this has been on my bucket list. This technique used a lot of thread and was tiring – If you were to do a large quilt, you would need to schedule breaks. Now I am ready to give it a whirl.A newbie at FMQ, love watching others make it look so easy, I am sewing a tshirt quilt and at the fmq part, they present their own issue, with screen printing and all,,so I am watching all the examples I can, thanks for the help!Practice and even more practice will help one to obtain decent quilting. Now if I can just keep my daughter from taking it.
Love your samples and love your Spray & Bond! so I need to get a copy of this book so I can learn it. You are also welcome to leave a comment and let us know if you are a free motion quilter for a chance to win!
While I don’t consider myself a beginner (I’ve been FMQing for 16+ years) I found that reading this book gave me courage to break out of my quilting comfort zone – you all know what that is!
I am super happy with the way it turned out and my family was in awe at my creation! Thank you so much Molly for the wonderful inspiration, I can’t wait to tackle more machine quilting.And do take a moment to visit the other Designers who joined us in supporting Molly and her new book!Thanks so much for the tutorial and for the encouragement.Darling projects! Learn and use Molly’s What free-motion design should we stitch first? I tried FMQ once and I was awful! I could really use some practice on this technique – from a distance it looks good I quilted the prints in a light grey.For the pebbles, I switched to white thread – I like the effect the white thread on off-white fabric gave. I decided to try something new and try “pebble” style.
In the book it was so clear and easy to follow I couldn’t resist trying it.Now that I had my perfectly wood grain quilted pieces I had to make them into something so I adhered some HeatnBond® Fusible Fleece to the back and some more scraps for the lining and sewed a fun piece of ribbon around the top edge.Cut a length of ribbon for a loop to hook on a ring, sew around 3 sides leaving the top open.
Learn to free-motion quilt on a home sewing machine. You'll begin by quilting your name, because soon you'll be signing unique works of art! What happened to a blog comment entry.I love the designs in this book and would love to have a helping hand as I attempt to try free motion quilting.
Thanks for the opportunity to win it.I haven’t tried free motion quilting yet, but I want to learn. Free-motion quilting is easier than you think with expert advice from Molly Hansen and a little practice. Watching Molly free-motion quilt is the best way to learn her techniques. Molly Hansen is definitely on a mission with this book; she wants to take the fear out of free motion quilting, and get everyone to try it. Master the fundamentals of free-motion quilting on manageable fat-quarter … I must confess I did draw it out first with a pen just to make sure I could do it, but I was comfortable enough with the second piece I did it all free motion on the machine. Done, simple project completed.
Thanks for the chance to win a copy of this great book.spray is better than pins when you are quilting smallI took a class on FMQ and didn’t get very far as my FM foot didn’t fit on my machine.
Time to take on the confidence building!I have a quilt ready to be quilted and Molly makes it look so easy, but she had to learn at some point.