When you begin, use a thread with a little contrast so you can see it, but not so much that all your mistakes shine brightly. Always use good-quality needles and threads, even when you are practising. Draw out your designs Prepare for quilting If you are working on a sit-down or domestic machine, set up your machine with your free-motion foot or ruler foot, extension table and a slip mat. The advantage of using your ruler foot is that you can change styles of quilting without changing your foot.
Experiment with what you have got. Put on your gloves if you use them to quilt. For a frame quilting machine, load your sandwich to the machine as you would a normal quilt. Wind bobbins and prepare threads.
Ensure the machine is threaded correctly. Steps to stitching out free-motion quilting designs For every new design you try, follow these three steps: Step 1: Drawing out your design tracing with a pen Draw out your design on a piece of paper.
Cover that design in a piece of template plastic, vinyl, or a page protector. This means you can trace over the lines with a white board maker many times. Just trace, wipe off and repeat. The key to the tracing process is to keep your pen down on the plastic without lifting it off. If you think about it, every time you lift the pen it is the equivalent of cutting your thread. This would mean more ends to sew in and the design not flowing freely. Always trace at the constant speed that you would be quilting at, not jerking or speeding up and slowing down.
Again, when you are stitching, this would lead to short and long stitches. The whole point of this step is to smooth out your hand movements, so do not rush it.
If you are getting a bit lost down the track when you are stitching, go back to this step to get your motion smooth again. Stitching out your designs Step 2: Stitch out the design on a practice piece It is always worth testing out a design before you stitch it out on the main quilt.
This is practising the motion, but also you might find that you do not like it stitched out and you can then choose another design. Step 3: Stitch out the designs on your final piece By repeating the process on your final piece, you are reinforcing the skills you have learnt. You will also find that you may be stitching on a larger piece, so you will need to control the quilt sandwich as you quilt.
I find pushing the excess quilt into the harp of the machine works better than rolling the quilt into a log. The quilt is far easier to manoeuvre. Start in the middle of the quilt. Free Motion Feathers Design — Add a pretty touch to any quilting project with this feather design. Low Tide Design — A simple wave pattern that can be used on any fabric, no matter how busy.
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Comments I like to learn how to do Free Motion as I seen when making a quilt its already done in the background as you see the Designs Shapes say circles or just squiggle shapes.
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You can place a classified ad in your newspaper of penny saver paper stating that you are buying fabric. Check out these unique and free motion quilting designs from around the web. This is a pretty easy design.
Design Family — Center Fill. This design is started in the center of your quilting space, then stitched outward. This means this design will work great in open, uncomplicated areas like blocks. Directional Texture — Center focused.
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