3 Essential Free Motion Quilting Designs on a Sewing Machine: Best Tips for Beginners in 2021

Fantastic instructor. Thank you so much

I am just beginning to venture out from straight line quilting. I have only been quilting for about four years now. I have been watching videos like yours but this video gives more confidence to try and that I CAN free motion quilt with practice. I'm always afraid I'll ruin my quilt! I like how you describe the steps and explain the techniques in detail. It is extremely helpful to a newbie. Thank you so much for sharing your expertise!

You are awesome. Very good video

Thanks so much! I enjoyed your style of teaching and learned a lot. I love the sloppy circles design.

Great tutorial, and very positive. Thank you!

Thank you so very much! This is a great tutorial!

Thank you SO much for this tutorial and after many, many years of making quilts at 80 I’m going to quilt my very first project instead of having someone else do it. Wish me luck 😊😂😂

Thanks!

You are a wonderful teacher. Clear speech, knowledgeable, yet "approachable" language. I'm interested in free-form stitching to make little art pieces for fun. So helpful!!

Fantastic! Thank you . . . You make me believe I can do this! 💕

Do you know if it’s possible to do free motion on a walking foot machine? I tried just leaving the feed dog up, but I wasn’t happy with the tension. The top tension was a bit too loose.

Since there are 3 “foot components” on a walking foot machine (the bottom feeder, the top feed foot, and the “vertical only” foot that encircles the needle), maybe it’s possible to just remove the bottom and top walking feeders, leaving the “vertical only” foot?

I've watched probably 1000 videos, and you are a wonderful teacher. Thank you so much 💓

Thanks for sharing this. It is really helpful!

Girl you are the best ❤

Thank you!

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A big thanks ❤

Of all the people I have watched in order to learn to quilt, YOU ROCKED IT! I'm no longer intimidated and can't wait to begin. Thanks so much!!!!!!!

Great, thanks for sharing it 👍

Finally! Someone who answered every question I had about FMQ on a standard home sewing machine!! Your 2 videos about beginning FMQing are fantastic! I am in the process of making a memory quilt for a dear friend who lost her brother and her horse within a couple months of each other. I had learned about quilting from my grandmother - back when treadle machines were still common. Did I mention that I’m 75 yrs old? 😂 This is the first real quilt I’ve made all by myself, and my sewing experience has been limited to mending & replacing zippers. Because my quilt incorporates a panel with a mountain scene in the middle with photos of my friend and her brother and horse (that I printed on fabric) going around the edges of the panel, I especially want to do FMQ in the large panel rather than making blocks with vertical & horizontal lines. Your clear instructions, and tips will save me hours, and my sanity! Thank you sooooo much!

And what kind of machine do yu have???

Ok first thank you for the video
And secondly you used a regular sewing machine instead of sending it to a long arm person ?

As a new quilter, your video tutorials have become my go to. Thank you for all the information you provide!!

Yes!! Thank you! Because of your amazing video I have gotten rid of my eyelashes (before today I didn’t know they were eyelashes 😂). A whole new world of quilting has opened up for me!

This is such a good tutorial! Thanks for making it; I'm going to put on the big girl panties and start practicing in the morning!!! :). I love your tutorials- this is my favorite quilting site; you really do cover the content really well!

You are a superb teacher. Thank you😊

Love your videos. What is the name of the pattern of the quilt you show at the end if the video? The one you were machine quilting before you got your longarm and then finished on the longarm?

When I started free motion quilting I told myself that any that didn't work out as well as I hoped would be given to my dogs as bedding. My dogs are now very comfortable indeed 😮😂

I have watched 100s of videos on how to free motion quilt. I have to say that your videos are the best that I have come across. There's no waffling, no going off onto something else. I dont feel that you are talking down to me. Your videos are amazing and precise. You have given me the confidence to just get on and do it. Thank you so much.

New subscriber. Best tutorial by far. I'm going to try, woohoo! Thanks

I love how you speak to us and teach us all these techniques. You’re so kind, I wish I lived by you so you could teach me in person.

Thanks!

You are an amazing teacher. I am learning soooooooo much. THANK YOU!!!

❤ Love the idea of adding extra on the top so you can practice FMQ and test tension. Love testing the tension with that fabric too. Such a simple idea, but one I had not thought of. Both tips are BRILLIANT! ❤

What do you do if it is eye-lashing on the top?

If i could give you many stars, you would not have enough room. God bless you. Thank you so very much.

Loved your video. Excellent instructional video

Thank you, very interesting. What batting do you use?

I love this series - I jumped in with a Bargello lap quilt and have been having so many tension and birds nest issues. I kind of 'knew' that there was all these extra things like the quilting foots and FMQ, but just assumed I could get by. Which I did, for the most part, but this series has helped explain so much - the feed dogs, why quilting feet are useful, basting and what happens if you don't, all these wonderful tips! I can't wait to get back into my quilting tonight and apply these lessons. :D

Wow, You are a great instructor! I have been quilting for a few years but other than straight line stitching have never FMQ my own quilts. Your explanations on how to set up my machine and how to trouble shoot problems has given me the confidence to try.

Vielen, vielen Dank für dieses tolle Video. Ich beginne gerade mit dem freien Quilten und habe hier so tolle Tipps gehört, ich bin begeistert. Vor allem, dass du auch Fehler und Probleme zeigst und wie man sie vermeiden bzw. beheben kann, das ist wirklich eine tolle Hilfe. Vielen Dank dafür !!! 👍🌺

Thank you for a very informative tutorial. Tension and breaking threads were a big problem today for me trying to FMQ. I will try again using your tips. Messy pebbles seems a great practice.💗🇦🇺

Thanks!

Great video. Thanks!

Best video ever on free motion quilting information

Hello 😊 I am about to FMQ a quilt that has very thick intersections. I’m terrified to cut threads to flatten. Will my stitching unravel and open with wear? Will I break needles trying to quilt over the lumps? And finally, will the pressed top seams wander out of place, over the batting, while quilting? Oh how much I would appreciate some experienced advice. Thank you!

`I loved your tutorial. I am a beginner and you made me feel like I can do machine quilting. I will probably go back and forth to watch your tutorial a lot. Thank you so much. I was thinking of practice making potholders. No matter how they turn out I can still use them. Thank you for the time you took to help others. God Bless you.

thank you so much for these tutorials. you are a fabulous teacher and I am so happy I found your channel

Thank you:) Finally starting my journey into FMQ on my little pfaff- came here because you're a great teacher - totally loving it!

Mu machine dont go backwards it the bobbin thread slip out.. Or I got eyelashes.. On the too.. The turn or behind the fabric is perfect.. Can t tell what's wrong... I tryied a lot of tensions..