tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20552696.post5439838212830901883..comments2023-11-02T04:47:57.375-05:00Comments on Giraffe Dreams: How I Machine QuiltCarol E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02741550863747328734noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20552696.post-29559359809558500222010-07-09T11:04:46.595-05:002010-07-09T11:04:46.595-05:00You said the magic word for getting better at anyt...You said the magic word for getting better at anything---practice! I also agree that FMQ is "scary-fun". But you have to jump in and try scary things in order to get more confidence, absolutely! I recently changed my allover meander method from doing random quarters of the quilt, dragging it back and forth and around and backwards to get to the middle, to quilting edge to edge in AnnieOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06619125197850685345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20552696.post-70234536481638289082010-07-09T09:04:05.221-05:002010-07-09T09:04:05.221-05:00When I started quilting 2008, as I was reminded to...When I started quilting 2008, as I was reminded today, I didn't know what "free motion" meant, so just went back and forth five times in each blog. My first quilt is still the favourite of my granddaughter even though it's at my house now as it doesn't fit her bed, so she has a "professional" one that I then made doing actual free motion.<br />I love doing it, I Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06425123492444675750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20552696.post-64413695631159308632010-07-09T07:42:34.757-05:002010-07-09T07:42:34.757-05:00Love this post. I haven't heard Uffda since I...Love this post. I haven't heard Uffda since I lived in MN sixteen years ago! I just might try meandering again...so stressful to follow the rules. Who made them anyway?!?!?!? Thanks for permission to relax about it!Linda at Roscoe's Mahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08018338526858461422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20552696.post-56925247667992027522010-07-09T06:52:25.803-05:002010-07-09T06:52:25.803-05:00This makes so much sense. I recently looked a qui...This makes so much sense. I recently looked a quilt that I free motioned several years ago and I was surprised at how much better it looked than I remembered. I decided to try free motion again. One thing that really works for me is to put my machine on my dining room table. It supports the quilt instead of letting it hang. And you are so right, practice, practice, practice. I also have a Twisted Quiltshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08711708486487502455noreply@blogger.com