Longarm ruler work

Has it really been five years since I wrote about thraed . It has! Our mail-order longarm quilting services have brought thread to the forefront of my mind again. Let's talk thread!

Amy's Amish Bars Quilt-Along: The tutorial for the top, an easy to make project for practicing free motion quilting with and without rulers.

January Lesson: Beginners Guide to Free Motion Quilting January Roundup: Beginners Guide to Free Motion Quilting - Roundup February Lesson: Thread February Lesson: Thread Roundup March Lesson: Choosing Batting & Fabric for Free Motion Quilting *************** I have never loved to practice at anything much (although I like to practice eating chocolate a lot!) When I discovered FMQ I found I could spend hours practicing various designs. This post came about because I wanted to make a group of…

Once your longarm machine is up and running it’s fun to practice all kinds of quilting, including computerized designs, free-motion fillers, and ruler work. Quilting with rulers is a wonderful way for new longarmers to achieve good results. A starter collection with a few basic rulers gives new longarmers the tools to stitch up some darn good quilts. With that in mind, we're sharing our favorite rulers that ought to be in every longarm quilter’s collection. Read more:

Let's machine quilt Stippling - the most popular free motion quilting design - in a free quilting video. Learn how to quilt on a regular sewing machine and longarm too.

In this video, I talk about threading my Handi Quilter Amara, needles and tension and just some tips to help you with this aspect of quilting.I hope that you...

January Lesson: Beginners Guide to Free Motion Quilting January Roundup: Beginners Guide to Free Motion Quilting - Roundup February Lesson...

In between canning batches of peaches today, I drew out a few quilting designs that would fit in sashing strips and narrow borders: On fabric, I would chalk out a curvy spine/vine. Then stitch out large curls. You can add plumes and leaves to the curls. These would also work for narrow borders and sashing strips. The top of the page shows how I would stitch them out. More designs for sashings and narrow border areas. Veteran Peaches grown in Oregon Waiting to be packed into the jars... So…

What should I call this one? Honestly, the pattern flowed out of my head quite easily but the name is being more reticent. Any ideas? It finished at about 55”x 69”. This pattern came together very easily. I was a bit under the weather when I started it and didn’t want to concentrate too hard to keep any star points sharp, so I planned accordingly. The squares I used for the stitch-and-flip points, both the white ones and the small colour ones in the sashing, are large enough that the bottoms…

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