Man, I suck at this. Help!

I have practiced free motion quilting on "cheater" crib quilts for the
local hospital's neonatal unit. One panel makes a nice quilt and they
don't seem to mind less-than-perfect quilting.

Julia in MN

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What a great suggestion! I am going to try this next time. I don't hand
quilt because I am too impatient for a finished project, but I was not
liking machine quilting either. But I think I was looking too much at the
needle rather than where I needed to go.

Thanks for sharing that one!
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"zo" wrote in message
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My suggestion to you is something that really helped me with my
machine quilting. I was trying to quilt the outline of the Coca-Cola
script and I was having the same problem. What I started doing was
looking AHEAD of what I would be stitching and not at what I was
sewing that second. Once you see what the needle is hitting, it's too
late for an adjustment. I found that by looking ahead (maybe 1" or so
along the design) my hands automatically moved teh quilt where I
wanted it to be and the lines were smooth. Needless to say, the
Coca-Cola script turned out great. I'll never hand quilt again!!




On Mon, 14 Jul 2003 15:56:43 GMT, "MSM" wrote:

I'm trying to quilt the flannel baby quilt by machine but man, I suck at
this. I have tried and tried to make a nice flowing heart design in the
border but I can't seem to get the quilt to move easily enough to make
the
design look even . It zigs and zags this way and that making a big ugly
mess. It doesn't look like hearts at all. I've got a big job ahead of me
doing what I have become so good at, ripping out stitches!
How do you move the quilt while stitching? There has to be an easier way
of
doing this. Help me please!

Susanne

Oh Wow!
Following a line of any sort with free-motion is what I absolutely
cannot do. Now I might be able to. This might have been the problem all
along - and I couldn't diagnose it! Can't wait to get a little practice
sandwich made and try it out. This could be exciting. Thank you so
much for sharing this tip.
..
In article , zo
writes
My suggestion to you is something that really helped me with my
machine quilting. I was trying to quilt the outline of the Coca-Cola
script and I was having the same problem. What I started doing was
looking AHEAD of what I would be stitching and not at what I was
sewing that second. Once you see what the needle is hitting, it's too
late for an adjustment. I found that by looking ahead (maybe 1" or so
along the design) my hands automatically moved teh quilt where I
wanted it to be and the lines were smooth. Needless to say, the
Coca-Cola script turned out great. I'll never hand quilt again!!

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Best Regards
pat on the hill

Absolutely!! Remember, when you drive a car, *you look at the
road ahead,* not at the hood (bonnet) of the car, not at the guys
on the sidewalk, not at that idiot in the next lane who is
talking on that blankety blank cell phone, and not even at the
quilt
on
the

clothesline

over
in that
yard!!!

PAT in VA/USA noting it is a fine Churn Dash quilt with Prairie
Points and Excellent Machine Quilting!
zo wrote:

My suggestion to you is something that really helped me with my
machine quilting. I was trying to quilt the outline of the Coca-Cola
script and I was having the same problem. What I started doing was
looking AHEAD of what I would be stitching and not at what I was
sewing that second. Once you see what the needle is hitting, it's too
late for an adjustment. I found that by looking ahead (maybe 1" or so
along the design) my hands automatically moved teh quilt where I
wanted it to be and the lines were smooth. Needless to say, the
Coca-Cola script turned out great. I'll never hand quilt again!!

Well I spent hours practicing yesterday and then spent hours tracing my
designs onto paper, which I pinned to the quilt. I sewed it up finally
about midnight last night and am thrilled with the results. It turned out
better than I good ever imagine. Thankyou everyone for all your help.

Susanne

I am so glad that my suggestion went over so well. It makes me feel
so good to help "the experts". Having a dumb electrical engineer as a
fellow quilt ain't so bad, is it? Ha ha.



On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 21:28:27 -0400, "AliceW"
wrote:

What a great suggestion! I am going to try this next time. I don't hand
quilt because I am too impatient for a finished project, but I was not
liking machine quilting either. But I think I was looking too much at the
needle rather than where I needed to go.

Thanks for sharing that one!

"MSM" wrote in message
. ca...
Well I spent hours practicing yesterday and then spent hours tracing my
designs onto paper, which I pinned to the quilt. I sewed it up finally
about midnight last night and am thrilled with the results. It turned out
better than I good ever imagine. Thankyou everyone for all your help.

Susanne

Yah!!!! Looking forward to some pics :-)

Shawn
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