Great Basics 8: Free Motion Quilting

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Nancy shows how to do the free motion quilting in this eighth tutorial for the Great Basics quilt. Jump back to the beginning and watch the other videos in this series to create your own Great Basics quilt. In the last video, Nancy prepared for the free motion quilting by sewing straight lines to stabilize the quilt. She used her walking foot with invisible thread on her sewing machine to do the stabilizing quilting.
For the free motion quilting, Nancy uses the free motion foot. This foot has a spring to bounce up and down over the fabric while moving the quilt to sew the free motion designs. She recommends switching to a colored thread. She uses Superior Threads So Fine polyester thread on the top and pre-wound Superior SuperBOBs The Bottom Line Bobbins for the bottom. Schmetz's Top Stitch needles have a larger hole and shaft in the front so the thread breaks less often.
The book has examples of how to free motion quilt the nine patch block. She shows how she does it on her example of the Great Basics quilt in the pink colorway. Next she also shows how to free motion quilt the setting triangles; moving from one triangle to the next. There are additional design options in the book to free motion quilt the triangles.
Nancy moves to the setting square blocks. She does meandering free motion quilting in one of the blocks. The meandering design is a great option for a crib or twin size quilt and easy to do yourself. Another option for these blocks is to sew half circles. Nancy takes her Bohin chalk pencil and draws lines with her ruler from one corner to the other to find the center of a setting square block. This design creates four petals in the block.
Nancy starts at the bottom of the border and works her way backwards as she free motion quilts. She finds it easier to quilt into the empty space and she doesn't run into an area where she has already quilted. Take out the basting pins before starting. She free motions sews a loop design on one border. Another option is to sew "pebbles" or "olives" in the next border. The "pebbles" or "olives" can be different sizes. Either designs are great options to fill the border. The Great Basics book shows the designs to reference for your quilt.
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[@lorih9499]

I am inspired to try free motion quilting on my next quilt.

[@asiahsheik2105]

Awesomeness at its best ❤❤❤

[@carolcarter865]

So appreciate your thorough explanation of each step of the way of quilting.

[@starfishgurl1984]

This was awesome! I saw the FMQ design you used for your nine patch blocks used on the four patches of the 54-40 blocks of a Tennessee waltz quilt and wanted to use it on the Tennessee waltz quilt that I’m making. I wasn’t sure if they used a stencil for it or what path they chose to create it but not really having a name for it was wondering how I’d find out more about it and just happened upon this video in a generic FMQ KZbin search and am so glad I did, thanks x’s 1,000!

[@QuiltingWithNancy]

You're very welcome :)

[@carmenbailey1560]

Nice machine quilting, thanks for sharing 👍❤️😊

[@QuiltingWithNancy]

Thanks for visiting and watching and sharing :)

[@katiemarshall439]

Thanks so much for all of the great information and showing how to use it!

[@QuiltingWithNancy]

You are so welcome!

[@barbarabich2883]

I have always been intimidated by quilting. Love the look but was always afraid I would mess it up. After watching your videos it has changed my way of looking at it. Now it’s more of a challenge to see my mistakes and improve on them. Thank you.

[@QuiltingWithNancy]

You can do it!

[@Takoe976]

Just perfect, thank you! ♡

[@QuiltingWithNancy]

Glad you like it!

[@patriciaguevara8793]

Wow!! I need your book! Looking it up now - I love how you show and explain as you go. So hard to sometimes forgive out even how to begin 👍

[@QuiltingWithNancy]

You are so welcome!

[@TheKaydie]

When meandering on a quilt is it better to start at a corner or start in the middle? Also have heard you don't ever cross over a line. Is that just personal preference? Free motion quilting is not as easy as it looks, takes a lot of practice. I liked your designs.

[@QuiltingWithNancy]

Hi Judy - I generally start on the edge and work my way to the middle after I have stabilized the quilt with straight lines. Not crossing a line is something someone said once and I have no idea way - it makes no since to me. I don't practice - I do :) - just start - make a small quilt and quilt it and I bet your next one will be better than the first :)

[@fideleoriordan5293]

Loved the video on FMQ, just purchased “The great basics” so happy it was an Ebook, as postage costs can be prohibited to Ireland. Any chance your other books will be Ebooks?

[@QuiltingWithNancy]

Glad you enjoyed it! and found the others :)

[@amyhumphries7594]

Did you drop the feed dogs? How do you control the stitch size?

[@QuiltingWithNancy]

On this machine I don't and technically you don't on any machine, just turn the stitch length to zero. When FMQ the stitch length is always "You" - how fast you move is what makes the length - the speed of the machine is up to you also - you and your machine need to work together. Hope that helps :) - Nancy

[@TinekeWilliams]

Amy Humphries I disagree, I tried that and was not happy. Once the feed dogs were dropped it made a huge difference. Don’t forget she is using a commercial machine, not a home one

[@barbaraatwell8613]

Please show how to put the quilt and backing together, I am unhappy with my work pining or spraying, rinkals and bubbles Ths

[@QuiltingWithNancy]

Hey Barbara - here is the whole playlist for this quilt - follow it though and you will see the basting video - I use 505 Basting Spray and safety pin. Good Luck :)

[@fideleoriordan5293]

Sorry got it wrong, on closer inspection (with glasses on) I see your books are ebooks.