If I could leran so can you! First, focus on quilting only. Do not compare to anyone. Just have fun. Instead of trying to create a pattern just get a feeling for the machine. Doodle...nothing special. Look what is the result when you move in a line or arch, echo the shape. Relax, put a music on, take a deep breath. Once, you will lern how to move the sandwich, then you can try to go for sertain shapes. It is for you. Not for perfect look or competition. It is for you to put all your love in your quilt

Oh! Thank you for this very generous feedback! I am very happy to hear it. Spread the word!❤❤❤

Yes it is. We all have to start somewhere and most of us start with small machines where there is just enough space for such sandwich. I rarely show how I quilt my large quilts as they are not the best for filming but I do have one or two videos how to handle them. Extension table or machine sunk into the table for a large space. I have an arm with a clip to hold the rest of my quilt from slipping. And I do not turn around my large quilts as much. I go from the middle and move it to the edge. I rotate after I finish my quarter. It is work but possible to do❤❤❤

Give yourself some time! I quilt since seven years and since I started my Channel, I quilt at least two hours a week. You should see my first quilt!. It is terrible, but we love it anyway 😁❤❤❤❤. Time and acceptance of your own misteakes. This will let you relax and relaxed quilters are much better than stressed out ones !

Hi there, breaking needles sounds painful! Take it slow. Maybe it is your machine or some settings that make troubles. If I can recomend something, start really with back and forth lines. Once you get them going, rest is easy. Keeping my fingers crossed!❤❤❤

Hi there! You are welcome! I am all for practice sandwiches. Most of them can be used for pot holders, cosmetic pouches, bags and so one so there is no waste. And I am sure you can learn. Many of my quilting friends started around your age. It was difficult to convince them, as they were used to perfection of their piecing, and they were expectibg the same perfect quilting result. Now, they are really good and happy. Learn at your own pace, do not compare with others only with your own work from before. Take few patterns and try what you like. This will be your basis. Let me know how it is going!❤❤❤

@@quiltingnerd Thank you so much for your kind words of encouragement and very helpful hints to get me started! Last night I pasted the links to all of your videos into an email to myself so that I can watch each one and then write notes on them. I've watched SO many other tutorials but always came back to the very few who have a teaching style similar to yours. Then I found your channel and am hooked! Today I plan to make a pile of quilt sandwiches, then watch some videos, practice the patterns on paper, and .. who knows ;) Are you able to recommend a brand and/or vendor where I might find reasonably priced rulers? Have a beautiful Sunday :)

Hi there again! Thank you again for this wonderful feedback. it confirms that I can find audience with my quiet videos. It sounds like a very sound plan. Doodling on a paper is always helpful. In additin it has a therapy effect on its own. Go for it and have fun. Just remeber, it will make you addicted!!! About the rulers.... start small. straight ruler is a must. After that maybe some ovels and round ones. I am buying what I can find in europe as shippment costs from US are insane. Handiquilter is pretty good choice. However, sometimes, there are are smaller manufacturers that make good quality rulers. I bought some from Amazon, actually. Then, I also use a service of a young man with the right tools who cuts for me acrilic sheets into forms, but that is special. Just do not buy all of them at once. They will end up laying around. ❤❤❤❤@@user-qh5tf8yd2y

@@quiltingnerd Great advice! I'm so inspired :)

I am very happy if I could help ❤❤❤

Thank you! ANd hopefully, useful!

Dear Yvette. Please try it out. I am trying to find the best way to ease all the wonderful creative people to try quilting. The patterns are nice and easy but also mixed with those that everybody want to try. And thank you for commenting on my previous video. My husband liked it a lot :)

I will most definitely give this one a try. I have tried a number of your exercise. At this time I am trying your magical feather tutorial. Well, they are feathers if I squint my eyes. ( done it for the 3rd time today), some improvements bit still a long way to go.

@@yvetteJ47 As long as you see a progress from one of your work to the next you are on the right way. And with feathers, the trick is to get them pointy at the stem. the line of the plum should be almost parallel before touching the stem. It took me some time to figure it out. And as I know quilters, I am sure your quilting is already very good 😁❤

Thank you! these are my favorite designs that I use a lot. You can quilt a whole quilt just with those! ❤❤❤

Wonderful, I am happy to hear that. Let me know how it went ❤❤❤

Very good idea!. I am thinking all the time about strategies that may help you and also help me grow my channel. Hopefully I can come up with new ways to encourage more quilters to try FMQ . ❤

Wonderful! Welcome to our community! I relax during quilting and it helps me to manage my stress levels. I hear from others that it helps them too. I want my videos to encourage you to quilt and let go of negative things ❤❤❤

But I am not a professional😁. I am a very expirienced quilting addict. The patterns are easy, and yes they need some time but they can be learned relatively fast. It is like writing.... do it long enough and you learn. I had to learn too❤❤❤

You are very welcome! Thank you for this feedback. I have more content for different levels and interests so feel free to come back!❤❤❤

Just try it. The first tests may be hm.... a bit of akward and not this what you envisioned. Please keep in mind that we are surrounded by selected images and videos. I have videos I was not happy with. start simple, straight lines, or wavy lines. Go for rtexture more than perfection in shape. That will come later with time :)❤

@@quiltingnerd Thank you so much for responding and for the good advice. I will definitely keep that in mind when I start.👍🏻 have a blessed day. Thanks again.

Oh, I missed your comment.. Thank you. I am happy if I can provide useful and relaxing content. I hope I can help and inspire. How is the baby quilt going?

thank you!

Thank you for your comment and the wishes!. I have an impression that sometimes my videos may look intimidating, but in reality they are not. So I will try to show the basics from time to time. Have a great day too!

Ohhh, come on, I hope it is not perfect!. Perfect is boring. It is the small imperfections. And perfect does not need growth❤. But thank you for your kind words! I needed that today! Try it and you will notice that the patterns are very flexible and so many combinations look simply good !

Loved watching how smoothly you moved across the quilt. I have more material than I will ever have time to piece and then quilt so I might use some of it to make whole cloth sandwiches like you have done here and just practice my free motion quilting this way. I can see it’s all about getting the right rhythm and maintaining a consistent speed. I have a sit down long arm table so I do have a large enough space to move a lap size quilt sandwich through the harp of my machine and then bind them and donate the finished quilts to organizations that need them. Thank you for this tutorial. You have truly inspired me! 🥰👍

You are very welcome!❤❤❤

Thank you for your feedback. ❤❤❤. This video was quite some time ago, but I think it was two inches. I usually go for the most common dimensions for sashing.

Hi! I am using Janome M7. My speed is always around middle levels and I do not press my pedal all the way down. The needle looks fast, but with such things it is difficult to judge, as the camera acquisition rates may not match. I do not use a stich regulator, just quilt at a constant rate. I do not rush. Quilting is a slow art.❤❤❤

Thank you for this very kind comment. Nope, no stich regulator for me. For domestic machines you can get them for Bernina (a tad too expensive for me) and I tried it few times. I know some people love it and they get beautiful results, but I like the nice and steady sound of my machine. Stich regulator changes the speed adjusting to how fast you are moving your fabric. It confuses me 😂❤❤❤

Wow!! You are a very talented quilter! I just subscribed. 😊

@@hs8747 Welcome to my channel! and our community. Thank you for subscribing and your comments!!!!❤❤❤❤

​@@quiltingnerd Thanks, and all the best! 😊

My machine is one you are buying when you are really into it. It is an investment. I bought it after I knew I love it. It is Janome M7 and it is large enough to sew and quilt a king size quilt. If you are a beginner you should wait if quilting is your passion. However, you can start quilting on a singer machine if you can lower or cover your feed dogs and have a hopping foot. Such small machines do not have quilting feet. If you have those two things you can try quilting.

I checked your machine and you have to ask in the shop if you can get a quilting foor for it. from on-line description it is difficult to say. If you cannot lower your feed dogs, you can always set the stich length to zero. I cannot help you more without sitting in front of your machine, unfortunately. ❤❤❤❤

I am not sure if you got your question from the side/direction point of view. In a quilt sandwich your patchwork top or nice fabric is on top. If it is question fo direction if I move it from back to front or from from to back it depends on you and your machine what is working better for you....❤❤❤

Hi Minica! there is no official brand. This ruler was custom made by a skilled young man with the right tools. I can recommend handi quilter tools. Also, if you write from Us, there are so many small creators with great rulers!. I cannot order from them because the shippment and tax duty costs.

Hi, the designs I am showing are not machine made. I move the fabric under the needle. I am using quite an expensive machine Janome M7, but you can do what I do on a smaller and simpler machine. I started with a simple singer machine. The machine you need should be able to lover the feed dogs down (the little elements that move the fabris) and have a quilting foot. The rest is done by hand movement.

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