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Nancy is doing a second LIVE free motion quilting on the Sampler quilt made by her friend, Ginger.
But first Nancy wants to share the next upcoming projects. The Great Basics will be the first project. A book and kits will be available. It will be a video series and condensed version of the Learning To Quilt series. She will go through all the really important things you need to know for quilting in a small project so it will be easy to learn and do.
The big project will be Learning to Quilt 2! There will also be a book and kits available along with a video for each lesson. Nancy will use Sue Penn's fabric, Garden Brighter, for the quilt (available from our new partner website: https://www.firesidequilts.com).
Nancy moves back to the sampler quilt. A sampler quilt is fun because you can do a variety of free motion quilting on it. She will do free motion quilting on the borders in this LIVE. She shows all the free motion she has done already in the other blocks. She did different designs in each one. Please click on this link: https://youtu.be/ZbIvYT2cuIc to see more of Nancy's free motion quilting on the other blocks.
Nancy started with a colored thread on the border but decided she really didn't like it. She notes that she always starts quilting on the ledge of the seam of the border not in the seam's ditch. She also sews down the outside edge of the quilt so the fabric won't move. She tries to include at least four inches of batting around the edges so her hands have someplace to hold. It didn't quite work on the one side. She has just a half of an inch to work with but there's enough extra backing fabric to help while she sews.
Nancy doesn't usually use a ruler when she free motion quilts. She only uses a ruler to place some registration marks with her pencil.
She uses Superior So Fine polyester thread on the top and pre-filled Superior Bottom Line polyester thread bobbins on the bottom. The Superior Bottom Line thread is a little bit lighter weight but works great to do free motion quilting for Nancy. She likes to use LickityGRIP (no longer available to purchase) to keep her hands from slipping. Quilting gloves work well too.
The first design is the loop-de-loop design and one of Nancy's favorites. The registration marks, every two inches, help with this one. Remember you don't want to quilt all the way to the edge because you have to still add the binding. Keep at least three-eighths of an inch from the edge so the quilting won't be covered up. Nancy tries to do two loop-de-loos within the two inch registration marks. The trick is to have your machine go a little faster while sewing but not move your hands faster especially when curving around on the edges.
Next Nancy shows how to do some fun swirls. Make sure to stay three-eighths of inch away from the edge for this one too. Go forward to the next two inch registration mark and sew a swirl. Nancy sews one swirl between each of the two inch registration marks. Keep your hand speed consistent. You will criss cross over your sewing to give the swirl dimension.
On third border, Nancy does a different design. This is the super simple "alien" design. Big head, little neck. She doesn't really use the registration marks for this one because the "aliens" would be too big.
The last one is more advanced. This border design is called an "open feather." If you practice this design, you'll get better at it. Everyone loves the open feather design. It is an easy design. The seams run next to each other. Start in the middle and loop to the outside and come back into the middle. Continue by staying next to the previous feather, loop out and then back in. Make sure to continue to stay three-eighths of an inch from the outside edge. The feathers alternate on height. One is higher than the other. When you get to the end, sew a spine all the way back down to where you started the open feather design. When first sewing the open feather design, do it on a smaller sized border. One approximately three inches wide or so works best.
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