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Bring your quilt to life with quilting! Explore free-motion quilting designs, hand quilting techniques, walking foot ideas, and practical tips to help you add texture, movement, and personality to your finished quilts.

FREE MOTION QUILTING Fillers on Carolina Mingle Quilt | Swirls, Pebbles & Elongated Swirl Flowers Demo
Carolina Mingle Quilt | My Quilts | Quilting

FREE MOTION QUILTING Fillers on Carolina Mingle Quilt | Swirls, Pebbles & Elongated Swirl Flowers Demo

I’m free motion quilting my Dreamland quilt today with feathers and flowers. There’s a new long form fmq real time video up today. Link in profile.

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Ruler Quilting the Carolina Mingle Quilt | FREE MOTION QUILTING DEMO
Carolina Mingle Quilt | My Quilts | Quilting

Ruler Quilting the Carolina Mingle Quilt | FREE MOTION QUILTING DEMO

I’m free motion quilting my Dreamland quilt today with feathers and flowers. There’s a new long form fmq real time video up today. Link in profile.

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Free Motion Quilting / Sit Down Bernina q20 / INTERMEDIATE DOODLE / Floral Swirls Feathers Pebbles
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Free Motion Quilting / Sit Down Bernina q20 / INTERMEDIATE DOODLE / Floral Swirls Feathers Pebbles

I’m free motion quilting my Dreamland quilt today with feathers and flowers. There’s a new long form fmq real time video up today. Link in profile.

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Free Motion Quilting – Doodling Feathers & Flowers – sit down Bernina Q20
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Free Motion Quilting – Doodling Feathers & Flowers – sit down Bernina Q20

I’m free motion quilting my Dreamland quilt today with feathers and flowers. There’s a new long form fmq real time video up today. Link in profile.

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Free Motion Quilting – Doodling stacked swirls, feathers, pebbles – sit down Bernina Q20
Dandy Quilt | Quilting

Free Motion Quilting – Doodling stacked swirls, feathers, pebbles – sit down Bernina Q20

I’m slowing free motion quilting my Dandy quilt with lots of different doodles. There’s a new fmq real time video up today. Link in profile.

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Free Motion Quilting Demo – Cascading Daisies
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Free Motion Quilting Demo – Cascading Daisies

Cascading Daisies FMQ This is a new little design I’m just learning. It’s sweet and perfect as a filler for…

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Free Motion Quilting – The A Dresden Quilt
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Free Motion Quilting – The A Dresden Quilt

The machine I’m using is a Bernina q20 sit-down longarm machine. This machine works just like a domestic machine except…

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Free Motion Quilting – The Lulu Louise Quilt
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Free Motion Quilting – The Lulu Louise Quilt

The machine I’m using is a Bernina q20 sit-down longarm machine. This machine works just like a domestic machine except…

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Free Motion Quilting – How to Prepare Your Domestic Sewing Machine – Video Tutorial
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Free Motion Quilting – How to Prepare Your Domestic Sewing Machine – Video Tutorial

Hello! Today’s video is a sample from my Trippy Quilt Class about prepping your domestic machine for free motion quilting….

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Free Motion Quilting – The Bohippian Quilt
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Free Motion Quilting – The Bohippian Quilt

The machine I’m using is a Bernina q20 sit-down longarm machine. This machine works just like a domestic machine except…

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Free Motion Quilting – The Bohippian Pillow
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Free Motion Quilting – The Bohippian Pillow

Since the last time I posted a free motion quilting tutorial, I’ve changed machines. I am now using a Bernina…

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Free Motion Quilting – The Soulshine Quilt
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Free Motion Quilting – The Soulshine Quilt

Since the last time I posted a free motion quilting tutorial, I’ve changed machines. I am now using a Bernina…

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Some pics of my latest FMQ project. Very very new- Some pics of my latest FMQ project. Very very new-to-me designs. Loving the texture, but missing the feathers. Last little bit of this class will be available in the next hour or so. 
Pattern: Lulu Louise
Fabric: Happy Home
Sorry about all the bumping of the camera 🙄 It’s a Sorry about all the bumping of the camera 🙄 It’s always a battle. 

This video comes from the Swayful class where we learned how to free motion these swirl flowers. Imma big fan of them. ☺️ Full lessons in the Swayful Quilty class at quiltyclass.com
Another design on this same quilt. This one’s a la Another design on this same quilt. This one’s a larger swirl flower with gloppy petals. Full look coming soon. 

Full class at quiltyclass.com
Omigosh this is my new favorite FMQ design. 👏👏 I’m Omigosh this is my new favorite FMQ design. 👏👏 I’m calling it a feathered leaf 🙃
This is maybe the third or fourth time I’ve quilte This is maybe the third or fourth time I’ve quilted scallops. Never stacked like this though. It was a whole different animal to stitching them in a border. 🦁 Anyway this is one of the lessons in chapter 6 of Lulu. Join us at Quiltyclass.com
Some S-curves. LOVE the look of these because it e Some S-curves. LOVE the look of these because it ends up with a geometric vine look.
Pretty pleased 🤭 Pattern is: Lulu Louise. Fabric i Pretty pleased 🤭 Pattern is: Lulu Louise. Fabric is: Pretty Please. Come learn how to quilt this quilt at quiltyclass.com
A few pics from chapter 5. We FMQed feathers in th A few pics from chapter 5. We FMQed feathers in the foreground and s-curves in the background.
We’ve finished quilting our first quilt in the Lul We’ve finished quilting our first quilt in the Lulu Louise quilt. 👏 The first lesson details the plan. Then we move onto practicing a feather on a scrap sandwich. Next we quilt feathers in a V from the inside to the outsides of the quilt. And then finally we quilt the s-curves in the background. 

Next chapter we will FMQ a different top in a whole other way. 🩷 quiltyclass.com
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