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Getting to Know Your Sewing Machine – for beginners
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Getting to Know Your Sewing Machine – for beginners

Today we are getting to know your machine. Obviously, this is a bit of a harder lesson to teach due to the fact that we are probably using different machines and machines all have little differences, BUT most machines have massive similarities as well.  They all do the same thing, but levers and buttons or…

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A Beginner’s Guide to Sewing Machines for Quilting
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A Beginner’s Guide to Sewing Machines for Quilting

Sewing Machines for Quilters Today we are going to talk about sewing machines.  There are SO many!  When starting out it’s easy to be overwhelmed with all your options. There’s also no right or wrong options, there’s only finding the one that works best FOR YOU! If you are unsure if making quilts is going…

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A Guide for the Beginner Quilter + Tips from Experienced Quilters
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A Guide for the Beginner Quilter + Tips from Experienced Quilters

  With the release of my Patchwork + Make class this week I’m on the topic of the beginner quilter.  I get quite a bit of questions in my inbox from beginners and it’s almost always the same ones, so I thought I’d take a moment today and just answer a few basic questions and…

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Some pics from Chapter 2 of Quilt As Desired. I ca Some pics from Chapter 2 of Quilt As Desired. I cannot wait to turn all of these sample blocks into a quilt!!
🧵 Happening Now in Quilt as Desired - quiltyclub.c 🧵 Happening Now in Quilt as Desired - quiltyclub.com 📍 Chapter 2 is liveWe are practicing foundational free motion movement, one design at a time.Meander, loops, pebbles, and swirls are our focus this week.✂ Keep showing up to your machineFMQ grows through repetition. Even ten minutes of practice helps build confidence and flow.🎥 Watch lessons anytimeIf you are in Quilty Club, Chapter 2 is waiting in your dashboard.Come stitch with me. We are practicing all four designs together.💬 Share your progressPost photos inside the community or reply to your lesson with questions.We learn better when we stitch together.
Happy almost Thanksgiving! The mini quilt wall goa Happy almost Thanksgiving! The mini quilt wall goal has begun... https://meanderandmake.com/little-maple-mini-quilt-pattern-by-melanie-traylor-pdf-download/
So everybody I buy gifts for might be getting a se So everybody I buy gifts for might be getting a set of these from me for Christmas..😬
I turned it into a pillow! 🥰 I turned it into a pillow! 🥰
Something new is coming! Quilt As Desired is my up Something new is coming!Quilt As Desired is my upcoming free motion quilting class, and we’ll be stitching 25 FMQ designs together… then turning all of our practice blocks into the coziest rag quilt.This class will be included inside QuiltyClub.com , or you can grab it on its own.I cannot wait to quilt this one with you. https://quiltclass.southerncharmquilts.com/courses/quilt-as-desired
I’ve been free motion quilting since 2018 and it h I’ve been free motion quilting since 2018 and it has been the slowest part of the quilting journey for me. It did not come naturally. I practiced through a lot of very ugly stitching before anything started to look the way I imagined it could.I keep seeing comments like “I could never do this,” and I just want to say… I used to think that too. I was you. It really does change if you keep going, even when it feels like it’s not working.Thank you for all the love on this piece this week. It feels like I finally hit a little milestone with my quilting, and that’s a pretty special feeling. ❤️
Spent about two hours yesterday on this. One of my Spent about two hours yesterday on this. One of my many goals is a whole cloth quilt with a lot of doodle quilting. Maybe next year will be my year.
1 minute of the FMQ process at 1.5x speed. I start 1 minute of the FMQ process at 1.5x speed. I started at the bottom making a curving line to the top and back down again. Added a variety of plumes on one side, back down, then the other side. See the whole video at regular speed in Quilty Club (Chapter 5, Cozy Fall Stitches). quiltyclub.com
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