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FMQ for Beginners Mini Course Day 3, Lesson 2: Let’s Stitch
Now that you have your machine and some quilt sandwich all ready to go, we are ready to make that first stitch!
Watch the video where I share with you how to
- start and finish stitches,
- get a feel of your free motion quilting movement
- check your stitch tension setting
Take your time in this lesson and feel free to do more than I did.
Remember, each practice is one-step progress that matters 🙂
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You want to remember to relax too! Loosen up your shoulder every now and then and be aware of your breathing cause sometimes we forget to breathe when we are tense up 🙂
Task for today’s lesson:
- Print out the Work Sheet to practice doodles
- Practice doodles
- Watch the video (pick up and note down tips and trick that might help you during quilting this motif)
- straight stitch using free motion movement
- check for tension
- Do practice vertical “u” and horizontal “u”s on a quilt sandwich/quilt sandwiches
- Add in squiggles to vary the “u” shapes
- Add in the variation of direction
- test out some curve stitches
Alright, once you are done with that, you are ready for the next lesson which will come tomorrow. Day 4: Learning the Stippling Motif
Till then, I’ll see you in the next lesson!
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CLICK HERE to the email of Day 4 / Lesson 3: Learning the Stippling Motif
