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The actual, soothing speed of free motion quilting 🥰 Swirls are one of the first motifs I teach new free motion quilters. Whether you are on a longarm quilting machine or on your home sewing machine, swirls are a classic and gorgeous way to finish your quilts. If you’re ready to quilt as desired and finish your own projects, be sure to check out our on demand class, Intro to Free Motion Quilting. In this $35 mini-course, I’ll teach you what you need to start FMQ, how to set up your machine and

“Make shapes, then fill it in with cool stuff.” I talked about quilting plans a lot this weekend at @thefestivalofquilts and realized that my method for custom quilting is maybe simpler than you’d think: I look for interesting shapes I can create on the quilt (usually with a ruler), then I fill it in with cool stuff (usually free motion quilting). The great news is that I’m going to get deeeeep into the nitty gritty of this process this fall inside my new course, Custom Quilting Academy. CQA wil