![]() Don’t do this you need all the oxygen your brain you can get!) Visualize the curves on a puzzle piece and project that image onto your quilt top as you work. (Some beginner free-motion quilters actually hold their breath. This will help you get in the zone and establish a nice rhythm, which leads to smoothness and consistent stitch length. Try to find the sweet spot-the balance between how fast the needle is going and how fast your hands are going. I usually suggest that students slow down, and concentrate on moving their hands in a deliberate way and at a constant speed. The first is making sure your quilting is smooth (no sharp points or changes in direction) and that all the knobs are the same size. There are three important things to work on if you want to create a nice basic meander pattern. ![]() (figure 1) Most beginners start out with a meander that looks like figure 2-uneven knob sizes, unequal space between knobs, strange shapes, sharp points, and crooked changes of direction. The most basic meander resembles curves on puzzle pieces. MeandersĮxcerpted from the article by Susan Brubaker Knapp Susan shares her expertise with these technique tips that are sure to help you machine quilt meanders like a pro. Even though this is a motif we often learn as beginners, it can actually be quite difficult to master. The section where she teaches how to machine quilt ‘basic meanders,’ was by far the most helpful for me. ![]() Susan Brubaker Knapp wrote a series of articles, which has been collected into a convenient eBook, to help artists like us develop our skills and to encourage us to explore diverse quilting motifs. Free-motion quilting is a technique that takes a lot of practice.
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