maggienoella Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 Good morning, I'm brand new to longarming. We (DH and I) are going to start with pantos, but what can we practice without rulers, templates, etc., besides feathers? Feathers are all I can think of. Thank you, Joan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie H Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 Joan, Patsy Thompson has a bunch of DVDs with some wonderful designs, some of them are feathers, some not. If you live near a Joann's that carries some of her DVDs you could use a coupon. She has Patsy Thompson: Free Motion Fun ... With Feathers (there's four volumes of these) Fast & Free! Beginning Free-Motion Machine Quilting (three volumes of these) <---excellent!!! Free Motion Fun with Vines and Leaves! (two volumes of these) Also Nichole Webb has a couple of neat DVDs: Fantasy Freehand - Basic Techniques Fantasy Freehand - Advanced Techniques Our very own Myrna Ficken also has some great DVDs. Pajama Quilter has two DVDs. Jamie Wallen has some great DVDs, too. Check out You Tube for videos, too! Camlyn quilts on you tube is fun to watch. You can probably find the ones I mention above on You Tube, little clips, not big long videos, but they will give you ideas. Welcome to the APQS family and longarming! You are in for some fun EDITED: I should mention that Patsy Thompson does her quilting on a domestic sewing machine, but if you can "translate" the movements using your longarm, I think you would be pleased with some of the designs she teaches in her Fast and Free DVD series. She has lots of great ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeAnn Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 Leah Day has a website with 365 filler designs that would be perfect for you to practice on. A good place to start. Many have blogs to read, even those on this forum so check them out too. http://freemotionquilting.blogspot.com/p/365-designs.html Happy PPP!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yankiequilter Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 APQS also has a lot of great videos on YouTube! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primitive1 Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 Don't forget modern quilting too....you can freehand lots of things there as well, look at this blog site, she is the most creative person I know... http://greenfairyquilts.blogspot.com Most of these things can be done without rulers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primitive1 Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 I forgot to mention, Darlene Epp has some fantastic books that give you lots of things to PPP both on paper and then on fabric. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenslug Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 Thanks for all of the suggestions. Have a friend who uses her DM for quilting and she asked me for ideas. Believe there are excellent ones here and I will pass them on. Marilyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shirleyl Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 Also Claudian Pfeils ebook is wonderful also. Shirley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggienoella Posted June 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 Thank you for all the suggestions...we sure have a lot to learn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitaR Posted June 14, 2013 Report Share Posted June 14, 2013 Welcome aboard Joan, good luck with the quilting. For practice, first do it with the cheap kids tablets at Dollar Tree, or use a larger dry erase board. What this does is teach your hands and arms the movement to do different design parts. I use feathers, leaves, Canadian Maple leaves, zig zag, straight line, oak leaves, and diff kinds of leaves in your area meander and stipple.. It all helps to ppp, as many times as you can before starting on the long arm. You will feel a lot more relaxed. I used muslin with batting between to start on the fabric, rather than a quilt. I hope this helps as well as the names mentioned above.. All of the names are great, and to me, Jamie Wallen is about the best. LOL, he's cute. Best of all tips, remember to stay relaxed and don't have a strangulation hold on the handles.. Most of all, remember to breathe. Enjoy, Rita Rita Quilts 4 All www.ritaqlts.blogspot.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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