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Cleaning the Bobbin Case January 17, 2022|edge to edge, free motion quilting, longarm quilting, quilting, quilting classes, sewing, sewing tips         Share this post:

Thread Pick Tip January 10, 2022|free motion quilting, longarm quilting, quilting, quilting classes, sewing, sewing tips         Share this post:

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Tip of the Week- Clean the Bobbin Case December 7, 2020|free motion quilting, quilting, sewing, sewing tips   If you are free motion quilting on a domestic machine, you should clean out your bobbin case between projects.  Lint builds up in there and can: slow down the machine cause drag cause the stitches to not look right cause the thread to break   If you are not free motion quilting, you can probably get away with cleaning out the bobbin case monthly. It only takes a few minutes and will keep your machine running smoothly! I walk you through the...

Doodling November 30, 2020|free motion quilting, quilting     Happy Monday! So one of the best ways to practice free motion quilting without feeling like you are wasting fabric or thread is to doodle on paper! Grab a pen and piece of paper and check out the video!You don't have to start out with anything fancy. Just start! You'll see in the video that one of the best tips is to keep the pen on the paper. Don't lift the pen up. This helps to simulate the fluid "drawing" of the needle and thread.  Practice daily! I have hundreds of pages...