Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Free-Motion Quilting: How to Add Texture, Design, and Style to Your Quilts

Learn everything you need to know about free-motion quilting!

• 150+ variations on quilting designs, including floral, feather, modern, and more, with easy-to-follow how-to guides
• Step-by-step instructions, full-color step-out photos, and a dozen sampler blocks
• Free-motion quilting tips, advice on choosing tools, batting, and thread, making half-square triangles, and more
• Add texture and style to your quilts by customizing with swirls, doodles, paisley, zigzags, and other beautiful stitch patterns
• Author Sherilyn Mortensen shares her experience and passion for free-motion quilting, providing designs that work with both traditional and modern quilts

Experience the freedom and customization of making your own quilt exactly how you envision it — with free-motion quilting!
Free-motion quilting is the technique of stitching through the layers of a quilt on a sewing machine with the feed dogs disengaged. Without the feed dogs engaged, you're free to move the material around and stitch designs in the fabric however you like! You can stitch around design elements and motifs to echo or enhance each block, swirl and doodle randomly, follow specific design lines, or even "write" words with your thread. Overall, your finished project will become a truly custom piece!
Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Free-Motion Quilting is a must-have book providing invaluable information on this versatile technique, including an overview on working with long arm, mid arm, and home sewing machines. While you probably don't own a long arm or mid arm, shops throughout the country will rent them to you, and knowing the ins and outs of using them lets you make the best use of your time! You'll also learn about threading, color selection, and ruler work, as well as make 12 quilt block projects, each with a unique design that can be combined in multiple ways.
More than 150 variations are arranged into 5 quilting design themes: Basic, Floral, Feather, Modern, and Collage Quilting Ideas. You'll learn how to stitch everything from a simple cobblestones design to eye-catching spiral staircases that create visual illusions right on your quilt!
Free-motion quilting allows you to customize your projects to add texture, style, and personality to your quilting. With over 150 beautiful quilting designs to try, all with easy-to-follow, full-color step-outs, Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Free-Motion Quilting is a wealth of instruction and inspiration for quilters!
"Beginner and experienced quilters alike are sure to find great ideas in this book. With so many designs, you're sure to build your quilting skills and find the perfect motif for your quilts."
—Kelly Young, author of Scrappy Improv Quilting, Perfectly Pieced Quilt Backs, and Stash Statement
"I have always been intimidated by free-motion quilting, but now, with Sherilyn's help, I am sure I can attempt this on future quilts! Thank you for such a well-thought-out, well-planned book!"
—Shannon Arnstein, author of Quilting with Panels and Patchwork