Free-Motion Machine Quilting 1-2-3: 61 Designs to Finish Your Quilts with Flair

I consider myself a beginning free-motion quilter because so far I've only quilted smaller projects like table runners and toppers. I have not had the guts (yet) or committed to the time required to tackle bigger projects but I do quilt fairly often on practice samples and study quilting via online classes, books, and DVDs. (For my quilting samples, I buy felt fabric yardage usually from Wal-Mart because it is cheap and then cut it into about 40" x 15"pieces. Then fold it in half to get a 20" x 15" piece to practice quilting on. I just can't stand to practice on good fabric because it ultimately gets thrown away.)I have to admit that I'm a Lori Kennedy fan. I've enjoyed reading her articles in a popular quilting magazine (can't remember which one) and I have especially liked her two Craftsy on-line classes "Divide and Conquer: Creative Quilting for Any Space" and "Creative Free-Motion Techniques from Doodle to Design". Because those classes covered so much, I guess I'm spoiled. When I read through Lori's new book, I was a bit disappointed because it seemed like it covered most of what was in the first Craftsy class...I was wanting more. Don't get me wrong, I like the book a lot and highly recommend it.Since you probably haven't taken one of Lori's Craftsy classes (can you tell I highly recommend them? No, I don't get any kickback for saying that), let me tell you about the book ... It does a good job of explaining the supplies and set up of free-motion quilting and stitch quality without getting bogged down in the details. (Some books make my eyes glaze over when they keep saying the same thing over and over again.) Pictures throughout the book are excellent and you can easily see stitch detail. The designs are grouped into chapters of loops & lines, spirals, leaves, flowers, pictorial, and circles & squares. Within those groups each design is broken down and shown step-by-step. I really like that the basic design is shown and then shown with tweaks like echoing or intertwining the design with an additional line of quilting to create a completely new design. It takes each design from simple to outstanding. There are several leaf designs that are very nicely done. I especially like the oak leaf with acorns which is shown used within a block and as border quilting. There are 144 pages and the book has a spiral back so that the pages lay flat (although you cannot fold the book back on itself.)

I consider myself to be an "advanced beginner" in free motion quilting. I have three books that I have bought and studied. This is by far my favorite. It is well written and illustrated and has lots of ideas for designs, from easy peasy to more advanced. Also like that the book opens flat for easy reference. My free motion quilting has improved a lot since I started using this book (and, of course, lots of practice!)

Finally I could get this book today and I am very happy.This is a really good book for all quilters.First you can see good information before you start free motion in this book, so what you need for free motion quilting, you can find as information.Especially needle, marking tools and threads, it is really good for me to know.There are lots of photos so it is easy to follow each designs.You can have this book next to you always plus I think Lori Kennedy's blog will help you sometime.

I had seen and admired other quilters' projects with free-motion quilting, but did not think it was something I could master. I got curious when i saw this book, and thought I should at least give the book a chance to teach me something new and useful. It is very clearly written and illustrated. I practiced as recommended, and within a few weeks, I made my first free-motion quilt project. I appreciated the author's advice not to be too self-critical, and embrace the little imperfections as quirks that reflect a hand-made art form, not machine-made work some factory churns out. It was fun. Now I have a new tool at my disposal.

I got my book today. I can't put it down. The pages are beautiful and I love the spiral bound feature. I bought Lori's Craftsy class and follow her blog and this book has lots of information from both of those. I needed a book in my hand , however, and this is it! Thank you , Lori! I love it.

Good, not great. I've been reading Lori Kennedy's blog for a while and had expected all new material. Probably not reasonable of me. So I'm a bit disappointed about the content, as much of it is familiar already. But she has extraordinarily clear directions about how to achieve results and it's a wonderful reference to have on hand. I am very pleased to have it in my library, I just wish there were more new patterns.

Lori does a great step-by-step process of showing you how to get started with free-motion stitching. As you master the beginning steps, she takes you farther until you are designing on your own. I look forward to using the book for years to come.

I always read the reviews before I buy something. This one had good reviews. I like it because it's good for someone starting out in free motion quilting. I loved it because it is spiral bound. I know it will take practice to learn to do the things in the book. But the instructions are very clear.

Very. Informative.

Brilliant book for learning techniques of FMQ

Ich kannte Loris Muster schon von ihrem Blog. Als sie das Buch angkündigte, wusste ich, das kaufe ich mir, auch wenn so gut wie alle Muster auf dem Blog vorhanden sind. Einfach, um ihre Arbeit damit zu würdigen. Es ist sehr gut zu verwenden, weil es eine Spiralbindung hat, das Buch liegt also schön flach und klappt nicht zu. Die Muster selber sind so aufgebaut, daß jemand, der noch nie gequiltet hat, das auch so hinbekommt: Schritt-für-Schritt ist jede Linie nachvollziehbar. Lori kombiniert oft mehrere Reihen von Quiltlinien/mustern miteinander, so daß mit einfachsten Schnörkeln die schönsten Muster entstehen. Volle Kaufempfehlung - gerne auch über meinen Shop ;-)

ein ganz toll bebildertes buch in spiralbindung zum maschinen-quilten. äußerst praktisch bei der anwendung, wenn man neben dem quilten nochmal nachschauen will und sich ggf. nochmal orientieren muss. ich bin völlig begeistert. schnelle lieferung und gute verpackung runden meine freude ab. klare kaufempfehlung es lohnt sich wirklich (auch für anfänger bestens geeignet !!)

Fun designs, and the author makes them so easy to learn step by step! I've had a lot of fun free-motion quilting her motifs onto pillows and quilts.