Threadwork Unraveled
Then there's Ann Fahl's Dancing with Thread
Both of these books are great resources and I have had mine for a couple of years now and they are worth every penny.
There are two books by Diane Gaudynski (Guide To Machine Quilting
These quilting pros will tell you to practice your FMQ by drawing and so will I. Below is my newly repainted door, complete with chalkboard and doodled feather. One day I am going to take a black paint marker to an awkward corner in my bedroom/studio and doodle a feathered tree. Doodling the designs really does improve your quilting and I find it very relaxing. I am a very visual person, so I love to put inspirational quotes where I can see them. Just behind this door, you can see a little peek, is a huge white board that I can work out a design on, or use as a brain-dump of sorts. I jot down ideas and keep them where I can see them or they are gone! But it is fabulous for doodling designs and doodling the designs really improves your quilting skill.
I offer up a long quote from my now abandoned blog, Sonshine Cottage:
October 6th, 2010I plan on pulling out a few more books and sharing them with you soon, but right now I'm still spring cleaning the studio. Well, maybe it's more like avoiding the cleaning. With three kids at home all day, you can bet I have plenty to keep me busy!
For some creative fun, try free-motion machine quilting. I think I'm addicted and I'm just learning how to do it. I used to love hand quilting, but I just can't take the time to do it now. Machine quilting is fast, and the free motion aspect frees me up from a bunch of tedious marking and measuring and feels more like drawing.
Using a dry erase board to practice the free motion designs was something I had skipped, but I worked on it last night and it was fun and helped me figure out what hand movements worked best for me. The pros recommend this sort of practice. Silly me for skipping it.
"... I'm a bit weak at following directions."
ReplyDeleteHmmm, that makes you human.
Or creative.
Or creatively human. Human with all our failings, shortcomings, creativity, talents (add several more nouns).
Directions are ... guidelines. I can get to CA from NC in a direct southern route over the highway. Or I can take a circuitous route through NH and MT on the back roads. Both get me there. Which would be more fun? Lol Makes me want to talk to dh about a road trip.
This is very interesting thank you. Books help us develop.
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