Alphabet Design Course
Free motion techniques to finish more quilts
It's Time to Fix 6 Mistakes
That Sabotage Free Motion Quilting
Many quilters struggle with the same six issues that quietly hold their stitching back:
1- Improper machine setup
2 - Not having the right tools
3 - Inconsistent tension
4 - Lack of a clear design path
5 - Needle know how
6 - Understanding Thread
Free Motion Quilting Mistakes You Can Fix
Mistake 1
Don't believe you can't learn free motion and that it's too difficult and give up. Instead, learn how to setup your sewing machine with the right settings for tension, feed dogs, thread delivery and foot pressure.
Mistake 2
Don't believe you are not able master a skill many dread. Instead, learn how to build a foundation with the right tools and develop skills one-by-one that will produce consistent and successful results.
Mistake 3
Don't believe it is impossible to follow quilting stencils and learn new designs. Instead, learn how to use what you know, like grade school learning tools to quickly build free motion confidence and skills.
Mistake 4
Don't believe there is never enough time to learn how to follow designs. Instead, learn how to create a practice methods and a plan using "real" quilts that increases skills and a designs you can stitch.
Mistake 5
Don't believe needle it is too confusing to understand how needles work with thread. Instead, learn how to match needle size and type for free motion thread and how to reduce the number of needles to three.
Mistake 6
Don't believe it will take too long to learn which thread weights and types to use for free motion quilting. Instead, learn how to select based on the types of fibers you like and how use weights to change results.
You Will Learn...
- The essential tools success
- Foundational free motion quilting skills
- Techniques that will build confidence
- Drills to help you stitch quilting stencils
- Techniques for creating your own designs
- How to create a practice plan that helps you finish quilts
The Results...
- Start enjoying the process
- Complete more quilts to sell
- Make more quilts for family & friends
- Produce more quilts for causes you love
- Express your creativity in storytelling art quilts
- Save $$$ by quilting it yourself instead of hiring a professional longarmer.
Course includes the 8 Steps For Machine Setup Success course.
A savings of $25
Unlimited Access
Whenever & Wherever
- 24-hour unlimited access
- Watch wherever with included phone app
- Access to private course community chat
Rochelle Cole
Alphabet Free Motion Design Student
Make More Quilts & Touch More Lives
One of the best things about learning free motion quilting is using the skill to complete personal projects that provide comfort for loved ones. "Amanda's Comfort Quilt" is special. The fidget quilt I made for my mother, Amanda, provided sensory activities that reduced her anxiety during her declining years with Dementia.
Before I was a quilter, I traveled the world as a photographer. As much as I enjoy traveling, it did not prepare me to make quilts. I started making quilts to meet women when I moved to Virginia in 2005. After making my first four-patch potholder I was hooked.
Free motion quilting started when I encountered quilting stencil designs. More experienced quilters me told it was too difficult and don't even try.
I was determined to learn free motion quilting so I could finish more quilts, quilt stencil designs and save money. Paying a longarm quilter hundreds of dollars for each quilt was not in my budget.
Amanda's 80th Birthday Quilt
Step-by-step I began to learn about thread, needles and other tools for free motion quilting. I took classes and practiced. Soon, I was teaching others to finish their quilts with free motion quilting.
I am so glad I did not allow the fear others have with learning free motion quilting stop me from learning. It has allowed me to complete quilts for teen orphans in Uganda, newborns in Israel, Christmas gifts for seniors without families living in nursing homes, babies in intensive care units and so much more.
"Geraldine’s practical step-by-step approach, keep it simple, her encouragement to not get bogged down in our fear to quilt and make mistakes, and her inspirational pieces have truly revitalised me to try free motion quilting again.
The Alphabet Design eBook has initiated a recognition of the structure of the alphabet (implied or visible) in quilt designs in books and magazines. This is really great."
Catherine Britt
Stitching Lane Society student
This Course Is For...
Confident Beginner - Experienced with basic free motion quilting machine setup on a home machine and some free motion quilting. You are ready to expand your skills and build a library of designs.
Intermediate - Experienced with free motion quilting. One who quilts their own quilts with free motion quilting and wants to expand their library of designs and begin to create your own.
Longarm & Home Machine Quilters - Confident beginners on a longarm or home machine quilters who want to improve skills and start building pattern designing skills.
Please note, Stitching Lane Society Machine Quilting Mastery Courses are digital courses and therefore once purchased are NOT refundable or exchangeable. Read Terms & Conditions.
