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Giveaway-180 Doodle Quilting Designs: Free-Motion Ideas for Blocks, Borders, and Beyond

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Giveaway-180 Doodle Quilting Designs: Free-Motion Ideas for Blocks, Borders, and Beyond

Leave a comment in today’s post by September 1st, 2016 and you are in the running for this cool guided doodling book.

Open to U.S. residents only please.

When you’re done piecing a quilt, do you often wonder how to finish it with free-motion quilting? Discover how to fill setting triangles, blocks, and borders with a variety of traditional and modern quilting designs, divided into chapters by style: Lines and Squiggles, Curves and Pebbles, Swirls and Feathers, and Just for Fun. This is a must-have book and lifelong reference for any quilter’s library.

  • Gain confidence as you follow the arrows and see how to fill a confined space with continuous-line quilting motifs that are adaptable to blocks, triangles, and borders
  • Discover which designs will work best before you sew by practicing your quilting; trace the designs with your finger or on tracing paper
  • Whether you use a long-arm or home sewing machine, you’ll enjoy quilting the wide variety of designs

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Comments

  2. I’ve been practicing my FMQ and could use some more simple ideas to keep me moving in the right direction…this sounds perfect!

  5. I’m a beginner so I could use the practice and what better way than relaxing and coloring!

  6. What a great way for me to start practicing my free motion quilting. Thanks for the great give aways.. Good luck to everyone.

  7. My FMQ is greatly in need of help so I definitely want this book. I will put it on my Santa wish list if I don’t win a copy.

  15. As a newbie quilter, this is maybe a little too advanced, but it would be a great inspiration now for Zendoodling and beneficial on fabric in the future!

  17. will be looking for a larger neck sewing machine so that I can do free motion designs right now I’m just doing blocks and waiting to put every thing together into a quilt this book would be greatly apperciated

  20. I am still in practice mode when it comes to FMQ…haven’t tried to do a large project yet.. lol Thank you for chance to win your Give-a-way!!! Know it would be an Awesome help! 😀

  23. This would be a great book to add to my collection. Thanks for the chance to win. Good Luck everyone.

  28. I have made 2 memory quilts for my granddaughters from their baby clothes and this book of patterns would be perfect to use on these quilts. Thanks. The Dove Family.

  30. I think my sister would be great at free motion quilting, but she is afraid to try…this would be a great start for her!

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