Tips and Tricks for Free Motion Quilting

Today I’m sharing a few of my favorite tips and tricks for free motion quilting on our tenth block of the Friendship Quilt Along. This month’s block is a beautiful Square in a Square surprise. Click Here to join in the fun.

My biggest tip is I DON’T drop my feed dogs. Click Here to learn more about why I don’t do this for free motion quilting.

I also use specialized quilting gloves and a slippery quilting mat that are my two favorite tools for free motion quilting.

tips and tricks free motion quilting

Leah Day’s square in a square quilt block

Each month you can find a new super sized quilt block pattern to piece and quilt.

New quilting tutorials are posted on the following days:

  • 1st Monday of the month – How to piece the quilt block
  • 2nd Monday of the month – How to quilt the block on your home machine
  • 3rd Monday of the month – How to quilt the block on your longarm

Let’s go quilt,

Leah Day

More Friendship Quilt Along Tutorials

Square in a Square BlockĀ  Piecing Video

How to Piece Square Units for the Square in a Square Block

LeahDay

Leah Day has been teaching online since 2009. She's the creator of the Free Motion Quilting Project, a blog filled with thousands of quilting tutorial videos. Leah has written several books including 365 Free Motion Quilting Designs, Explore Walking Foot Quilting with Leah Day, and Mally the Maker and the Queen in the Quilt.

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