Step-by-Step Free-Motion Quilting

Are you looking to improve your free-motion quilting? Christina shows how easy (really!) it can be - on your long arm or domestic machine - using just nine simple shapes that help you create over 80 fabulous and beautiful designs from traditional to modern!

I have been quilting for a few years and I thought this would not be interesting or useful to me, but I was so pleasantly surprised. I had several favorite FMQ books before this one, but after I have looked at Step by Step Free Motion Quilting by Christina Cameli, this is my new favorite. And, I have already been practicing the motifs in the book. I recommend this book to the beginner or even experienced quilter. The book format is great. Cameli shows the direction of the motions to quilt each motif, each stroke. She shows all of this on a single page with a full page to the right filled with that motif. It is great for putting a clear sheet on top and tracing over with a dry erase pen. There are numerous (80 at least) designs and all of them can easily be quilted by a beginner. The designs will appeal to modern quilters as well as traditional quilters. This book will be kept very close to me in my quilting studio as well as travel with me while flying so that I can practice on paper or with the dry erase pens. Great book, well written. An hour with the pen is worth three on the machine.

Conquer free-motion quilting with step-by-step doodling instructions and turn simple shapes into 80+ creative quilting designs.

In this sequel to her first book, Christina Cameli shows how quilters can turn nine simple shapes into multiple designs for quilting on domestic or longarm machines. Page after page of unique designs, with diagrams showing the stitching path for each, will inspire you to quilt your own projects with confidence.

If our guide to free-motion quilting has piqued your interest this issue, then there's a whole world of books to continue your new love affair with finishing your patchwork projects. This one is a new release from Stash Books and in it are pages and pages of designs to inspire your free-motion adventures. Christina Cameli covers the basics too - leading in with the ideas of traveling, echoing and foresight. It might seem strange to flick through b book and see what seems like a lot of scribbles, but when you start imagining them in quilted form, it's a useful little reference book to have to find a stitch design that matches your patchwork.

Get inspired to finish some of those quilt tops this summer. Christina Cameli’s hand drawn how-to directions for free-motion quilting makes even the non-quilting sewers out there want to give it a whirl! Great illustrations break down 80 different quilting designs into manageable pieces that we can follow and replicate. With fun fills, unique scallops, twisty twirls, funky florals, leafy vines and more, you will surely find the inspiration to finish your next quilt.

Are you looking to improve your free-motion quilting? Christina shows how easy (really!) it can be - on your long arm or domestic machine - using just nine simple shapes that help you create over 80 fabulous and beautiful designs from traditional to modern!

There are over 80 designs that spring from nine ‘elements’. These are combined and recombined to give endless possibilities. The ‘elements’ are circle, curvy lines, loops, drops, spirals, leaves, ‘s’ curves, arcs and grass. A brief description of each is given with diagrams and written instructions of how to sew them. This is a good foundation for moving onto the more complex designs but before you get to those, there are some considerations that are mapped out for you, which look at the practical aspects of these free-motion motifs. It’s a great book for getting you to look beyond some of the more traditional stitches you might stick to and to think about how you can adapt these basic stitches to create something more personal.

Cameli (First Steps to Free-Motion Quilting) focuses on shape-based designs for her second book, in which she takes nine basic shapes (including circles, loops, drops, and spirals) and demonstrates how to use them in all-over free-motion quilting designs. Each of the patterns is presented on a spread, with text-based and illustrated directions for creating the design on the left page and a full-page sketch of the repeating design on the right-hand page. The arrangements vary in complexity, so there’s as much here for beginners as there is for experienced free-motion quilters. Cameli provides abundant ideas and inspiration, and quilters who enjoy books by Angela Walters and Leah Day will find new designs to add to their free-motion quilting repertoire.