I have had such a great time teaching free motion quilting (along with a couple of other classes) this past year and 2016 is off to a great start. I never knew that I would like to teach as much as I have. I so enjoy all the students who are so eager to learn to finish their own quilts or to learn new techniques.
I have to say that I feel like a proud Mama when someone shows me a quilt that they have free motion quilted after taking one of my classes.
It dawned on me as I was teaching the classes that students needed a way to practice before committing their designs to fabric. They also needed a way to be able to doodle the designs, but some were having trouble with that.
I came up with the idea to make my own workbooks. They have been a huge success and my students really seem to be “getting it” and learning the designs. Woohoo!!! My goal is to equip each person with as much knowledge and as many tools for learning this skill, as possible.
To date I have the following workbooks: Beginner’s Free Motion, Intermediate I Free Motion, Intermediate II Free Motion and Feathers in Free Motion.
I am currently working on an Advanced Book, which should be available within a few weeks!!
As I said, my goal is to make it possible for quilters to learn to custom free motion their own quilt tops. To check out my products, go to the Store page. Another exciting thing is that I was able to have my own free motion rulers produced. More on that in the next post though!!
I wanted to take a moment and congratulate my friend, Diane Califano, on her first published quilt book!! She is at AQS Lancaster in the Author’s corner over the next couple of days. Stop by and say hello if you get the chance.
Well, I am off to work on some quilty stuff!! Happy quilting everyone!!
Please can you tell me how and we’re I can buy your quilting books for beginners.. I have been watching your utube shows.. I’m in Australia.. thank Lorraine
Hi Lorraine!! I ship these direct to customers. If you want a price on shipping, email me what you are interested in at stitchbystitchcustomquilting.com. I’ll get you prices on shipping then.
Hi Jane how can I get your workbooks I would love to get prices and where to order them from please.