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Tonight the skies are clear so the stars should be out. So, am I going to use minky again? You betcha! The kids absolutely LOVE it! Now I just need to make a minky-backed quilt for all of them. Free Motion Stars Amongst Meandering by Jen Free Motion Friday 4 comments Hey Everyone, welcome back to Free Motion Friday. I always use a walking foot to help feed the layers of the quilt evenly and I think that is especially important with the minky. 189 Save 51K views 11 years ago Fre-motion Machine Quilting Here I will show you an example of how I do meandering, free-motion machine quilting on a small sample, just to whet your. ![]() (Just do a quick check before you go to the store with fuzz all over your pants!) I didn't have any problems with binding either. When I cut through the minky, I got red fuzz all over myself and the cutting mat. Ready for a Free-motion Quilting Challenge Learn how easy it is to quilt the swirl meanderThe Swirl Quilting Design is one of the most versatile designs. This is where I saw a difference between quilting cotton and minky. ![]() When I finished quilting, I trimmed the extra batting and backing off the quilt. (Since writing this, someone has suggested using non-stick needles to avoid that problem.) Perhaps some of the fuzz was sticking to the needle? It only happened a bit and wasn't a deal breaker for me and it was subtle enough, that it was really hard to photograph. Welcome to our Intro Free Motion Quilting series We are so excited about this course so we can help give you the confidence to finish your quilts yourself o. Best-selling author Angela Walters shows you that free-motion machine quilting doesnt have to be scary - with a couple designs in your pocket, you can finish almost any quilt on your home machine and enjoy the process. This might be because I used basting spray and the needle was a bit sticky. The only difference was that, occasionally, the needle would carry a bit of red minky fuzz up to the top of the quilt. ![]() I had hoped that the soft minky would slide around more easily while I free motion quilted, but no such luck. It went super fast! While quilting, I didn't notice any real difference between the minky and regular quilting cotton. After basting, I quilted it with a simple meandering free motion quilting design.
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