Free-Motion Quilting on a Home Sewing Machine – Setting Up for Success

Are you curious about free-motion quilting but not sure where to start? This beginner-friendly video breaks down the basics you need to know before stitching your first design.

In the video, you’ll learn:
✅ The best free-motion feet for domestic machines
✅ How and why to drop your feed dogs
✅ How quilting gloves help you control the fabric
✅ How the balance between the speed of your machine and the movement of your hands forms the stitches

Free-motion quilting can feel intimidating at first; but once you get set up properly, it opens up a whole new world of creative possibilities.

Looking for more guidance and support? Join me live online for Free-Motion Quilting Quick Start 1 and Free-Motion Quilting Quick Start 2, my step-by-step online workshops this fall. With live instruction, Q&A, printable resources, and plenty of encouragement, you’ll be surprised at how quickly your confidence grows!

Can’t make the live classes? No worries! The class videos will be available for registered participants to watch from the day after each live session through January 1, 2026.

Full details and registration info for both classes can be found in my online shop.

Happy Quilting!

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Beth Ann

When health challenges made hand-sewing (and hand appliqué and hand-quilting) no longer physically viable for her, Beth Ann’s first instinct was dismay and discouragement. But Grandma Baldwin gave her a loving (but stern!) “No pity parties – just figure out a different way.” So Beth Ann turned to her trusty sewing machine and began devising ways to achieve the fine quality appliqué look she craved faster and easier than she ever thought possible. And a career was born! Now Beth Ann enjoys sharing her accessible “invisible” machine appliqué and creative machine quilting techniques with other quilters and fiber artists around the world.

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