I started free motion quilting this weekend on the Craftsy BOM from 2012. Since this will be my lap quilt for when I am sitting on the couch, I am fine with lots of mistakes in the quilting. I will be happy with it- I am usually happy with any of my mistakes- it is all learning.
I did watch some videos on YouTube to see the process first. I followed the steps of drawing the pattern and then practicing it over and over.
This one was simple- just rays coming out from the sun. 
this one was more loops- and I really got off kilter at the bottom. The issue was keeping the fabric moving while I was trying to move the rest of the quilt out of the way- not good. I also thought it would be a good idea to not have a back on this quilt yet, so the fabric is not sliding as the batting is thicker. The reason I thought of no backing (something I had seen someone else do) was that I want only stitch in the ditch on the back. I am thinking I was very wrong to try this option.
This is one I did last year using a template.
This one outlines the Dresden plate and then goes down the center of the black blades.
I was practicing more loops here- no pattern, just going for the squiggly lines. I had good control at parts and then lost it again. I see why folks like long arm quilting machines. But it is all practice, so it is all good. You cannot get better if you don't practice.
This is the quilt top. I love the colors- so bright. I will talk about colors in another post, but suffice to say- I don't work in Thimbleberries fabrics, civil war fabrics, etc. They are too dark. I was cleaning up in my sewing stash and found some log cabin blogs from a mystery quilt that my quilting group worked on years ago and I know why I will not pick it up again- too dark. I would have never choosen those colors for a quilt in a million years. I will have take some pictures of it for you.
That's all for today. In the words of my friend, Gretchen "quilt on"
Deb
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