You want to be Judy Neimeyer??? I just want to be YOU!!😅 You are so positive, supportive and creative for everyone in the quilting community! You are right, a quilt just wants to BE a quilt! Just get it quilted. Whatever you do on this one will advance your skills for the next one! Thanks for all you do! 😘

I long arm for my self and love to create modern type quilts with lots of negative space so for me it is ALL ABOUT THE QUILTING

Thank you so much I like very much that you answer questions that come in On the show but not live. It is disruptive having people calling in and trying to answer at that time. Your show is smooth and professional. I love your videos.

@Mxtraveler

3 жыл бұрын

I totally agree. I hate lives where they keep saying hi to everyone. Who cares if they say your name? Very distracting.

Thank you Angela. I am one of those “fear to quilt people” so your words and suggestions help move that confidence level. Great inspiration.

I have been calling those dot to dot chevrons Star Treks because it reminds me of the badges on the uniforms in old-school star trek! Dorkiness confirmed!

Angela, I'll say it again! Your tutorials on swirls and feathers and serpentine lines have revolutionized my domestic machine quilting. Seriously, I just get started and GO. It gets easier each quilt. THANK YOU!!!!!

@Deeloveshergoldies

3 жыл бұрын

I have trouble with both but my serpentines are getting better with Angela’s ruler as a cheat.

Quilt coffins! Hilarious but so descriptive!

I didn't know having an artistic side is an important trait in free motion quilting. I'm even having trouble just sewing on my dotted lines. I know PRACTICE, practice , practice!!!

Angela, You have given me so much inspiration!! I now trust my ability because of you and your incredible teaching. THANK YOU!

Angela, you are an amazing teacher and quilter. I always learn from you. Your very authentic personality is delightful.

I have a feeling my mediocre quilts would be transformed if you quilted them! I live in the UK and none of my friends quilt so I watch your videos in the hope I can eventually learn to do more than straight line stitching.

Loved all your ideas .... thx for sharing!! Your reference to 'the quilt coffins' brought a smile to my face!!

Angela.... Thank you for your videos. You help so many of us. I'm getting a bit better with each machine quilting journey. "How do I Quilt it" is all of our non long arm quilters stress each time...

You are an inspiring quilter. I can't wait to finish a quilt top and get started with what I've learned.

You inspire me! Thank you! I love the piecing part, but shy away from FMQ. I think I’m ready to take the dive. I wish I had a bigger machine, but figure if I can get good on my small sewing machine, just think how good I’ll be if I ever get a good one! Remember, if you ever come to Brisbane Queensland, you have a place to stay! Gale

Great information. Thanks

This video had more information than some classes I paid for. Thank you so much.

Wonderful energy and ideas Angela!!!! Just about to start on a quilt where I've planned a dot to dot secondary design. Ty for the confidence to just jump in and go!!!! Love the line that what seems like a hot mess 'turns into a quilt when it comes out of the dryer'. It IS magic isn't it?!

Thes always so much to learn!! Love the help in how to quilt here and there & everywhere!! 💕

So encouraging! Thank you.

I love your practical down to earth approach. Great advice, examples and the giggle zingers priceless.

Thank you for your videos, the advice has given me the courage to just go for it and learn machine quilting . Took my quilt coffins out and started enjoying them:)

So helpful! Thank you for taking us through step by step

You are so fun and I love your hints and tips.

I started my first ever quilt as you go on my little singer. I absolutely love this method compared to my previous quilts! If you work with blocks this is a much easier way to go for those of us with smaller machines!

Thank you for the inspiration! This discussion came at just the right time. I am trying to play with free motion quilting after years of just stitching in the ditch.

Thank you. Looking forward to next week already.

I tend to think about how to quilt it while I'm piecing it. Usually i know by the time I get the top done. Sometimes, though, I do change my mind once I get it loaded.

Love your videos! You give me such inspiration to try new designs. I have most of your rulers, some books and some craftsy classes.

Thank you for the chat. PS your hair style is pretty!

I enjoyed all the great inspiration! I am always afraid I will mess up the guilt before I start... I may regret the design I chose but at least I have finished quilt at the end. I usually am happy enough with my design . I quilt for myself so learning and expounding on my designs may be slow but am always grateful for the inspiration you give!

Wow! So great! I am fired up and have quilting ideas for the quilt I am just cutting the fabric for! Great things to think about for all of my quilts (and some in the quilt coffin aka, bottom shelf). Thanks again!

We love you in Indiana USA Just finished my second quilt. Great teacher

Thank you for your motivation! ?

Another good video.... Just a Mimi in NC foothills appreciate every one that you post👋👋

Love your analogies!

Thank you Angela. This was great for me. I do spend a lot of time trying to decide the design....too much time. I have to learn to just do it. Funny thing, when I take long arm classes I do free motion and enjoy it and do okay. When I am home I tend not to FMQ. Strange. Or getting too overwhelmed.

I usually just dive in and try to quilt different designs, to practice free motion on my sewing machine. as well as not trying to turn into a perfectionist, to me it looks good to me and that's what matters to me ☺️

This was so comprehensive. You answered all my questions. Thank you. You're the best.

Thank you, I’m ready to try my quilting.

Always learn something from your videos.

My two questions are how to choose thread color and when to break thread. When I learned to quilt just three years ago, I was told to never break thread unless you absolutely had to. But in doing multiple designs in different parts of the quilt, it seems that breaking thread is necessary. Thanks for your videos!

Would love a video or info on choosing for quilting large negative space in modern quilts

This was a great chat!! I can't wait until the next Midnight Quilter!

Watched this morning and really feel encouraged. I have a quilt top that is mostly charms and I am trying to figure out how to best quilt it. Your echo suggestion will work great for the top section that is not charms.

Thank you, a very important question to answer. 😆

Great discussion, Thank you!

Angela. Thank you so much. You have made me brave enough to start quilting some of my own quilts. I'm practicing pebbles right now. They don't look great but I'm not giving up. U want to try some other things too like wishbones and swirls. Thanks for your lives.

Thank you for the tips.💕

Love you videos. Thank you

Thank you for sharing your ideas. I will continue to watch your other videos for more inspiration. There are 3 quilts in my stash to begin the journey.----Susan

Listening from Springfield, Mo and I hate the cold too!!! But winter is a perfect time for more quilting!!! I love learning from you!!!!! You’re very inspirational!!!

Thank you!

Thanks for your videos

Hello from Racine! This is very informative! Thank you! Bing watching while i am at home not feeling well! Also want to let you know Wendi in Customer service is amazing!

So amazing. I've learned so much. Not too scared to quilt my quilts.

I love piecing it’s the free motion on my longarm is where I’m struggling I have a stack to finish them up!

Thank you. This has helped me a lot. I have a pile of tops (12ish) that need quilting. My goal is to get a couple quilted before I start piecing another.

@colettedegroot3874

3 жыл бұрын

I wish I only had 12 tops to quilt. My customers keep me so busy the last count was over 20.

Hi. I'm a few weeks late, but I need to see this! Lindsay, Sacramento, CA❣

Great suggestions! Sorry, couldn’t watch you live this time!

Hi Angela! I'd love to have you spend a little time giving us some hints about "all over" designs. I do fine going block by block, but I'm nervous about keeping the density of an all-over design even"-ish". Do I still begin in the center? Please share your wisdom!! (I'm working on a domestic sewing machine) Thanks!

Thank you for this live chat. I usually don’t get to watch live (at work). I have a question, can you talk about learning how to quilt on a long arm after FMQ on a domestic machine? I just got a frame over Christmas and was looking for tips for the transition. I feel like I am learning FMQ all over again! 😂

I’m a pretty new longarm quilter and I really enjoy seeing your work. I’d love to know when you use your ruler vs free motion on the designs as you show them. Did you use a ruler for every straight line, every repetitive curve (Like the orange peel)? Do you keep a ruler base and ruler foot on your machine at all times?

When you change the top thread color, do you also change the bobbin thread or leave it as-is throughout the quilt? This was SO helpful, especially the thought process behind secondary designs. Thank you, Angela!

This is a great video, thank you for the ideas. My question is, if you are switching out colors for your top thread, do you switch them out for the bobbin thread as well? As a general rule, I know it's best to match the two threads at least in color so that if the tension is slightly off, it's not noticeable. Just curious how you do it...

Angela, your videos and tutorials are so inspirational, and so very appreciated! I've only completed one quilt so far, and did simple straight line quilting. Turned out great! Now I'm making a quilt for my 4 year old granddaughter, and have done a lot of applique on the quilt top. I have her quilt basted and ready to quilt, but am stuck on how to quilt it! It was supposed to be a Christmas gift, but it still is waiting to be quilted. It has 6 appliqued dinosaurs (her favorite thing lol), dinosaur eggs, and the center is a volcano with smoke and lava. Its been very labor intense and has turned out great. I've been practicing my free motion quilting following your tutorials, but just cannot decide how to quilt it, so I'm stuck! Do I quilt inside the appliques or do I not? And if so, what quilting designs for inside the dinosaurs??? Her birthday is around the corner now, and I really need to finish this so she can enjoy it. I've not been able to find much info online as to ideas for quilting applique, or whether I should or shouldn't. My concern is the size of the dinosaurs and if I should quilt them to keep the batting stable for the many launderings the quilt will get. I used Soft & Bright batting because it said it's a preferred batting for kids quilts, and because quilting can be spaced as wide as 10 inches (I was thinking of the dinosaurs since they're larger). The quilt size is smaller than twin, but bigger than crib. If anyone has any suggestions I would so appreciate them!!!! I really need some guidance here because I just don't know what I should do!!!! Thank you! Anita- a.k.a. Grammy ;)

This was helpful, Angela. I think it's helpful to talk about what we want to feature with our quilting. The statement, "I'm going to wait to quilt this until I'm good enough to quilt this..." I'm totally guilty of that and am trying to get over it. I've forged ahead with some and have been glad I did, even though I know I could do them better now. Thanks for reminding me of this! I have an EPP Cherish quilt that I just finished, and I'm struggling to decide how to quilt it. I will try to apply some of your ideas shared here. Thanks! Question: Do you put a piece of muslin behind your EPP tops to prevent bearding? I was advised to do that and wonder what your feelings on that are. Thanks!

That was great. Question Tula Pink quilt with black and white centre: What kind of guidelines do you give yourself. It is so very uniform and precise?

Thank you for your very informative video. As a beginner, I had trouble understanding some of what you were saying because of the pattern names. I didn't know what the wishbone pattern was until the end. That particular quilt section only had wishbone quilting. Do you have a video just about the different patterns?

love your videos Angela. such an inspiration. I am about to embark on my Dear Jane quilt which I have hand pieced. Any suggestions?

Hi Angela, this is Regina Ables from Tennessee and I have a question for you, I'm very new to quilting and I have been getting machine oil in spots on the quilt ,what am I doing wrong and your best kept secret to getting it out ? Thank you for being so sweet and understanding that again I love watching your shows !!

Angela, can you go over the speed, stitch length and width set up that you use for quilting on your sewing machine (not the long arm)? I have trouble with stitch consistency. Some are long and short; very irregular. Thanks!

Do you stitch in the ditch? Enjoy your chats.

Hi Angela. I love your videos! I have a home sewing machine and looking for one that I could move the quilt around with ease instead of having to roll up the quilt and wrestle with it. Do you have any recommendation on an affordable machine?

Hi from Bella Coola BC in Canada. My biggest issue is knowing when I should break thread, if I am changing the quilting design and when I can keep on with continuous stitching. What is best? Thanks

Where can I get that tee! Love it!

Hi from Newfoundland, Canada

Do you always change thread colour when you have a high contrast like some blocks are white and some are dark blue and then others are red? Thanks

Hi from chilly MN

Please enter me in give away. I'll be spending lots of time with you, Angela. Just finished first block in Build a Quilt and anxious to start on Mandala panels.

Trying to snow in Cedar City, Utah!

How would you quilt a New York Beauty quilt? Love your ideas. Thanks so much. Nerolie

Thanks Angela. Do you ever use both your longarm AND sit-down machine on the same quilt?

So, do you mark or measure the height of the dot to dot designs in your triangles so they wil be the same? Or just eyeball?

I want to purchase few rulers which two would you recommend and I am new to ruler quilting. I am a newbie

I’m a new quilter and watching these are very inspirational, but I have a question for you too….. is it difficult to go pattern to pattern without stoping and starting again. I see myself concentrated on the pattern then ending up where I’m blocked in….. help? Is there a video on this? Thx! I made a sampler quilt top and this has inspired me to give the quilting a go! Do you always pin your quilts or do you ever use spray adhesive? Thx again!

I am just about ready to try my Q’nique15 Pro for the first time. I’ve been using a second hand Pfaff 18-8 grand quilter for over 6 years and it’s been great however. Something a little smaller newer ( not as heavy duty but you can’t have everything) Change is good right?!

Hi angela,

What did you do on the bear muzzle?

When you quilt dot to dot, are you using a ruler? Also, do any of your past challenges focus on longarm quilting alone?

I always stress over when to change thread colors.

I end up quilting something completely different than what I had planned.

@mmdesigns1521

3 жыл бұрын

I have to quilt straight lines since I'm a beginner. One good thing about that is the fact they can go in many connecting directions. Love your videos and your quilting is so inspirational. Thanks.

While I love the look of your quilting, I don't like how stiff and un-drapey a heavily quilted quilt becomes. So I tend to do less rather than more on a larger quilt.

Do you machine quilt around each block before you quilt the inside of the block.

Can you please mention what time and day your next live chat is?

Angela I am looking for your pattern used for the T-shirt quilt for Father's day. the links no longer work and crafty is no longer offering the free patterns. Could you offer that again?

Have a twin size Irish chain 21/2" squares. For the life of me cannot settle on designs. Any suggestions.

When do you have this live chat

How would you quilt a photo quilt?

@sunflowerbaby1853

3 жыл бұрын

Great question.

Ok. You mentioned you're from Missouri. Roughly, what part of Missouri? I lived in St Louis a bit better than 40 years.

@NanaAngie

3 жыл бұрын

She is in Liberty Mo., by Kansas City Mo. Google quilting is my therapy quilt shop 😊 I’m not far from St. Louis, just across the Mississippi ! Small world