Step-by-Step Free-Motion Quilting: Turn 9 Simple Shapes into 80+ Distinctive Designs

by Christina Cameli

If you can doodle, you can do it! Improve your free-motion quilting as you sketch new designs—one simple shape at a time. Christina Cameli, best-selling author of First Steps to Free-Motion Quilting, returns with the perfect companion book for quilting unique patterns on your home machine or longarm. Christina offers more than 80 innovative continuous-line designs infused with her fresh aesthetic. Using nine simple shapes, such as circles, wavy lines, and loops, Christina walks you through the basic elements via easy-to-doodle illustrations. Take the design power to your needle as you quilt her favorite designs, from straightforward to striking!

Genres: Quilting, Nonfiction, Sewing

225 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2015

Reviews

[Donald Schopflocher · Rating 5 out of 5]

A follow up to Christina’s earlier introduction to free-motion quilting, this detailed set of instructions and diagrams builds on the earlier work and is chalk full of beautiful shapes and all-over designs.

[Mystic Miraflores · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was disappointed in this book. There were no photos of the actual quilting stitches, just sketches. I would like to have seen each quilting design finished on an actual sample. It would have been an aid for me to pick which quilting design I would choose. For me this is nothing but a sketch book. I am so amazed at the high marks this book received. How many people have actually tried using the book instead of just looking at it?
Update: I signed up for Christina's Craftsy class called "Free Motion Quilting", which has some of the same designs included in this book. On the videos, I can watch her go step-by-step on how to sew these designs on her machine. It is SO helpful this way, to actually watch her create the quilting designs. She also had a beginning FM class on Craftsy. So between the book and her classes, I think it will give me more complete information on how to create the designs myself. But I still give the book 3 stars because it is incomplete. As you see, I had to supplement it with the Craftsy class. Mmm, maybe Christina, the book publishers, and Craftsy designed it that way? Give you a taste of something and leaving you wanting more, so that you'll buy more of her products and classes? Smart marketing!!

[Candy]

8-12-24
This is a lovely book which I will return to. What I really needed was the book that precedes this one. I've got it now. I trust and admire this author, so I figure she is the one to show me how to free motion quilt. I'm ready to dip my toe in the water before I get any older. Turned 72 yesterday.

[Megan · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's weird to me that books like this are on goodreads. To me, this is something separate from a book book. Weird, I know. I'm not counting it toward my end of year book goal. However, this is a fabulous, fabulous book on free-motion quilting. Five stars!

[Jane Ryan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great ideas!

I am heading to my machine now. I am totally inspired! Before I Was at a loss for ideas... no longer!!!

[Rachel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Borrowed from the library. So many cool design suggestions!!! I was very excited to see some designs I have never seen used before. Very good step-by-step instructions for creating the designs.

[Angela Coleman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book! Some instruction in the beginning then chock full of great quilting designs! Highly recommend!

[Elaine Mayes · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent overview of shapes and how to create quilting designs. I'll come back to this book after I've read a couple of introductory "how to" books on free-motion quilting.

[mary rush · Rating 5 out of 5]

endless creativity!

This book gives easy to follow steps to show how to turn simple lines into beautifully detailed quilting. Very well illustrated. A great go-to for quilting ideas!

[Nonnie]

GREAT book for beginning FMQing ... several motifs I had not seen before.

[Jodi · Rating 5 out of 5]

great ideas

Love all the ideas in this book. It definitely opened my mind to the possibilities available to a modern quilter.

[Mhd · Rating 5 out of 5]

At first thumb-through, this book may look pretty simple and empty. But once I really tried to do it, I saw her point and see the complexity of the ultimate goal being achievable because of the way Cameli has organized the whole book. First 24 pages are filled with info. The whole book is much, much more dense with content than it looks! I will read and re-read, use and re-use this book. Great book.

[Scott Miller · Rating 4 out of 5]

The first book to make me think, "hey, I CAN do that!"