Free Motion Fears

For a while now, I've been toying with the idea of a long arm quilting machine with a frame as a dream acquisition and the answer to a challenge I currently have. I lack a big floor or table space to be able to sandwich quilt tops.  I've done some lap quilts on my domestic sewing machine, but always stitch in the ditch using a walking foot.

And then, I became inspired by the wonderful group of quilters I meet up with regularly.  They were able to do some amazing quilting on both domestic sewing machines and with mid to long arm machines that were sit-down.  How do I know I would use a large machine if I have not tried to make the most of my own machine?

So this weekend, I plan on taking a break from "Frolic" to try an experiment on free-motion machine quilting on my domestic machine this weekend.  Stay tuned for how it turns out.

In the meantime, I have now completed several of the main "Frolic" blocks.  Here's a picture to check out my progress.