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Step-by-Step Free-Motion Quilting: Turn 9 Simple Shapes into 80+ Distinctive Designs • Best-selling author of First Steps to Free-Motion Quilting Kindle Edition

by Christina Cameli (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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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 to help you quilt unique patterns, using your home machine or longarm. A member of the Portland Modern Quilt Guild, Christina infuses her fresh aesthetic and passion for teaching quilters new skills into 80+ innovative free-motion designs. Working from a set of nine simple shapes, such as circles, wavy lines, and loops, she walks you through the basic elements via easy-to-doodle illustrations. Take the design power to your needle as you stitch Christina’s favorite continuous-line quilting patterns, ranging from straightforward to striking. If you can doodle, you can do it!
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In this sequel to her first book, Christina Cameli shows how quilters can turn nine simple shapes into multiple designs for quilting on domestic or longarm machines. Page after page of unique designs, with diagrams showing the stitching path for each, will inspire you to quilt your own projects with confidence. ― Fons and Porter's Easy Quilts, Summer 2015

If our guide to free-motion quilting has piqued your interest this issue, then there's a whole world of books to continue your new love affair with finishing your patchwork projects. This one is a new release from Stash Books and in it are pages and pages of designs to inspire your free-motion adventures. Christina Cameli covers the basics too - leading in with the ideas of traveling, echoing and foresight. It might seem strange to flick through b book and see what seems like a lot of scribbles, but when you start imagining them in quilted form, it's a useful little reference book to have to find a stitch design that matches your patchwork. ― Quilt Now Magazine, April 2015

Cameli shows you how to turn nine simply-to-draw shapes–circles, loops, spirals, leaves, curving lines, drops, S curves, arcs and grass–into more than 80 different designs appropriate for a full range of quilted projects, whether quilted on domestic or longarm machines (hand quilters will also find plenty of inspiration in the combination of motifs). ― Quilters Newsletter, December/January 2016

Are you looking to improve your free-motion quilting? Christina shows how easy (really!) it can be - on your long arm or domestic machine - using just nine simple shapes that help you create over 80 fabulous and beautiful designs from traditional to modern! ― Quilter's Connection for Canadian Quilters

There are over 80 designs that spring from nine ‘elements'. These arecombined and recombined to give endless possibilities.The ‘elements' are circle, curvy lines, loops, drops, spirals, leaves, ‘s' curves, arcs andgrass. A brief description of each is given with diagrams and written instructions of how tosew them. This is a good foundation for moving onto the more complex designs but before you get to those, there are some considerations that are mapped out for you, which look at the practical aspects of these free-motion motifs. It's a great book for getting you to look beyond some of the more traditional stitches youmight stick to and to think about how you can adapt these basic stitches to create something more personal. ― Workshop on the Web

Christina Camelli, best-selling author of First Steps to Free-Motion Quilting, returns with the perfect companion book to help you quilt unique patterns, using your home machine or longer. A member of the Portland Modern Quilt Guild, Christina infuses her fresh aesthetic and passion for teaching quilters new skills into 80+ innovative free-motion designs. Working from a seat of nine simple ships, such as circles, why lines, and loops, she walks you through the basic elements via easy--to-doodle illustrations. Take the design power to our needle as you stitch Christina's favorite continuous-line quilting patterns ranging from straightforward to striking. If you can doodle, you can do it! ― Workbox Magazine, February 2015

Cameli (First Steps to Free-Motion Quilting) focuses on shape-based designs for her second book, in which she takes nine basic shapes (including circles, loops, drops, and spirals) and demonstrates how to use them in all-over free-motion quilting designs. Each of the patterns is presented on a spread, with text-based and illustrated directions for creating the design on the left page and a full-page sketch of the repeating design on the right-hand page. The arrangements vary in complexity, so there’s as much here for beginners as there is for experienced free-motion quilters. Cameli provides abundant ideas and inspiration, and quilters who enjoy books by Angela Walters and Leah Day will find new designs to add to their free-motion quilting repertoire. ― Library Journal

Conquer free-motion quilting with step-by-step doodling instructions and turn simple shapes into 80+ creative quilting designs. ― Quiltmaker, July/August 2015

About the Author

Christina Cameli is a nurse-midwife and quilter who enjoys finishing quilts on her domestic machine in addition to teaching free-motion quilting classes for beginners. She is the author of First Steps to Free-Motion Quilting and lives in Portland, Oregon. afewscraps.blogspot.com

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00PWKOBMG
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ C&T Publishing / Stash Books (January 1, 2015)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 1, 2015
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 41808 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 out of 5 stars 397

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Welcome! I'm a nurse-midwife in Portland, Oregon who fell in love with quilting over a decade ago. Quilting feels good and I love teaching people how to do it! With whatever tools and experience you have, you can make beautiful quilts. I invite you to check out my books, follow my blog www.afewscraps.com, or watch my classes on Bluprint. I like to say "Done is better than perfect", and I'd love to help you feel ready to quilt your creations on whatever machine you have. I'm not a full-time quilter and you don't have to be either! We can still make the quilts that bring us delight. Happy stitching to you!

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I am not new to free motion quilting, but I love Christina Cameli’s style. The photo is of one of her simple combination designs, Firecracker, used in a quilt I quilted for my daughter-in-law recently. Highly recommended!
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Elizabeth B Lewis
5.0 out of 5 stars I love this book
Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2023
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I am not new to free motion quilting, but I love Christina Cameli’s style. The photo is of one of her simple combination designs, Firecracker, used in a quilt I quilted for my daughter-in-law recently. Highly recommended!
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Elizabeth B Lewis
5.0 out of 5 stars I love this book
Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2023
I am not new to free motion quilting, but I love Christina Cameli’s style. The photo is of one of her simple combination designs, Firecracker, used in a quilt I quilted for my daughter-in-law recently. Highly recommended!
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Mrs. Bee
5.0 out of 5 stars A True Treasure!
Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2015
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Just imagine that one of your good friends is a famous free-motion quilter. You have always been in awe of her work and wished you could do even half of what she does with her quilting. Over time, she has created an amazing journal, stuffed full of her own quilting designs, with clear diagrams and descriptions of exactly how she makes each one. There would be no way to place a value on such a journal - it is a true treasure! Suppose one day, she offers to let you use her journal and she even adds beginner's instructions and practice tips just for you. Wouldn't you be jumping with joy? I would!
And I am! This is exactly what Christina Cameli's new book "Step-by-Step Free-Motion Quilting" feels like to me. She makes me feel certain that I am going to learn to free-motion quilt... and not just basic things, but beautiful designs, done well. I actually am having a hard time writing this review because Christina's book got me so revved up that I want to rush upstairs and start sketching and then sewing her designs. I particularly love her tips on how to take a design you like and turn it into a finished quilt.
Christina has a gift for looking at complex things and breaking them down into something attainable. She is a warm and encouraging person, a very good communicator and an excellent teacher. This book really is the perfect companion book to her "First Steps to Free-Motion Quilting". It also is an excellent stand-alone book - a terrific source of ideas and inspiration. Whether you are a newbie or experienced; whether you quilt with a domestic sewing machine or have a long arm sewing machine - I highly recommend this book!
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Robin Rupp
5.0 out of 5 stars So much content
Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2023
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What a fantastic book! I swear I've bookmarked every other page. I can't wait to dig into these designs!
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Karlee Sandell
5.0 out of 5 stars Endless inspiration for every quilter!
Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2015
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You could say I am a bit of a Christina Cameli fan, considering I have done every project from her first book "First Steps to Free Motion Quilting" many times! I visit her Craftsy class daily and have had the opportunity to take classes with her at the Pine Needle Quilt Shop in Lake Oswego . Ok I am a huge fan! When I heard she was coming out with a new book I was absolutely thrilled, yeah more Christina! I have a huge stack of quilting books that I thumb through occasionally but never have I been struck with inspiration like this. First of all the cover design is enough to excite anyone, but wait there are 80+ designs that follow! Christina takes 9 basic quilting design elements and shows you using simple hand sketched motifs how to create an endless variety of unique designs. Her easy breezy, no stress approach to free motion quilting is so refreshing and the way she deconstructs even the most complex designs will give you the confidence to dive right in. Every quilter from beginner to advanced will benefit from this book, Christina is a true inspiration!
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Kat Quilts in GA
4.0 out of 5 stars Great book for advanced beginners and experienced FM Quilters
Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2015
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I took an onlline class with Christina Cameli and really enjoyed her presentation and got a lot out of the material, despite the fact that I am an experienced free motion quilter and have taken many classes and read many books on the topic. I purchased this book to first support Christine. It's not that my expectations were low. Since her class was great, I hoped the book would also be valuable. I was not disappointed. I love the designs and the step-by-step diagrams of how to stitch them out. As many books as I own on the topic, I will refer to this one over and over for ideas when I am quilting. This is also an inspiration for me teaching my own classes. Thanks Christina!
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Lynn G.
5.0 out of 5 stars A Go To Book
Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2018
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If you are like me, someone that did simple meander, basic line and ditch quilting... This book is for you. It takes the stress out of fmq and makes it what its supposed to be...DOable and FUN. It is truly a treasure, packed full of designs from 9 easy shapes. A go to book for how to, what it will look like, skill building and/or... plain old stuck on what to quilt on your quilt this time. Very visual! A drawing on one side of how to do the design with instructions/authors tips with a full page of the repeated design on the facing page. Well done layout with many, many designs! I really like Christina's style and her approach to fmq.

Very happy that I bought this book
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Mary B. McCullough
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book for beginner.
Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2022
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Someone loaned this book and I enjoyed it so much I wanted one of my own. Excellent book and with great pictures and instructions. I am very pleased how much I have learned. Also the book was in excellent condition.
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Debra
5.0 out of 5 stars Great free-motion quilting book
Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2022
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Christina Cameli is a wonderful free-motion quilter. I have a couple of her classes. This book primed my creative pump. I'm going to buy my quilting buddy the paperback. Highly recommended!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Love it!
Reviewed in Canada on April 20, 2023
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Lots of great quilting ideas!
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S P
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in India on January 18, 2018
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Perfect for beginners. Clear explanations with pictures that are easy to follow.
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R Lor
3.0 out of 5 stars un livre très clair qui pose les bases pour les apprenties
Reviewed in France on August 9, 2017
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le livre est très graphique. c'est clair. des dessins simples pour celles - dont je suis - qui se lancent dans le free motion quilting. en partant de formes simples, l'auteure propose des formes plus évoluées avec des courbes, des pétales, des fleurs, des feuilles. l'anglais pour les instructions est de type niveau scolaire.
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Sharon w Waitemazon Customer
5.0 out of 5 stars great ..full of ideas
Reviewed in Australia on August 21, 2020
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Very good designs and easy to do.
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Savvy Gran
5.0 out of 5 stars A must for fmq beginners
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 26, 2016
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Really helpful! I have followed Leah Day and Lori Kennedy in their free motion quilting trips, but I don't reach their heights of excellence( practice, lractice, practice...and talent!) This lady has actually made it easier-she seems to promote moves I can do by breaking down fmq patterns into a simple shape. Love it.
Update June 2019. Another wonderful book on block quilting patterns. Buy it-you won’t regret it!
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