In my journey to improve my free-motion quilting (FMQ) skills, on a home sewing machine, I found great inspiration and insights through DVDs. I compiled a list of DVDs on FMQ and actively began researching these DVD and their authors. To clarify, I do not have copies of all of these DVDs (but would love to).
I hope this list may be of use to you and that you also have a chance to check these DVDs out. These authors are amazing free-motion quilters who have given us a wonderful gift by sharing their insights through their DVDs. I also want to encourage those interested in learning and/or improving their free-motion quilting skills, to seriously consider building their own library of FMQ DVDs.
If you have insights on other DVDs I should add to this list, please let me know. And, of course, I'd love to hear about your favorites.
When I have been able to write a review on any of these DVDs the Title will contain a link to my review. For general interest, I am also researching to determine what year these DVDs were published. As such, I do plan on updating this list, over time, so you may want to bookmark this page in your Favorites and check back for future updates.
| Title {link for review} | Cover Photo | Author | Publisher | Year Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free-Motion Machine Sketching |  | Candy Glendening | Quilting Arts | 2014 |
| Free-Motion Quilting simplified |  | Don Linn | Self Published | 2012 |
| Divide and Design |  | Lisa Calle | Self Published | 2012 |
| Dynamic Quilt Design: Paint Meets Stitch |  | Susan Brubaker Knapp | QuiltingArts | 2011 |
| Creative Machine Quilting |  | Elin Waterston | QuiltingArts | 2011 |
| Fluff & Stuff Machine Quilting with Paula Reid | 
| Paula Reid | Self Published | TBD |
| Domestic Trapunto Basics |  | Sharon Schamber | tbd | tbd |
| Domestic Filling the spaces |  | Sharon Schamber | tbd | tbd |
| Domestic Beginning Stipple |  | Sharon Schamber | tbd | tbd |
| Domestic Basic Freeform Feathers |  | Sharon Schamber | tbd | tbd |
| Domestic Feather Abundance |  | Sharon Schamber | tbd | tbd |
| Domestic Feathers, Borders, Corners & Blocks |  | Sharon Schamber | tbd | tbd |
Fast and Free! Volume 0.5 |  | Patsy Thompson | Patsy Thompson Designs | tbd |
Fast and Free! Volume 2 |  | Patsy Thompson | Patsy Thompson Designs | tbd |
Fast And Free! Volume 3 |  | Patsy Thompson | Patsy Thompson Designs | tbd |
Free Motion Fun...With Feathers! Volume 1 |  | Patsy Thompson | Patsy Thompson Designs | tbd |
| Free Motion Fun...With Feathers! Volume 2 |  | Patsy Thompson | Patsy Thompson Designs | tbd |
Free Motion Fun...With Feathers! Volume 3 |  | Patsy Thompson | Patsy Thompson Designs | tbd |
Free Motion Fun...with Feathers! Volume 4 |  | Patsy Thompson | Patsy Thompson Designs | tbd |
Free Motion Fun...With Vines and Leaves! Volume 1
|  | Patsy Thompson | Patsy Thompson Designs | tbd |
Free Motion Fun...With Vines and Leaves! Volume 2 |  | Patsy Thompson | Patsy Thompson Designs | tbd |
| Free Motion Quilting Project DVD Book Combo |  | Leah Day | Day Style Designs | tbd |
| Grand Finale | Ricky Tims | tbd | ||
| Master Machine Quilting |  | Susan Brubaker Knapp | QuiltingArts | tbd |
| Master Machine Stitching |  | Susan Brubaker Knapp | QuiltingArts | tbd |
| Ann Fahl Teaches You Coloring with Thread |  | Ann Fahl | C&T Publishing | |
| Feathers of a New Generation | 
| Lisa Calle | Self Published | 2006 |
If you are interested in learning and/or improving your FMQ skills, you may also want to take the pledge for the 2012 Free-Motion Quilting Challenge.
17 comments:
Oh my gosh... I know you put alot of work into your post but this is outstanding. Thanks so much!
how about Ricky Tims Presents Grand Finale: Fine Machine Quilting and Finishing Techniques
This is a terrific list...I sure will be taking a look at some of these different titles as we go through the FMQ challenge!! :)
Renae Allen's Skill Builder Series. Her pre-printed practice panels are brilliant as well. http://www.rgadesignquilts.com/store/index.php
Hi di hi
May I suggest you add Pajama quilter?
http://www.pajamaquilter.com/
I guess you could say she is more about long arm quilting but I have to say her DVDs have done more to inspire me than anything else.
Cheers
Linda
Thank you so much for collecting this information, it will be interesting to hear any reviews from your followers. I haven't seen any of these, so reviews would be helpful.
I'd like to suggest Diane Gaudynski:
http://www.dianegaudynski.net/
She is an award winning domestic machine quilter, teacher and author.
Good morning! I would suggest you look into the stitching of Barbara Shapel, The Art of Machine Quilting, by Quilters' Schoolhouse DVD Series, 2009, www.ninepatchmedia.com. Her work is absolutely stunning. When she fmq, there is often another picture on the backside.
Thanks for your blog!
Susan
I can't wait to try some of these DVD's. I've taken a class with Sharon Schamber and found her amazing! Thanks for this list. I'm sure it took a lot of work to get this together.
This is great!! I have a few of these DVD's, though I haven't had a chance to watch all of them yet, what I've seen is fabulous. I will have to check out Sharon Schamber's DVD's!!
I have Volumes 1 & 2 of Vines & Leaves by Patsy Thompson and she does a great job teaching. If you have a chance to take a class with Patsy in person, do it. She's a great teacher and I learned several things that I didn't know. I also have Mastering Machine Stitching by Susan Brubaker Knapp which is great if you want to learn to thread paint. In the last year I have found that free motion quilting and thread painting work great together. If you want Free Motion Fillers, Leah Day is great!
I'm sorry. It appears that Diane Gaudynski hasn't produced a DVD. My mistake!
I'm not sure she has any DVD's available, but Wendy Sheppard has a lot of demo's on her blog:
http://ivoryspring.wordpress.com/2011/12/22/thread-talk-from-my-sewing-machine-29/
Here's her very latest post, working with depth of feathers
I love DVD's because we can watch them over and over again. What I always miss is the tips that are given verbally because there are NO subtitles or captions on any of the quilting DVD's. This is a big stumbling block for me because I am Deaf and often the quilters are not in the frame when they are talking.
I do like your list.. I'll be checking several of them out. :)
How about Paula Reid's (Batts in the Attic) Fluff and Stuff? It is made for domestic sewing machine users. It has been a while since I watched it.
Wow! Great list and resource! Thanks for doing that!
I'm joining others in thanking you for this list. As Barb stated, you put so much work into it for us and it's much appreciated. At some point it's all going to click in and I'll be much improved fmq'er. And it's fun, too:)
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