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I love the Swirls & Curls stencil from Full Line Stencil. The design is really versatile, making it great for lots of quilts, but on holiday quilts it looks like swirling snow!

This stitch is great for someone who has done some free motion quilting, and is ready to try something a little more challenging. There is a tiny bit of backstitching as you travel from swirl to swirl, but if you aren’t perfectly on the original stitching line, just call it a design choice and enjoy your quilt!

If you’ve never used Full Line Stencils before, they’re ...

I love using Full Line Stencil to create fun, festive quilting stitches I would never be able to quilt freehand.

In today’s video, I show you how I used the Christmas Lights stencil and a Pounce Pad to transfer to my quilt while it is on the longarm, then follow the chalk lines in a figure-eight style motion to create a free motion quilting stitch that looks a string of Christmas lights.

The results are so beautiful and it makes a great allover design on any holiday quilt. And if you missed our 12 Makes of Christmas video from ...

It’s been a minute since we did a free motion quilting tutorial on a home sewing machine. But we just did a MAJOR restock on all of our Full Line Stencil free motion quilting supplies, so we thought now was the perfect time!

Today we are working with the new I Love It! stencil which has a really cute heart meander pattern. It would be so cute for a Valentine’s Day quilt, or just a quilt for someone you love.

I cover how to use the stencil and pounce pad to transfer the markings to your quilt top ...

For our fifth make of Christmas, we’re bringing back a replay from our first 12 Makes of Christmas series and showing you how to turn your favorite holiday charm pack into an adorable Christmas stocking.

This is a two-for-one tutorial, with instructions on how to piece and assemble the stocking AND a lesson on free motion quilting a swirl that is perfect for a holiday stocking.

In the video we cover some quick piecing tips so you can get this project done in a weekend, or the night before Christmas if you’re a procrastinator and that’s how ...

For our second make of Christmas we are focusing on a perfect quilting design for all your holiday quilts.

In this replay I show you how to quilt an easy holly background meander free motion quilting design using the Full Line Stencil by Hancy Creations to develop the muscle memory you need to master this fun design that is perfect for all of your holiday quilting projects.

The Holly Background Meander is a combination of a holly leaves with a little loopty loop meander to connect the leaves. I show you how to quilt the holly leaves and the best ...

Today we are kicking off our third annual 12 Makes of Christmas series! Each year we bring you 12 ideas of easy and fast projects you can complete this holiday season.

We’ve got some great content planned for you this year. We’re kicking it off with some free motion quilting designs perfect for holiday projects, a quilt design perfect for holiday scraps, three Christmas stocking designs, two mug rug designs and wrap it up with a three part series on making a jellyroll tree skirt!

First up is Swirls & Curls, a fabulous whimsical free motion quilting stencil that ...

I am in love with this month’s free motion quilting stencil. The Tiger Stripe is super easy to master, and it provides a great dense, all over quilting design that is pretty quick to stitch up.

All you have to do is follow the lines to swoop back and forth. As long as you can keep your points pointy and your swoops gentle, is is guaranteed to look fantastic.

This stencil comes in two sizes and I show you how to use the Pounce Pad with Full Line Stencil to mark out your design, follow the lines when you ...

We’ve got about a month until Valentine’s Day and that means it is time to finish up all those red, white and pink quilts! We’ve got the perfect free motion quilting stitch for all your Valentine’s Day projects, the Sweetheart Meander.

This stencil and quilt design looks a lot more complicated than it actually is. When you break it down, it is essentially a series of curved swoops with lots of points for you to stop at and reassess where you are going next.

The all over design is great for Valentine’s or kids quilts ...

For our 11th make of Christmas, we’re bringing back a replay from last year’s 12 Makes of Christmas series and showing you how to turn your favorite holiday charm pack into an adorable Christmas stocking.

This is a two-for-one tutorial, with instructions on how to piece and assemble the stocking AND a lesson on free motion quilting a swirl that is perfect for a holiday stocking.

In the video we cover some quick piecing tips so you can get this project done in a weekend, or the night before Christmas if you’re a procrastinator and that’s ...

In today’s video we go over how you can use a parallel lines stencil to create consistently sized quilting designs in your borders. Stephanie will show you six designs you can practice that fit perfectly inside a 2-inch border!

All of these designs are fully customizable, so you can alter the size and scale to fit whatever quilt you are working on. Stephanie goes step-by-step showing you how to mark the parallel lines on your quilt, draws out each design and then gives you tips on how to quilt it.

This video is great to follow along with as ...