If you've been following along with me recently, you know that I've been experimenting with the use of homemade stencils and chalk powder to transfer quilting designs onto my Spirit Song quilt.  My DIY stencils are made of 24 pound vellum paper that I've stitched through with an unthreaded domestic sewing machine to perforate the design lines, and since I've already completed all of the SID (stitch in the ditch) quilting on this quilt, it's already loaded onto my long arm frame.  In case you're wondering, there is absolutely no way you could use ...

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added by Rebecca Grace 4 years, 7 months ago. under free motion quilting , long arm quilting , marking , miracle chalk , pounce chalk , so fine , spirit song quilt , spray starch , stencils , tension trouble