Need advise on Stippling...meandering...FMQ

[coffeebreak]

I have a 60x60 quilt to FMQ. I have watched several of the Leah Day http://www.freemotionquilting.blogsp...ilt-along.html Videos and read many a articles there.

I don't like the very small, or close together FMQ so I am doing Stippling/meandering as being a beginner I think that will work better anyway! So I get "how" to do it, however, she uses small quilt pieces to do her work. I also started practicing with small pieces and found it really easy that way, but with the full quilt...rather hard..only in that with the small piece it is so much more movable. That big near twin size quilt with half of it shoved in the neck of the machine the other half, hanging to the side or in my lap...makes it very much harder to move with the stippling.

So... does anyone have any tips on how to stipple that much quilt? She says don't roll and for the most part I agree, but there are times that it has to be rolled a little just to fit in a table top machine. But Ikeep it unrolled much as possible. But other than that...I have not seen her or anyone else stippling a large quilt as fast as she does the smaller ones. So if anyone has any tips or videos showing this, please, pass them my way!

And, in doing the more intricate designs....tips on how to do them (they are pretty specific and small) I just can't imagen doing those intricate designs on a large quilt.

Also, which do you prefer....stitching within the seam lines or crossing over ? And do you STID AND stipple or one or the other or both? I am looking to do wide/large stippling as to close makes the quilt so stiff and non-cuddly.