MacTavishing book recommendations

I agree...I think Ricky Tims DVD has even more machine quilting information. Several patterns and techniques for moving around the piece. Love it!

That does it! I have so got to have this book. Thanks to the others who explained that I do have the technology to understand the silver disc that comes with it. Now you're talking about bananas and headbands. I must, must, must, do this.

--Lia

I don't think McTavishing improves your skills so much as it broadens your horizons. Of course, the more quilts you quilt, the better you get. I found McTavishing so much fun that I actually felt euphoric while making all those swirly lines freehand. I am sold on the technique.

Julia, headbands and bananas are both Gaudynski's methods, altho McTavish does paisleys which are just about the same as headbands. I have Gaudynski's book 'Quilt Savvy' and the McTavishing book. The books are similar but different. McTavish's book has the 'video' disc- whatever you want to call it. I think both have excellent points and learning information and compliment each other well. I hate buying books where they all have the same information in 80-90% of the book and differ in only

10-20%, but these two really have a lot of info that is not duplicated. Check out the books at amazon.com. They often have pages you can look at before buying- called 'take a look inside this book' or something like that. Actually, on some books you can see enough on the pages they show that you don't have to buy the book! Then sometimes they just show the covers and the index page. HTH

Leslie, Missy & The Furbabies >> Pat, there is a marked difference in headbands and bananas. Head bands

It does help. Thanks. I will probably buy both books. As a rule, I wait for books to go on remainder, but I'm not against buying at full price if the book is something I'm ready for right now. At the last show I went to, I realized that I'd taken a machine quilting class many years ago, practiced, and gotten to the point where I can consider myself a good machine quilter. But now I've been staying in the same place, and I'm ready for more advanced techniques. For that, I don't mind investing in books.

--Lia

Thanks Jeanne. It is a little like my 'headbands', but the curves are shallower. I think I can adopt it, though! I love the idea of the two scales of quilting that are shown in that photograph. I haven't graduated to that yet! I will have to try to, though. It looks gorgeous. (No progress yet - pattern testing finished yesterday) . In message , nzlstar* writes

Thanks Leslie - described just fine! I'm going to keep this thread, as I can use if for reference. One of these days ... ... >g< . In message , Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. writes

I have the McTavish book/DVD and I did find it helpful. One of the points made in the book is that everyone's "McTavishing" is slightly different. After practice, I developed a slightly different take (I don't backtrack unless absolutely necessary) but the instructions definitely helped my free motion.

I recently bought "Machine Quilting Solutions" by Christine Maraccini. I think you would like this book, especially if you are somewhat practiced in machine quilting and looking for something different. A lot of ideas for continuous line freemotion without having to mark much, or at all. No DVD with this one to worry about! Lots of different ideas for quilting blocks, borders, and whole quilts.

Iris

Thanks. I'll have a look.

--Lia

I also like McTavish's book Quilting for Show. Not that I plan to show anything, but the book points out why judges like some pieces better than others, and how the quilter achieved the effect. Also comes with DVD on machine quilting, sort of McTavishing II if you've seen the 1st DVD. Roberta in D

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i think i need a pix of these headbands. for some reason i cant see the difference in my head. i'll check online in the meantime. cheers, j.

Oops! Sorry, Lia -- my mistake. It's definitely a DVD, and I have no idea why I called it a CD.

If it was just you, I'd accept your embarrassment and be getting out my wet noodles-- but it was the clerk in the store too. This is a mistake that lots of people make. If she'd known for sure, she would have made the sale. As it is, I give her credit for admitting to not knowing rather than selling me something I couldn't play and couldn't return. This is a mistake that a lot of people make.

--Lia

Jeanne, when I was just learning to MQ with the feeddogs down (VBG), I made a practice piece and took a photo. *REMEMBER*- this was my first attempt, okay? The McTavishing is in the front of the pic and the headbands are to the back-

Leslie, Missy & The Furbabies in MO.

Take a clock face (in your mind) Jeanne. Start a circle at 8 and go clockwise to 4. Then starting where you finished, make a larger 'circle' round to 8; then another larger circle round to 4. Then you can change direction and do another little group, and so on. I've made it a bit simplistic - as with all these things it is easier to do that to explain! For your second group, you could start where you finished at 4, then do a small circle to 12. Then go larger from 12 to 4, and back to 12. Then you could go from 12 to 6, 6 to 12, 12 to 6. You can do groups of four, but I always found 3 is easiest. There is no consistent pattern, you adapt to fit the space you are filling. . In message , nzlstar* writes

Mostly the bananas are much more of an equal size, Jeanne. The method Leslie described for making the bananas is very different from my headband description. Compare the two and you will see. They are both useful though. . In message , nzlstar* writes