Ready, set, sew! Learn the basics, gather your supplies, pick a project, and start stitching. With a refreshingly new approach to free-motion stitching, this book encourages you to make something beautiful while improving your free-motion quilting skills. You'll find 24 projects and quilts that are light on assembly so you can spend most of your time stitching. A handy troubleshooting guide ensures success every step of the way.

– Down Under Quilts Magazine

Christine's easy-to-assemble projects are the perfect way to practice beginning quilting skills while making gifts and accessories for friends and family. After learning how to set up your machine for quilting and gathering the basic tools and notions necessary, simple instructions will show you how to try out the stitching designs provided. These designs work well with the given projects such as various bags, placemats and wall hangings.

– Machine Quilting Unlimited

I love the small projects included in the book that incorporate free-motion work. What a brilliant path to practicing stitching skills. Learning to free-motion quilt can be slow going if you're waiting to be good enough before tackling a large project. Doing mindless practice quilt sandwiches gets boring! My favorite thing about Christina's book is her approach to getting us to practice: Small Stitched Projects! Simple construction and good design make the projects perfect for practice. It includes all of the technical know-how needed cobined with a game plan for how to get practice time in with something to show at the end of a session. With such limited time to create and sew it's a brilliant approach!

– pinkchalkstudios.com

First Steps to Free-Motion Quilting is filled with tips and tricks and all kinds of great information. And to top that off, there's a ton of crazy, great projects to make!

– happyzombie.com

This is a totally great beginner's book. At the start, Christina lays out exactly what you need to get started. She walks you through cleaning your sewing machine, and explains about darning presser feet and extension tables and quilting gloves. She also explains the best kinds of thread for free-motion quilting. Turns out, it's not a huge investment to get started on this craft. The next section is all basic techniques for FMQ. This section is beautifully documented, with well-lit, well-staged photos and lots of them. ...And then there are many pages of sample designs to get you inspired to quilt. I'm so impressed with the instructional quality of this book. I'm having trouble articulating this well, but I feel like, as a beginner, this book gives me just enough instruction to get started without overwhelming me.

– Craftypod.com

I've seen lots of free motion quilting books and I have to say this one was one of my favorites. The free motion explanations were good and the extra projects were great. I love that the extra projects provided small practical experiences for a beginner to build confidence free motion quilting. I also love that the projects were just darn cute.

– Jo Kramer

I have to say, I’ve reviewed lots of free-motion quilting books. Of all the ones I have seen, I rank this one in the top two. The thing I like so much about this one is that it walks you through the stitches and free-motion quilting, and then the author offers some great fun and practical projects that will allow readers to practice those very stitches. Most of the projects are small and are great confidence builders. Can you believe that are 24 projects packed into the book??

– Jo's Country Junction

While there are a variety of books on free-motion quilting, this book is one of the best that SewCalGal has seen for those new to free-motion quilting. Christina walks you through the basics of everything from required supplies, how to make a practice pad, holding the quilt, starting and stopping, tension adjustments and more. But what makes it so unique is that she incorporates small projects into the process of learning free-motion quilting! And they are fast and fun projects that many, even those that have mastered many free-motion quilting designs, will want to make. There is an excellent selection on Quilting Tips and Techniques, as well as a section of lovely Quilting Designs. The 24 projects in this book are great projects to practice your free-motion quilting while creating something you can use around your home, or give as a gift. Many of the projects are so cute you'll want to make more than one of each. And they all come with well written instructions.

– SewCalGal

Ease into the wonderful world of free-motion quilting with a kind and informative teacher who guides you every step of the way. Cameli shows you how to achieve the best results for many popular quilting motifs, in addition to giving 24 projects to help you master the techniques. Even seasoned quilters will enjoy the variety and ingenuity of the creative projects.

– Quilter's Newsletter

This book not only offers tips and techniques, but grounds you in the basics. Once you're ready to go, try one of 24 projects to help you hone this new skill.

– Stitch Magazine