A few years ago I tried my hand at a technique called Free Motion Sewing using my regular sewing machine and created these simple note cards.
Use your sewing needle as your 'pen'. The needle remains stationary and you move your fabric around in any direction to 'draw' your design.
Drop your feed dogs! Dropping them gives you full control of the movement of the fabric. Sewing machine feed dogs are metal teeth-like ridges that emerge from a hole in the throat plate of a sewing machine. They move as you sew, gently gripping the bottom fabric to help it pass through the sewing machine.
I've also read that leaving the feed dogs up works just as well when Free Motion Sewing. You'll have to test for yourself to see what works for you. Plenty free tutorials online.
( old photos, excuse the poor image resolution )
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