Best tip for non-FMQ quilting?
08-05-2017, 05:36 AM
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Best tip for non-FMQ quilting?
Please share your hints and tips specifically relating to dual-feed/walking foot quilting. I don't see this come up as often as FMQ and am hoping to learn something new (and given what I know, that shouldn't be too hard!)
08-05-2017, 06:03 AM
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A lot of the modern quilts are straight stitched lines about 1/2 inch apart. I finished a quilt this week with straight lines about 1-1/2 inches apart using my machines serpentine stitch. It worked great. If you put walking foot quilting in the QB search box, someone posted a link to several walking foot designs. There are also Craftsy classes that deal with using your walking foot to quilt.
08-05-2017, 06:47 AM
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I've been meaning to try a tip I came across once -- to use painter's tape, which is about 1.75" wide, on the quilt, and then sew on either side. You can reposition the tape pretty easily and keep sewing lines. I finally bought some tape, so I'll be trying this soon.
08-05-2017, 07:34 AM
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08-05-2017, 07:38 AM
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Great thread. Thanks. I have quilted two quilts with a spiral starting in the center, then spiraling around and around spacing the quoting the walking foot apart until I reached the edges, then filling in so that the entire quilt is done.
08-05-2017, 07:42 AM
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Could you please share some tips as to how to get that spiral to spiral properly when you start out in the centre? Thank You!
Two tops for straight-line quilting ...
* Be sure your quilt is stabilized well when making the sandwich.
This could be via a spray-baste product, or by pinning.
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08-05-2017, 07:48 AM
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I'd be interested in this information, too. I've been eyeing some of the modern quilts I see with spiral quilting and thinking about trying it.
08-05-2017, 07:55 AM
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MsHeirloom ... the other question would be, how far apart are you stitching your spiral rows?
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