hutch farm

I am attempting to quilt the sashing on my project. If I draw my pattern on, when I go to quilt it, do I just sew on the lines I've drawn or do I need to lower my feed dogs and do it like free motion quilting? First attempt and it seems so overwhelming. Suggestions and thanks!

KenmoreGal2

I'm not sure I understand your question but I'll jump in here. I don't have a walking foot, I only do FMQ. Sometimes on my borders I continue the meander that I've done on the rest of the quilt. Other times I just sew a single squiggly line down the center of the border. I like how they both look. Hope that helped.

PS. Really cute quilt!

ManiacQuilter2

I usually stitch my sashing using a walking foot. That way the sewing machine feed both layers of the quilt thru under the needle.

Tartan

Cute houses! I would use my walking foot to SITD ( stitch in the ditch)on the sashing first. I like to SITD first as FMQ can distort straight lines. Try your marking tools on scraps first to make sure you can remove them safely.

As for marking first and quilting, it depends on what designs you are going to quilt. If you are going to do straight lines or gentle curves then a walking or straight stitching foot with the feed dogs up will be fine. I usually quilt along painters tape for straight lines. If you plan on doing details like shingles on the roof, paving stones on the walkways etc. then those are easier done with FMQ ( free motion quilting) and a hopping or darning foot and the feed dogs lowered.

hutch farm

I have already SITD on the houses themselves on my tablerunner. Just trying to figure out what to do with the blue side sashing. I guess I thought it would be too difficult to FMQ over the houses. Thanks for the replies. There's another house at the bottom not shown.

Jeanne S

Like others above me, if I want to quilt in straight lines (on sashing or otherwise) I use my walking foot with feed dogs up---this gets a clean straight line stitch.