hetty

We have a lightweight cotton wholecloth queen size bedcover that needs requilting. Embroidered centre with a "border/frame" of embroidered flowers then another "border/frame" of plain fabric. Low loft polyester batting. The "quilting" consisted of very large and uneven stitches, which after a few years have come undone. I have hand quilted the centre and as there is no quilting in the embroidered border I will leave, however in the plain "border" there are three rows of horizontal stitching to hold the batting in place and to look pretty. I want to replace these three rows by machine quilting. My machine is a very basic lightweight 25 yr old Jones - straight stitch and zigzag only. Standard presser foot and Zipper Foot. Is it possible with what I have and what thread should I use?

donnajean

A "walking foot" works best for stitching the quilt by machine. You can buy a generic walking foot. I used to work in a Sew n' Vac shop & would have those learning to quilt purchase one. You will get a much more even stitch with the walking foot as it feeds from the top & bottom - helping to prevent puckering on your back side.

ktbb

If you are doing straight lines, or almost straight lines, try a sample using a very narrow zigzag...very narrow...it gives some interest to the stitch line and covers up most of the small wavers that we/I get when I try to do straight line stitching. If you're not obligated to keep the three parallel rows, you can consider diamonds, rectangles, what every looks good with your inner quilting.

littlehud

I would invest in a walking foot. It really makes a difference.