Jim's Gem

While my quilt is on the table, or floor or where ever I had it to spray baste, I mark all the lines in one direction with the tape. quilting on the diagonal goes pretty fast and so the tape is not on there very long. Make sure you pull the tape up before you sew on it. I usually pull it up a bout 6 in in front of my stitching and eyeball it from where the needle is to the next line of the tape. In other works, if marking a quilt with 9 in blocks I have a whole bunch of lines of tape from say the upper right to lower left across the entire quilt. To tape them one at a time you would have to remove your sandwich every time between quilting lines, too much trouble and time.

some of my pieces of tape could be 90 inches long depending on the size of the quilt, I just pick up and tear off a little at a time as I sew.

quiltsRfun

When quilting a 9-patch or similar design, I just eyeball the diagonal line through the squares. Then no marking is necessary.

quilterj

yes i have a quilting bar too. i tried working with it last night and it seems that i when i tried to keep my rolled end out of the way i seemed to not stay on the stitched line and end up with wavey stitching lines. that is why iam trying to find out ways that are helpful. i diffinetly am not a straight line sewer.

Carol W

Great hints!