Originally Posted by petpainter
I'm about to quilt my first wall hanging, so this is a good thread for me, too. So the areas where I'm going to stitch in the ditch, I need to definitely use my walking foot, then for the free motion stuff, just go back to the free motion foot? I have a clear foot to use for that.For stitching in the ditch, should I still start in the center and work out?
I always work from the center out. I just got a walking foot and darning foot(FMQ foot). With stitching in the ditch it just depends on the pattern. But yes starting in the "center" is always a good idea. It just depends on the pattern. if it is something like squares and you are just going lines in a cross hatch pattern then I would pick a side and start in the middle of the quilt on that side and go from there. if there is blocks in involved I would stitch the center block down and go from there. but it just depends on what the top looks like. hope this is clear as mud for you.