Originally Posted by Prism99
If the curves are not too tight, I use a walking foot to do echo quilting. Because it tends to pack a lot of quilting lines into an area, it's a good idea to use a lighter weight thread top and bottom than you might normally use; otherwise the quilted piece can get kind of stiff.
I do too, also, the walking foot is one of the widest, so it's that bit easier to make your echo lines further apart, using the foot as a guide. If you can move your needle sideways too, that is also a way of making the echo lines wider.