Originally Posted by
Conchalea
How is everyone planning to quilt their mystery top? I’ve ripped out 2 attempts so far & I'm not sure I like the 3rd attempt. Any suggestions? I’ve mostly done SID, with 1 top done with FMQ. I’m not experienced enough to decide on a quilting pattern.
If you have a guide for your walking foot, I love the look of parallel lines going only one way across the quilt, the way I did mystery 16. I went and did one diagonal line, then set the guide to be about 1-1/4" away from the needle. After you do the first line - say, down the middle of one of the diagonal dark sections - go back to the starting place and have the guide sit on the stitching line you ust did, and continue stitching. Watch the guide, not the quilt. Then just keep going until you get to the end of that side, then turn the quilt and continue stitching on the other portion. Roll the quilt after each line and the rolled portion will go nicely through the space between the needle and the machine body.