I'm new to the Quilting Board and joined as I read some very nice suggestions and ideas. I have been quilting for five months now and are hooked. I look for suggestions for all subjects, one is the quilting itself. I wish I could afford a long arm quilting machine, so I have had to do everything by hand. I bought a nice machine, but I need to take a class on using the walking foot for quilting, I would like to do my own quilting. Any suggestions on classes - online??

Hello, and welcome from Idaho!

Welcome from Iowa.

Welcome to the quilting board. There are lots of friendly people with lots of helpful advice here!

Hi, can you give me any suggestions on the quilting part...? Thank you so much

Welcome from Nevada!

Welcome to the board from Southern California!!!!

The walking foot is great for "in the ditch" quilting as well as diagonal quilting or just quilting lines on the quilt. I like to do diagonal quilting a lot on quilts that have the 9 1/2 blocks or even sized blocks. I use a wandering stitch that looks likes hills and valleys. I also like to use a decorative stitch when stitching "in the ditch" or along the piecing lines. It is very hard to stay exactly in the lines so a decorative stitch lets you be "close" without looking like you messed up.
the Walking foot does not work with stitches on your machine that take it backwards, use a regular foot for that. A lot of like to Free Motion Quilt (FMQ) you would use your "embroidery" foot for that one.

Welcome from Ireland

Welcome from NM. It seems to be popular now to "quilt as you go" which allows you to quilt each block before it is put together as a whole quilt. Just google Quilt As You Go and you should get a lot of response. Plus a number of people on this board can help you.

Welcome from Minnesota!