Baptist Fan Pattern
 

Seen many beautiful quilts on the net quilted with the Baptist Fan pattern. Have searched the internet for a marking template so I can use it on a quilt I will do on my home machine....no real luck. I've been told that the marking tools out there are for long arm quilters. Can you use this tool on your home machine or is there another way to mark your quilt and then use a walking foot to quilt it?

If you are planning on using a walking foot you will have to turn the quilt when you get to the end of every arc. May be difficult on a larger quilt. Having said that, I know that folks quilt this pattern on a domestic machine. I'm sure someone with experience will chime in with info on how they did it.

There are tons of stencils out there if your goal is to mark your quilt with a marked line to follow while stitching. I don't know anyone who's done a Baptist fan with a walking foot, though. It's usually done with a darning foot as a continuous line (FMQ) design.

Here are some links to some stencils, though, in case they may be of some help to you. You may have have to make your own stencils, though, in order to get the fans large enough to do with a walking foot. You might try the Golden Threads papers. Or else I've made templates with a hot knife (avail at local craft store) and standard template plastic before. Just draw your lines & cut.
https://www.fulllinestencil.com/shop...7-baptist-fan/
https://www.connectingthreads.com/to...n__D82321.html
http://www.quiltbug.com/notions/quilt-stencils-3.htm

Here's one that's a single Baptist fan template, but larger:
https://www.amazon.com/Wrights-2-Inc...tpmotherhoo-20
Don't Call Me Betsy website claims it's big enough to do with a walking foot.

Many years ago when I would go to quilting club with my mother, the ladies quilted baptist fans using a template my father had made. He took a piece of plexi glass about 12" or more long (can't remember that far back) and about 2-3" wide then he drilled holes in it the distance apart my mon wanted. To use it she put a tack or something like that in the hole in the end, then put a pencil in each hole drawing the arc where she wanted. She was way ahead of her time. Sure do miss her.

I found the stencils for sale at Amazon and Esty:
https://www.google.com/search?q=bapt...sQsAQIJw&dpr=1
You can't quilt this stencil with a walking foot. It has to be FMQ.

Bonnie Hunter has a tutorial on her site on how she does this.
http://quiltville.blogspot.ca/2010/0...s-on-fans.html

Here's a tutorial to mark using a circle cut ruler.

http://www.dontcallmebetsy.com/2012/...tist-fans.html

How about this??

http://www.dontcallmebetsy.com/2012/...tist-fans.html

It's a tutorial for FMQ Baptist Fans.

Hope it helps!

This is my quilt that I machine quilted on my DSM recently. I marked the entire top with a stencil from the stencil company, and then quilted it. I tried to mark it using the circle ruler, but it wasn't working for me. I think using a walking foot would be pretty tedious on a DSM.....

https://instagram.com/p/BDoFbv5s9eK/

Thank you ladies. Would you believe that I've had the Circle Cut by Sharon Hultgren/EZ Quilting all along and never thought about it? Sometimes when you have too much stuff you forget what you already have. Everyone's help was greatly appreciated...and I'll be using the free motion foot and NOT the walking foot!!