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I cross hatch (grid) quite a bit and find it can enhance a design nicely. I just used it in the white space between orange peels and they really stand out.[ATTACH=CONFIG]571290[/ATTACH]
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I use a walking foot for straight line quilting, a hopping foot for stippling, If I want fancy, I hand quilt or send to a long armer. You will love your new foot.
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Originally Posted by Onebyone
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Get this book: One Line at a Time by Charlotte Warr Andersen. She shows you how to do perfect designs to get with a walking foot. I prefer crosshatch (grid) quilting to the elaborate fancy quilting. I use the 4ft and 6 ft 2 1/2 wide straight edge (bought at Lowe's) to mark my lines. I use Crayola Ultra Clean fine line markers. I use the blue ones the most. I go criss cross, straight, diagonal, and big zig zag. I use spray basting and every inch of the quilt top and backing is stuck down. Not one inch to move out of place. I don't have tucks or wrinkles. I start in the center or at the corner and stitch on the line. I do all my quilts at home now using this method. No thread tails!
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Bookworm, I love doing the straight line stitching and just recently tried it for the first time on this Dr. Suess quilt. The guide that comes with the walking foot works like a charm! ~smile~
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that's what I started with... still love it for many backgrounds
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I use a walking foot to do most of my quilting but rarely do straight lines. There are many designs you can do with curves - flowers, orange peel, cables etc. Here are a few:
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Wow, some beautiful examples here ladies! Thank you. :)
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Nothing is more beautiful and classic to me than grid quilting. If I ever get a new sewing machine with a larger throat space, I'd love to do some straight line quilting.
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I have used this method also on several quilts. Thanks for all the ladies posting with their tips and hints.
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I can't get straight lines using the walking foot guide I have to draw them on. I can follow the marked line and not worry about staying on the previous sewn line.
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