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Originally Posted by nance-ell
Great topic! I am just finishing a quilt with straight line quilting. It has turned out fine, but there are a few places where I'm not happy. I think it will be fine once it's washed. I used my satin foot as someone has mentioned and increased my stitch length to 4. I also kept my machine at the slowest speed. I have a walking foot but I haven't used it yet. I'm going to get it out and practice with it before I do my next one! lol
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As above, walking foot and change the stitch length ... the # will vary depending on the machine.
You mentioned that you matched seams and now they don't. Do you have a pieced back making it a double sided quilt? There's often shifting when you do the quilting, so it's not uncommon to have that shift ... thus why more go for a simple backing to not draw attention to that shift. Good Luck! |
A walking foot is one of the best investments to make w/your machine. You can use it not only when you are quilting but other times as well. Like when making garments w/certain fabrics that don't want to move right or making curtains.
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Thanks! will try to see if i can buy a "walking foot" here, anyone happen to know the Dutch word for that, lol?
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Originally Posted by cjtinkle
A walking foot is a must, but don't go down one row and up the next, go either down or up each of them in the same direction, otherwise it will distort.
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You've received some great ideas to try but no one mentioned the batt. Polyester batt will be trickier to machine quilt. The fabrics tend to think polyester is their own personal skating rink. A conbination cotton/polyester or cotton batt grab the fabric better and shift less. I like to use Hobbs 80/20 fusible but a lot of people prefer the 505 spray basting. Good Luck!
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Originally Posted by wenot
no i started at the top, maybe i should start from the middle, i don't have basting spray, not sure if i can get that here either...will have to look online for it. I just pinned it
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A walking foot is also called an "even feed" foot. Some bernina's have them built in. Maybe contact a bernina dealer & get the Dutch translation? Basically, there is a mechanism that acts like a feed dog built into the foot, so the fabric sandwich is pulled thru the machine both from the top and bottom, resulting in even feeding. Good Luck!
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I pin and follow my pressure foot and use that as a guide line
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Originally Posted by lisalisa
If you don't have a walking foot, try reducing the presser foot tension.
Good luck - keep us posted on your results & share a pic. Have a blessed day & may all you quilts be filled w/love. :lol: |
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