Tool for easy grid/echo quilting
 

Do you have this little tool for your sewing machine? I have a Pfaff machine and this is called edge/quilting guide. It's great for quilting big grids and echoing any design. Plus, you don't need a washable marker.
My lines are spaced at about 1'', in between lines I will add feathers.

i have it and have used it on a few of my machines. on one in particular, i can't get the screw to hold it tight enough. so i have to use another machine :(

I never did know what the extra screw was for on my presser foot. Duh!!! I feel so silly!! I thought you could only use that little bar with a quilting foot. Thank you both for the tip!!!!

Yes, I have this tool for Husqvarna Viking H/Class 500E but can't get it to stay on.

I have one but have never been able to figure out how to get it to work with my walking foot. Guess i will have to look at it again.

I have it for my husqvarna's also, but there's just a little clamp at the back of the walking foot that it slides into and no screw to tighten it so it does move sometimes, not really a help on it.

Love your work, thanks for the photos.

Mine would never stay put.

I have no problem with mine and it can be used with any foot.

Same here...any foot and either side.

The guide can also be used to piece perfectly parallel seams in a strip set (say that five times fast!) because you're sewing the seam-to-seam measurement, not the seam allowance measurement. It's also an ideal technique for adding those narrow stop borders between the center of a quilt and a wider outer border.

With the back side of your 'done' strips facing up, add the new strip (front side up) underneath the right edge and run the left guide along the last seam you stitched. (If you use the left edge of a presser foot as a guide and run it along that last seam, you can add strips as narrow as 1/8" with extreme accuracy.)

I use mine with walking for. It has an extra bar with a screw and the bar has holes and you line that up with the walking foot and slide the edge bar in the holes and line it up where you want and tighten the screw. I love this thing and use it a lot. My foot is Bernina.

I have one of those, but have never used it. I might just have to pull it out and try it.

Thanks Geta for the reminder of what this bar is for. On your example here, how did you color the band?

I have one with my Pfaff also and have used it many times to quilt in a grid. It is very handy and does a good job.

I don't use mine on my Bernina because it doesn't lock in place.

With my Bernina (153QE), there's a hole with a locking screw in the shank of all the feet and a C-clamp thingie for the walking foot.

Two of these came as standard parts with my Bernina 440QE and can be used with any of the feet that have the hole and screw to hold it. One inserts from the right and the other from the left. The walking foot that also came with my Bernina also has two of these.

Your quilt is lovely.

I have one that fits my walking foot on my Juki F600. Unfortunately, it slides around as I'm quilting. I'll go back and read my manual ... perhaps there is a screw that I should be tightening. I really want to use it ... I love anything with a "guide" to it.

I use it with my walking feet. Love it.

Would you please share the name of that pattern? How big is it? It is gorgeous!

I have them with my Bernina's use them all the time and love them .Cathy

I have one for my Husqvarna Sapphire 875Q but mine always jumps around too - I never thought about a screw holding it in place - I better pull out my manual and check that - I do use mine but I have to adjust it constantly - thanks for showing us your beautiful quilt.

Your quilt design looks wonderful.

I have one for my Brother, but not my Juki; however, I get around that with duct tape! I use the guide from the Brother, tape it to my Juki walking foot, and Bob's your uncle--works like a charm.

Holy moly!!!!!....I have one somewhere....no idea what it was...(or where it is!) Went and looked at my manual...not listed. Would sure beat using painters tape! Thanks!!

Gets your quilt is absolutely gorgeous!!!!!!! Still learning on my Babylock Unity (so much to learn!) I know I have this will be pouring over my manual tomorrow, I lloooovvveeee Spring Break!

I just started using mine a couple of months ago when I quilted a chevron pattern on a baby "warm wishes" quilt. It's very nifty...

For those of you who cannot get the screw to tighten down enough, try a little plumber's tape on the screw.

I have this on my Bernina's walking foot ! A wonderful tool.

I sometimes use mine that came with my Janome, it is handy and easy to use. Very accurate.

My walking foot has it's own guide and set up for connecting to the foot. (Bernina)

Wondering if anyone has ever used one of these:
http://www.threadstandhero.com/Threa.../imag013A.html

I found it on a sewing/quilting blog. I too have a walking foot that the bar slides around and never stays in place. I don't use the bar too often as it always moves on me. I didn't know if anyone had seen or tried these before. It looks like it might work!!
For those that can't open the link it is a guide that clamps onto the back of your walking foot.
I am not affiliated with the company at all-merely wondering if the thingy might work for those of us who can't get the bar to stay in place!!

I just recently realized I had one and what it was useful for. I had it for about 6 years before I even knew what it was. When echoing it really helps to keep the lines spaced correctly.

I always thought mine would slide around also but then I discovered a large screw that goes into the back. I tighten that and it does not move. See if you have an opening on the back of your walking foot for a screw?

Thank you for posting this, I have one of those. It came with my machine and I had no idea what is was for. I suppose I should read the manual!

I have it, I just haven't used it yet, but seeing your beautiful quilt, I'll have to think about it in the future.

Use it on the Pfaff. I can line up lines of decorative embroidery on a shirt - along with lining up quilting.

I have a Single stitch Brother PQ1500, and there is no place to put one on the walking foot.

There is a guide, but it installs the same way as the walking foot, and you can't use both at the same time. It also doesn't do both sides as the Pfaff does.

Oh I like that. May have to get one of those. Thank you for sharing.

I have it but have never used it for quilting... Thanks for the idea

It is. Only my vintage machines which don't have one. I find it useful for grids square or diagonals especially on bags where you want a closer grid.