kellyer21

I'm making a snowball pattern quilt. I have a Brother machine. I'm open for suggestions for quilting it with straight lines. I've tried fmq and didn't do well with it, i don't think it's for me. What can i do with straight lines to give the quilting interest? Thanks!

AStitchInTime

You may find this link helpful, lot's of options for using a walking foot.

http://blog.petitdesignco.com/2012/1...-quilting.html

SuziSew

This looks really useful, thanks so much for posting!

Prism99

I like wavy lines made with the walking foot. It is very easy; you simply pull slightly on the quilt right and left as you sew. Here is a link to Google images that show some of the possibilities:
https://www.google.com/search?q=wavy...UIBigB#imgrc=_

And here are links to some tutorials:
http://www.bijoulovelydesigns.com/20...-tutorial.html
http://betteroffthread.com/2013/03/0...ting-tutorial/

Jan in VA

Here are some lines I've used.

Jan in VA

kellyer21

Oh, I love the one in the upper left corner, thanks! I think I'm going to do wavy lines with a decorative stitch on my machine. :-) I'll try to figure out how to post pictures when I'm done. :-)

quiltmama22

Please don't give up on the free-motion quilting attempts. Make yourself some "sandwiches" between 14-16" square and practice, practice, practice! Keep every attempt and date them. It's fun to see how you improve---and you will!

peaceandjoy

There's a snowball quilt in BH&G's current Christmas Quilts and More; they recommend cross hatch grid quilting. It really does look nice! If you click on this link and hoover over bottom left of picture, you can sort of see it. http://www.homespunhearth.com/detail...-SPQ-2016-CQAM