Quilting with IDT
#1
I have a question. My machine is a Pfaff and has the IDT. I have read that I do not need to have a walking foot in order to do FMQ. Can someone tell me which foot I should use instead? I am trying to learn. I have done some SITD and straight line quilting, and now it is time to branch out. I am not sure I will ever mater FMQ. I have been looking at Leah Day's videos. I just love her calm and detailed manner. Let me know if you have any tips for a newbie to FMQ.
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you use a free motion (darning foot) for free motion quilting- a walking foot is for straight line quilting like stitch in the ditch.
a darning foot (sometimes called a hopping foot) is round- and...hops up and down- without pressure on the sandwich- making it easy to move around (free motion)
a darning foot (sometimes called a hopping foot) is round- and...hops up and down- without pressure on the sandwich- making it easy to move around (free motion)
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Originally Posted by kimg
I have a question. My machine is a Pfaff and has the IDT. I have read that I do not need to have a walking foot in order to do FMQ. Can someone tell me which foot I should use instead? I am trying to learn. I have done some SITD and straight line quilting, and now it is time to branch out. I am not sure I will ever mater FMQ. I have been looking at Leah Day's videos. I just love her calm and detailed manner. Let me know if you have any tips for a newbie to FMQ.
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For stitch in the ditch use the IDT> There is a Pfaff foot that came with my machine - I don't know the number but has a part underneath it that rides along in the ditch. If I don't use that, I just use an open toe foot so I can see where I am going.
For FMQ, yes to the darning foot. Disengage the IDT. Drop the feed dogs.
For FMQ, yes to the darning foot. Disengage the IDT. Drop the feed dogs.
#6
Thanks....after I posted this I found Leah's video that addressed that. I think this is going to take LOTS of practice. Does anyone have a recommendation for a free motion pattern that might be easy to do? I am thinking of starting with just a basic stippling.
#7
Oh my goodness....I just tried and got a big loopy mess. It is so hard to control the stitch length and the design at the same time. My machine has a built in stitch that looks like stippling. I think I will do that for now. I had tried FMQ before without the loopy mess, but this time that is what I got. I really hate messing with my tension a lot. My machine sews like a dream. Maybe I should take a class sometime. Can anyone give me any pointers?
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Originally Posted by kimg
Oh my goodness....I just tried and got a big loopy mess. It is so hard to control the stitch length and the design at the same time. My machine has a built in stitch that looks like stippling. I think I will do that for now. I had tried FMQ before without the loopy mess, but this time that is what I got. I really hate messing with my tension a lot. My machine sews like a dream. Maybe I should take a class sometime. Can anyone give me any pointers?
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Originally Posted by JADE D
Originally Posted by kimg
Oh my goodness....I just tried and got a big loopy mess. It is so hard to control the stitch length and the design at the same time. My machine has a built in stitch that looks like stippling. I think I will do that for now. I had tried FMQ before without the loopy mess, but this time that is what I got. I really hate messing with my tension a lot. My machine sews like a dream. Maybe I should take a class sometime. Can anyone give me any pointers?
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