What are some must have tools for beginners and how do I start?

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07-10-2013, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by hdoublej

Thank you for all the replies, they have been helpful. I will check into getting a darning foot also. I have my quilt sandwiched with safety pins all folded up and neatly placed in the corner where I keep returning it too. LOL

You need a walking foot for doing straight quilting lines. A darning foot is used when you start to do free motion designs. When I marked diagonal lines, I also started stitching from the middle of the quilt and worked my way out. I never really cared for those guides on the walking foot so I either marked a quilt with a Hera marker (found at JAF) that makes a slight dent in the fabric that you stitch on and sometimes I used painter's tape, its the blue tape found in the painting supplies. Good Luck. We were ALL beginners at one time!!