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08-14-2018, 10:19 PM

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Jane Quilter

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nice save.

08-15-2018, 04:05 AM

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rryder

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Thanks for showing this tip! Very handy.

Rob

08-15-2018, 04:16 AM

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Monale

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Tartan

When quilting straight lines, you can use your walking foot but unless you go in only one direction, you will need to turn your quilt. Turning a quilt to do the stitching is hard.
You can FMQ straight lines by having a ruler foot and a thick ruler. This allows you to keep the quilt in the same position but quilt in any direction you want sewing along the ruler. ( Just like the long armers do but on your sewing machine) Since the feed dogs are down and you are controlling the stitch length yourself, I sometimes get an oops.

Ah, yes, that makes sense - not having to turn the quilt around. I did a quick google search on ruler quilting and found one needs a special foot for that. But for the ruler, would an ordinary, thick plexiglass quilting ruler do the job or is there also a special one needed?

08-15-2018, 05:28 AM

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Monale

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OK, I realise that I might have more questions about ruler quilting, so I just started a thread in the main forum so this one doesn't turn into a discussion about it!

Ruler quilting

08-15-2018, 09:28 AM

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madamekelly

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I have actually put couching stitches over the long stitches, with monofilament thread, to look like the stitches are smaller. I travel through the batting between stitches. No one has ever noticed. Lol.

08-16-2018, 06:31 AM

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MaryKatherine

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I've decide this has to do with the thickness at the point of needle penetration. It happens to me too. If possible I try to avoid those spots but with SID and tracing you can't.