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Best tip for non-FMQ quilting?
Please share your hints and tips specifically relating to dual-feed/walking foot quilting. I don't see this come up as often as FMQ and am hoping to learn something new (and given what I know, that shouldn't be too hard!)
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Thanks for starting this thread. I'm learning FMQ right now but would also like the other.
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A lot of the modern quilts are straight stitched lines about 1/2 inch apart. I finished a quilt this week with straight lines about 1-1/2 inches apart using my machines serpentine stitch. It worked great. If you put walking foot quilting in the QB search box, someone posted a link to several walking foot designs. There are also Craftsy classes that deal with using your walking foot to quilt.
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There are several classes available on Craftsy.com, also on YouTube probably. I learned quite a bit on Craftsy.
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I've been meaning to try a tip I came across once -- to use painter's tape, which is about 1.75" wide, on the quilt, and then sew on either side. You can reposition the tape pretty easily and keep sewing lines. I finally bought some tape, so I'll be trying this soon.
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here's a link to a tut https://weallsew.com/quilting-straig...7c9f-295552325
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Great thread. Thanks. I have quilted two quilts with a spiral starting in the center, then spiraling around and around spacing the quoting the walking foot apart until I reached the edges, then filling in so that the entire quilt is done.
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Originally Posted by MsHeirloom
(Post 7880149)
Great thread. Thanks. I have quilted two quilts with a spiral starting in the center, then spiraling around and around spacing the quoting the walking foot apart until I reached the edges, then filling in so that the entire quilt is done.
Could you please share some tips as to how to get that spiral to spiral properly when you start out in the centre? Thank You! Two tops for straight-line quilting ... * Be sure your quilt is stabilized well when making the sandwich. This could be via a spray-baste product, or by pinning. |
Originally Posted by QuiltE
(Post 7880154)
Great quilt and quilting!
Could you please share some tips as to how to get that spiral to spiral properly when you start out in the centre? Thank You! |
Originally Posted by cashs_mom
(Post 7880157)
I'd be interested in this information, too. I've been eyeing some of the modern quilts I see with spiral quilting and thinking about trying it.
MsHeirloom ... the other question would be, how far apart are you stitching your spiral rows? |
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