problem FMQ, advice please
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problem FMQ, advice please
i am quilting a quilt for a friend, these blocks were pieced by her grandmother and all by hand, the blocks were a mess some bigger and some not sewn together well, stitches very big almost like they were just basted with a long running stitch and she used embroidery floss, but my friend said she just wanted it done because it was the last quilt make by her grandmother when she was in a nursing home. I can see why the blocks were made like this, as she had no sewing machine available to her.
Ok my question.. I am FMQ a stippling design and every time I go over a block the foot catches on the seams, do you think i could turn the quilt over and quilt from the back as I am really not following a pattern just an all over designs. would the feed dog catch the seams, Thanks
Ok my question.. I am FMQ a stippling design and every time I go over a block the foot catches on the seams, do you think i could turn the quilt over and quilt from the back as I am really not following a pattern just an all over designs. would the feed dog catch the seams, Thanks
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Do you have a solid darning/ FMQ foot? My Bernina has a round dish shaped foot that keeps the surrounding area by the needle down and I would use that. If you don't have another foot, I might try laying a sheet of tissue paper over the surface, quilt through it and remove it after the quilting. As for quilting it upside down, I would put the tissue paper under it so it didn't catch on the feed dogs if you can't lower them.
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Oh thank you ladies, I am going to try changing my foot on my machine, the one I am using now it shaped like a U and I think it is called a opened toe foot. I have always used this one for FMQ but part of the foot goes under the seam and get caught and I have to back up or try and get it out. Thank you all for your help hope it works, now to look and see if I have a different foot..
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