Jenniky

Yes, I have better regulated stitches with my walking foot on this design. I don't make any sharp turns unless Im at a pivot point. I am always in motion before I start a curve this way I get a smooth curve with regulated stitches. I chose my walking foot because I used Purple on White and I knew any mistakes were going to be glaring and not blend in with the fabric. My first thought was to do white on white but then I decided I wanted to add some color to the border frames. I am continuing to practice with my FMQ foot on practice sandwiches and I hope one day to be more confident with the it.

Jenniky

Im wondering if maybe I didn't experience what you are describing because I rolled my fabric onto the batting aligning and smoothing as I rolled it down the column of batting. I sprayed the batting instead of the fabric after I tried laying out the first border unit awkwardly in folds. Also making my backing piece and batting wider than the top piece helped.

Jenniky

Vickig626 would like to share a tutorial she made for a small table runner that is a small project and is very similar to the method I just shared. She asks that it be used for personal use only and not copied for any other use. Thank you Vicki Once you click on her website than click on the upper tab that says tutorials. You will find the PDF -for the table runner document you can download for your personal use there. http://www.vickig.com

This is a small project for those of you who would like to try QAYG but do not have the time to commit to any larger projects at this time. ENJOY!!!

Jenniky

I received a PM giving feedback regarding a question I had asked on personal experiences with using the brand Sulky 2000 spray basting adhesive.

I want to continue to thank everyone for your feedback and input on this thread. I want to share my response to the PM here on the thread because I think it is food for thought on the overall picture of using SPRAY BASTING ADHESIVES and other products. I personally have been wondering with the different result everyone seems to have with the different manufacturers if a possible combination of things are happening to influence the results.

Such as the shelf life of the glue, If it is shaken up enough prior to spraying, How close the can is held to the fabric and how heavy it is sprayed on. Climate/Temperature of the room you are spraying in. ??? I don't have the answers, however I do think all of these factors can impact the result of using any of the adhesive spray products.

I would encourage that if it is the first time you are using any product spray adhesives or otherwise to actually test them on smaller test pieces of fabrics as usually is suggested or mini projects to become accustom to the product before using it on a large project where frustration seems to become ex potential when things go wrong. Personally, I use to start right in on my projects not wanting to take the extra time to test first. My experiences over time have revealed that I actually save myself a lot of grief, frustration, and disappointment by taking the extra steps to ensure that I am using the product (whatever it is) correctly or in some cases I am actually using a inferior or aged product that is no longer good to use.

Also if I use a product once with negative results; I try to use the product again varying from whatever you did the first time. I think of it as, someone out there has had lots of positive results or the product would not be on the market. What are they doing different to achieve those positive results?

I often get in a haste; in the excitement of seeing my projects evolve (especially when I'm doing something completely new) that I overlook the learning process of using new techniques or products correctly so lately I have slowed down to take the extra steps and when I do have a negative experience I try to give the product the benefit of the doubt and give it another test with different variables.

I hope you are enjoying and learning a lot in the thread I am hosting because I am and that was my intention.

dublb

Jenniky I think we all are learnin' alot!!! Thanks so much for this.

gardnergal970

JenniKy...I got all my borders on successfully! I 'm so happy! I don't have the binding on so I haven't taken a picture yet but I couldn't wait to tell you again how much I appreciate your taking on this challenge. THANK YOU!!!!!

Jenniky

dublb - Thanks, and It is good to know we are all meeting the challenge.
gardnergal970 - Great job on getting the borders on. I look forward to seeing your quilt when you have the binding complete. I'm experimenting with my binding so its taking me a bit longer to finish up. Im going to try and make a big push today to finish, hopefully I will not have too many distractions.

vickig626

Enjoy this free tutorial ladies !! But I want to mention one thing -- I cut my back sashing 1/8" smaller than Jenniky's instructions. I would suggest you stay with the 1-3/4" wide strip until you are comfortable working with this small strip. Once I learned this technique, I was able to reduce that width and create a tighter seam. I hope this makes sense.

Liz92B

I spent part of the weekend - at my office! - it's got A/C which my house does not. I brought in lots of fabric for cutting (backings and new blocks) and a roll of batting to cut for sandwiches. Now if only my house would cool down enough to get some sewing done (unplugged my machine during a lightning storm in mid-May and still haven't plugged it back in!) {ack!}

SewExtremeSeams

Jenniky, I found my copy of the book you recommended ~The Quilter's Ultimate Visual Guide~ this morning and started getting reacquainted with it. It is amazing that names I now recognize wrote sections of that book. Not cool that I hadn't looked at it in a long time... cool that it will now have a prominate place in my quilting library!

DH is making me a sewing table today. Wow! Sew, temporarily my current sewing table is disassemble so he can use it as a pattern. Sew wonderful to have a handy woodworking DH! Hope to be up and sewing on this QAYG project within this week.