TIP: Sometimes fancy quilting is not the best way to quilt.
Fancy quilting is so beautiful on negative space. It is stunning on a whole cloth quilt. It doesn't work so well on fabrics with a busy design.
I threw my hands up and decided I didn't want to spend inordinate amounts of time on this project so I dug out my dual feed foot. If you don't have one of those, a walking foot will do the same thing. I have read that people do 1/4 inch lines with these feet, but on my foot the front tips curl up and I didn't think I would be able to gauge it right with my eyes since the tips are not flat on the fabric. However, a red line runs down the foot 1/4 inch from the needle so I decided to give it a try. Awesome! It works. My eyes adjusted to the spatial variation with no problem. I didn't have to mark anything.
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| See how the tips curl up. See the red guidelines. |
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| Finished quilting (pardon the fuzz - I was stuffing a puppy toy at photo time) |
Sew some happy seams this week. I wish you a trial with your special feet. They can be fun.
Great choice! Question for you...Have you had your needle come loose from the vibration of the walking foot? I am quilting my first quilt using my walking foot and the needle has loosened and fallen out twice! Now I check it with each turn, but I don't know if this is normal or not.
ReplyDeleteNo I have not had that problem. I have a dual feed appliance, which is not quite the same as a walking foot. My needle stays nice and secure. I am not aware of any major vibration as I work, and it moves as smooth as silk.
DeleteTo Farm Girl, I have had an ending problems trying to get my walking foot on the machine, but I recall that when I have used it I had to keep checking the little screw that holds it in place because it would loosen. I seem to recall that the same thing happened with the needle. I’ve given up on mine and I’m doing OK without it. Good luck to you.
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