I’m an long-time hand and machine quilter too but I learn something new every video!!! You are an expert presenter especially for a new quilter or for us more mature quitters!! We all learn from each other. I usually don’t do large quilts at home but I may get brave! I have a good friend with a Gammill long arm with all the bells and whistles but you have given me the courage to try it! I’ve never used a presser foot to quilt but I will now after watching your demonstration. Thank you!!! Bravo!! Excellent!! Woohoo!! Awesome !!
These videos are some of the best. So very complete in each section. I am getting so much detail and although a lot is repeat as I have quilted for many years I love the reinforcement to details I forget. Your style is awesome don’t change. It isn’t to long. Even the smallest little sharing is important to see. I like to pull my threads to the top to ease the trimming threads. Have three more to go but thank you for this series. So very complete
I’m enjoying your videos. I’m an experienced quilter yet I still learn from you. I made my 1st quilt in 1972! (You aren’t even that old!🤣🤣🤣) You are an excellent teacher and I know new quilters will learn much from you.
Another great video!! Thank you for dedicating so much time to teaching us, with so much detail. I love your videos because you do not rush through your instructions. Other videos try to cram too much information in under 10 minutes. The close up sections were very good.
Thank you, Maria!! ❤️ I have been feeling as of late, that maybe the videos are too long, or too detailed, so it’s good to know that there are people who want the type of video I’m making! 😘❤️
The seam you do around the whole quilt is often called a ‘lap of honor’ and if you send a quilt to be long arm quilt it, it’s appreciated because it makes quilting it easier. Since it stops edges from coming unstitched.
I think it was Karen Brown from ‘Just Get It Done’ quilts who suggested that you put a pillow on your lap and I’ve found that very useful 👍 The pillow keeps the quilt that would be normally on your lap more level so prevents some of the drag 😃 I’ve also started reducing the height of my ironing board and placing it to my left - this supports the weight of the quilt at the side which again prevents some of the drag 😃 It is great to realise that we CAN quilt our quilts at home, and not have to pay for someone to quilt them for us 👍👍🇬🇧
Ah, the tomato canning is done for today, and I was finally able to sit down and watch your video. We are in full canning swing, here in Wisconsin! Great video and instructions! I'm hoping to be able to work on my quilt tomorrow. We'll see how many tomatoes ripen up over night! 😁🍅🍅🍅
Canning! My goodness-so much work and so much reward! My Nannie (maternal grandmother) canned-I’ve never done it and I have so much admiration for people who do! 🤩
Hi Cathy from beautiful NC USA. I learned 3 things from this video: quilt in one direction, the benefits of going slowly and lots of pins, and how to use the walking foot seam guide! Ha! That's 4 things😂🤣! Also like the comments of other Cat Bird Quilting Tribe commenters like put a pillow in your lap to take weight of quilt off of needle. I am still cutting flannel squares for my rag quilt from shirts! Big love to you in Alabama! ❤️
Oh Anita, this is the BEST. You know learning is my very favorite! ❤️ So very glad you learned something, and yes, I’m *always* thankful for those helpful comments-I learn from them and then get to share it back to others who need the tips and tricks too! 🥰❤️🤩
One suggestion I have used is blue Painter's tape to sew a straight line when you want to sew a line when you don't have ant guide line from a quilt square. Use a ruler to place the tape and sew right up against it.
Loving this series and the supporting videos. Have a live class working on a fitted shirt going on the next 2 weeks so may fall behind here, but I'll work on my quilt soon, Thank you for your t8me to present all this helpful info.
Yes ….sadly the pq1500 walking foot does not have a guide…. But the machine is so good for walking foot quilting…so…the workaround if you want to do channel quilting is to use a Hera marker to mark the lines ..or, as I do, use blue painters tape and move and reposition as needed. Love watching your videos!
Thank you, Helen for this great suggestion! I have a Hera marker but have not yet used it for this purpose….I’m very glad to have your comment as a reminder to try it! 🤓👍🏻 Thanks for you kind words! ❤️
It should be a law that all walking feet must have a guide.🤓 I have one Bernina machine with walking foot that has a guide and another Bernina machine with walking foot that does not have the guide. The guide makes it so much easier.
Thank you for the 'go slow and constantly re-adjust' reminder. Watching you quilt, I can see that I really need to slow down to improve my accuracy. Also, when you are quilting in the video, I can hear the foot moving, but no machine noise at all. Is your machine really that quiet?
Jean, you are so welcome! I have to remind myself, too! 🤓 No, my machine isn’t that quiet! 😂 I wear a lapel mic and my husband is an outstanding sound engineer/editor. ❤️
I like to thread baste my quilts. All I do if I see puckers is cut the thread an pull my fabrics. I can stitch over it too so no worries about moving pins.
I’m a thread blaster too. I like that I can baste as close as I like, which can be really helpful with a variety of fabric weights. And as you say, you just sew right over it! I generally thread bast using a mat on top of the dining table, so as to not mark your table with a needle. I thread baste in a color that shows up easily and functions to baste the sandwich,
Thanks again for the way you are teaching! i appreciate it. I do have a question on the order you did the stitching. Did you do the Top stitching lines first (all of them), then came to the Left cross stitching?, (all the lefts). Or did you alternate Top, then Left....i may have to watch it again ...thanks again
You're welcome, Janet! I'll be honest, Janet, I don't remember exactly, but I do often do several rows one direction and then rotate the quilt and do several seams in that orientation. I don't do ALL of them in one direction, though, I DO know that!!
It depends on the fabric and what look I’m going for! Usually between 2.5 and 3…but I’ve got one project I’m working on now that I’m using 3.5 (which I’m loving!) 🤓
