Elongated Swirls | Live Chat with Angela Walters 

Referencing that your quilting is like your handwriting is a wonderfully helpful analogy. We are all making the same ’letters’ just in our own handwriting style. Not right or wrong, just different. 😊❤️😊

Great tips on lighting to see where you have been with a matching thread!

My first quilting along with you and in case I don't tell you next week, I have had a wonderfully fun, skill-building time! Ordered the panel and it was so well designed to give practice opportunities. The tutorials and live chats were perfect bite-sized amounts of information. Loved the leafy meander variations (the wood grain, not so much :). Am super proud of my quilted panel and I thank you!!

The Etch a Sketch analogy was perfect!

For folks outside of the US, a "quarter" is a coin. It measures about 1" across, which is about 2.54 cm.

Congratulations, Angela!

im figuring out that I'm more of "just fill it in and wing it", trying to teach myself not to stress over how it looks. Like how you referenced about writing your name, give it enough time and you'll catch on to it. I was winging it working on a zipper pouch that I was quilting the panel, and I amazed myself at how awesome it came out after I quilted it.😁😁 thanks Angela for these tutorials and live chats!!

I can’t believe it’s been nearly 6 weeks already. I’ve loved every episode and am practicing on my great grandsons quilt.

Beautifully stitched! Thank you for your inspiration!

thank you so much for all your great tips! You're such an inspiration!!

I collect national park stamps also! Smokey mountain National Park is at the top of my list!

Love all the information Angela!!! Love your chats!

Can’t wait till my house painting and carpets are finished so I can sit down and quilt this series

This is great thanks, I really want to achieve this to use on a queen sized quilt all over that is primarily squares and rectangles. I am finding this design challenging, but will prevail!

Happy Mothers Day Angela

Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

hallo from Slovakia

Love your tutorials.

I would also like you to actually demonstrate how to square up the panel please. You gave lots of great tips in your presentation on the slide show. Now I think it would be helpful to watch you step by step trimming and squaring up the panel. Thank you, I m looking forward to this challenge. This is the first time I’ve purchased one of your panels. I can hardly wait to start. Connie🇨🇦

Merci 🥰 thanks a lot!

I don't really like dense quilting because it makes the quilt more stiff. Less quilting is better unless it's a wall hanging. But your quilting is very nice

Hello from Indiana

Get it

Happy Mother’s Day everyone. Kinda of an off topic question about stitching in the ditch, do you generally stitch in the ditch before quilting your quilt or do you just start your quilting designs?

Thank you -only got the tail end. Could I possibly quilt elongated swirls for a border on a 7 foot circumference circular quilt?

Hi Angela: when using the longarm, do you hold onto both handles or step to the side and hold on to one handle? I also find myself losing my place when the thread matches the fabric, or the fabric is to busy to see where I have been. So I will try to cover the light on the machine to see if that helps. Thank you for that tip.

Wait, what? Why is the Midnight Quilt Show no longer a thing?? I'm a new follower and just fell in love with it. It is like hearing a great tv series you just found has already been cancelled???? Noooooooo!!!!

What do you quilt with most? Your long arm or your domestic machine? Which is easier?

When you quilt the swirls on a border do you come back and do the fillers on either side, or do you do it all at the same time?

How do I find the round presser foot that you have. My machine has an oval foot and I can't use that easily with a ruler as well. Lynn

Is there going to be a bonus video for the border panel?

Show us the Big Dream with the elongated swirl.

You mentioned a pen that was kinda like the pounce pad. What is it called and where can we eat it

How much marking do you actually do, and what type of marker is your preference?

How do you make a large round swirl chain around a central section (like in the Tula Pink quilt) on a long arm, considering the limited throat space?

Will you do a video for the border?

Will you talk about the straight lines?

We need a quilting magic 8 ball

Do you find that dense quilting makes the overall quilt stiff? Im new and have only made 4 quilt tops and I am practicing quilting trying to work up the nerve to touch my actual quilt, but one my practice pieces, the dense designs seem to flatten out the batting and make it too stiff. Will that work itself out over a larger piece? I'm worried I will ruin my quilt. I read that no more than 4" apart is the rule on how big to quilt. Is there a recommendation on what is too close to have your stitch lines?

I have poly for the middle layer and I dont want it packed down, but Ive never seen anybody do it that way on you tube, why???

How can I advance my quilt to do these different areas?

I having trouble getting my ruler foot to go over the seams. The foot is all the way up yet still catching on all seams. My guess is that the foot is the wrong size, but how do I know what size is correct?

Can you over FMQ a quilt?