I made about 7 or 8 quilts before I discovered a walking foot. I just finished my first with the walking foot. Game changer, life saver, insane preventer. LOL
I was taught to tape down the edges of my backing so it’s really taut before placing the wadding on top. It works well as long as the sticky tape stays put! Love your videos!
I find lengthening the stitch length helps a lot! Quilting stitch length does not need to be as short as when piecing. I usually increase from 2.5 to 3
Excellent tips, thank you. It’s great to see realistic examples. It’s hard & even disheartening when learning to only see ‘perfect’ quilts from more experienced quilters. The walking foot is magic. Love using mine. Have a great day.
I hae watched karen brown & she has shown quilts projects from you. Several are patterns that caught my attention. Is it possible to get patterns from the past. I would appreciate information about how to veiw these & how i can buy what i would like. Thank you for your attention to my hunt.
I was straight line quilting a couple months ago and got very large puckers on the back. Turns out my spray basting was not holding as well as I though. I ended up pulling out so much of it that I put the quilt aside and need to get back to it very soon. I am a relatively new quilter working on a large quilt.
"Wiggly lines"...ha! Love your term for zig-zag! You are correct, that there is no such thing as perfect quilting...and I honestly think that is what gives quilts their sweet character and charm. You are adorable and I and your advice could not have come at a better time. Just invested in a Bernina myself and am going to dive into some more advanced type quilting with it. Keep up the good work, girlie!
Thank you for your instructions and positive spirit. You are so personable and encouraging and I love your 'happy eye' regarding your fabrics and patterns!
My first 2nd quilt was a mess of pickers and its still sitting waiting for binding. Perhaps your words will give me some starch for my spine to get it done.
Thanks so much. I have to remember that I use a walking foot - not a running foot lol! I really need to slow down. The advice about not crossing lines is awesome. I always thought that puckers were all part of the quilt. Thank you again. Love your videos. ♥️
These are all EXCELLENT tips, thank you Irene! I bought myself a generic walking foot for my first sewing machine (a Pfaff 1019 I bought for garment sewing back in 1985), which helped a LOT when quilting my first quilt (even though the tiny throat space presented quite a challenge, but puckering wasn’t one of them thanks to my walking foot!). I’m sure that foot will also fit on the new (also small) Janome C30 machine when might use it to quilt smaller projects. Perhaps it will even fit on my straight-sewing Juki TL2010Qi which I specifically bought to do FMQ with its very large throat space. Fingers crossed. Thank you for this video. When I’m ready, I will definitely be buying your FPP book and online course, your instruction is fabulous! ~Diana K.
I absolutely love your videos! I just finished my very first machine quilted wall hanging. I was horrified to see MAJOR fullness & puckering upon ironing it. The back of it looks great, the top looks awful in places. No, I did not use a walking foot. This video taught me that from now on I will ALWAYS use a walking foot when machine quilting a sandwich! I love your explanations and will use the other tips you talked about in this video. Thank you!
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I LOVE that you switched between straight stitching and zig zag stitching in the same line of quilting! That looks so fun! I will definitely try that sometime. Thanks for the idea!
I am asking because I am in the market for a new Bernina, mine was bought in1976. It's one of the original 830's. I still love it and it still does a great job. But I want to update.
What is the difference between duel feed and walking Foot? I understood that the duel feed was the same as walking foot, or took the place walking foot. Thank you
I’m so glad you made this video......but I’m still having trouble. I made my quilt sandwich with pins, starting in the center and going outward with a fist size between pins. I use a walking foot and my machine is set on half sewing speed - I still only press the foot petal halfway. I guess I can try adjusting the actual pressure of the pressure foot, I’m always afraid to fool with things like that. Anybody have thoughts?
If you feel ready, try free motion quilting. You need to drop your feed dogs for that, so puckering doesn't happen for me without the feed dogs engaged. Also, if you do try free motion, get a sew slip mat. The fabric glides right over so smoothly.
Hi Angela, I also had trouble with my first few walking foot quilting projects until someone showed me how to relax the pressure of the foot on the fabric. It made all the difference and quilting was a breeze from then! It should be very easy to do, and it should be explained in the instruction book that came with your machine. If you don't have the book, Google it. Once you have found the right dial to turn, you wonder why you didn't try it before. Maybe take a photo of your current setting, so you can return to it for your piecing. Good luck!
Also, when you make your quilt sandwich, do you stretch the backing fabric taut and hold it in place with tape or something? Each layer needs to be fairly stretched out taut when pin basting or you will be capturing some of that loose fabric within your basting pins.
I would only be making quilts for myself so I don't think I would be too bothered by puckers! Of course, if I was making one for someone else I would want to avoid. Your first quilt is lovely. I'd never have noticed if you hadn't shown the tiny pucker!
Thank you so very much for this video. I was getting so frustrated in trying to make quilts. The top would usually turn out really well but by the time I quilted it to the back, things were puckered and uneven. I will definitely slow down, prepare things properly before quilting, use the correct pressure foot and look forward to a nice quilt! Really helpful and you are a good teacher!!!! You go girl!
Wonderful tips! I applaud your creativity and your entrepreneurial success. I am much older than you, but have also gotten back into quilting because of the beautiful new fabrics and modern designs.
Thank you so much for this video. I get puckers when I’m sewing fabric together for the top where one side is a bias cut and the other is not. I appreciate so much that you shared your ideas about puckers. All the videos I watch seems like everyone sews perfectly straight lines with no puckers at all. You are such a good teacher and I’m glad to know I’m not the only one who gets puckers. I think I need a new sewing machine and a better walking foot. 😀
Some are built into the machine, and some are a completely separate piece. Theoretically, you shouldn’t need a separate one if your machine has a built-in one, but I’ve never used a built-in one personally. She implies using both in the video, so I guess it would depend on your own experience with your own projects on your own machine.
😂 oh my gosh yes! I just finished my first quilt and I definitely DID HAVE puckers! 😂. I’m glad it wasn’t just me! I used a walking foot which really can bunch your fabric at times. For me anyway. I went slowly too! I think when I drop feed dogs and quilt without that fabric being kinda bunched, it’ll be better....I hope. 😂. Oh I just saw you recommend a walking foot! Well....It must be me then! 😝. Btw, mine is 65x65 and I did it with my domestic sewing machine! I know right? Definitely harder to do. Looking forward to getting a long arm! Know anyone who is selling theirs? I’m in the market!
No, a walking foot adds a set of feed dogs on top, so the fabric is grabbed from the top and the bottom. With the free motion foot you usually drop the feed dogs, but I’m finding it easier to leave them up.
I just invested in a walking foot a few months ago for my first straight line quilt, definitely a must! I normally do a wandering stitch. I loved spray basting, but it was making my sewing room a sticky mess that I didn't want to deal with. Back to safety pins :(
Whitney Quilts I did spray basting for a test piece recently, and hated it. My needle got gummy, my hands were sticky even after several washes, and even after covering my table with paper my table was sticky. It was nice not dealing with pins, but not enough to be worth it.
@@shanaw5445 they also make a self basting batting that I used a few times as well, I only found it at hobby lobby. You iron each side it to get the batting to stick. I liked it well enough, but it only comes in standard sizes. I prefer rolls of batting to cut to my needs.
Does everything make you giddy? Hard to watch. I'm sure you have lots of good information and tips to share, but I can't take the constant giddiness. Bye-bye. (win/win)
