Walking Foot Quilting Basics and Quilting Straight Lines with Leah Day 

🌻 Leah ! . . . Thanks for this!

I am fairly new to sewing and quilting. I have just found you. What an excellent teacher you are! Thank you!

Your the best. I started making bunnies with you and now you are teaching me how to quilt. I really love the details included in all you videos. I thank you so much for all you do.

Brilliant how you backstitched across your row to help keep the bulk of the project out of the throat area! around 9:15 minutes.

Great tips. Thank you!

Thank you for a refresher on straight line quilting. I love your teaching style!

Thank you Leah! I just got a new machine and you gave great tips for the walking foot! Thank you so much! I agree straight line quilting is very beautiful! Anna from Manitoba

Thank you Leah 🧡

Woooow I never thought about using masking tape! So quick so simple for marking! Wonderful tip!

You are such a fabulous teacher, Leah! I love how technical and detailed you are! Instead of just doing a demo or tutorial, your videos are more like "Classes" or "Lessons". Thank you for the time, effort, and thought you put into them! Heading over to check out your book now!

Hi Leah! I am so very glad to have purchased your book because I have wanted to learn how to make the best use of my walking foot. I am determined to quilt my quilt on my home machine, so your videos and books give the best in-depth and detailed explanations of every step of the piecing and quilting process. I cannot make any quilts right now with your quilt along, but with the book and your videos, I'll be able to learn and practice later making one of your quilts. In the meantime I am enjoying watching the videos and absorbing as much as I can. Thanks for being a great teacher!

My Walking Foot book arrived today & I am busy making my fabric shopping list. Fantastic book Leah thank you I cannot wait to hqve a go. Been a while since I FMQed so this will ease me back into it.

I struggled with making straight line quilting, your ideas have been very helpful.

Got the signed book. Thanks! I was only planning on doing the log cabin but that mosaic behind you has inspired me. Just ordered my fabric. Can't wait to get started.

Oh my goodness! I learned so much in this video! Thank you, Leah ;-)

Great video! I plan to try straight lines with my walking foot on my next quilt. Thanks for all the great tips!!!

Hi Leah,I have just read your book on the section for the walking foot last night and have just watched your tutorial and it really consolidated what you have written. I have not read all of your book, but what I have so far, is really informative and beautifully illustrated. I am battling through cutting the fabrics for the rainbow quilt having followed your instructions for preparation and cutting to the letter! The only difference I did was after thoroughly startching the fabric I tied them in a plastic bag, taking all the air out and left it overnight for the starch to really soak in. It has really helped with the cutting so far and has not budged whilst being cut. Thank you for all your help and instructions. So looking forward to starting the piecing. Keep up all your good work.

I just found your videos and I am enjoying all your techniques and tips. I haven't read through everyones comments but I am wondering if using the tape as a guide for the edge of the foot (walking) instead of trying to guide the needle to stay on edge of tape wouldn't be easier. I haven't tried the tape method yet but will the next time I am at my machine. Thank you for your video!

Thanks Leah! I bought the gloves and slider last year due to your advice and I love them! I bought the signed book and a walking foot that works for my machine excited to follow along and apply your tips and tricks! I mostly do all my own quilting on my domestic Janome machine, the few quilts that I’ve sent out to a longarm professional are nice but so expensive and really don’t feel like my own work when they come back. Thanks!

Thank you! I started machine quilting a top I had hand pieced with the free motion foot and... it isn’t going well. I think I’m going to switch to straight lines with the walking foot! You have given me a plan b and courage!

Happy New Year, Leah. Love your videos! Great hint about burying the thread tails. I had never heard of the "cheater" needle. Thank you!

Great video!!

Thank you because I certainly did not get this from the seller! Very disappointed in them for the after sale support which did not happen.+

Thanks for the tips

Hey Leah! I finally had time to open and read your book. As a fellow person that has had to write some instruction manuals, I have to say bravo! All the stress and sweat you put into it was worth it because it is so well planned and laid out. But I wanted your opinion....a lot of walking foot designs can now be accomplished using rulers and ruler foot. What's the advantage of using a walking foot over the rulers and a ruler foot? Do you think ruler foot quilting will become a thing of the past?

good morning, Leah .... i can't believe you have the same *oldie but goodie* Bernina 1230, as I!!! I absolutely love mine; I purchased it used, literally from an older woman who was relocating to florida and destashing her machines!!! It has served me well these past few years; I was just given (GIVEN) a bernina 780 b/c a (different) woman hated it and didn't want to learn how to use it -- It, in no way,!!!!!!!!!! is like the 1230! LOL ... i did some computer work for her and it was in payment, however, i never did that many $$$$$s worth of work! I saw you did the reverse stitch; did you know there is a built-in reverse stitch on your 1230? i saw you hold the stitch button down and you continued to hold it down until you completed what you wanted. I figured you didn't know it's built-in and all you have to do is push it once for reverse, then, to go forward, push the button again! it's between the 1/2 speed (M) button and the "begin pattern" button . . . should save you some time and energy! Did you buy the machine recently? when i was more into sewing than I am right now, I purchased my bernina 1230 about 15 years ago! I'm getting up the nerve to learn the 780 and how to use the BSR (Bernina Stitch Regulator) to quilt on the machine!! anyway, I didn't know if you knew that tip on reverse stitching. open the cover of the manual and you'll see on the left inside front cover, all the stitches with an arrow to their name and from there, i'm sure you can find them! In case you're interested, the walking foot that came with my machine didn't work well, so i purchased a new one it's a 3-sole walking foot with, literally, three feet that attach to the walking foot separately. one is similar to the number 3 foot, but it's 3D . . . it will work with your machine, both 5mm and 9mm, and it's wonderful . . . this sole is like the bernina edgestitch foot #10 with a pointed guide and an edge guide. ALL things Bernina are on sale for 20% off for the entire month of March, till 31 March, machines, accessories, etc. your videos are wonderful; I'm back to sewing, more like quilting, and i want to use my walking foot for straight-stitch quilting, plus, learn how to do free motion quilting. I'll be watching you!!! LOL ... Thanks for all your work and time, so good videos . . . darlene harris spokane, wa

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I just started on my first large quilt and my lines, so far, are very wonky, even though I am trying to follow a guide. I will try the tape. I am torn on wanting to tear these stitches out or just keep going. :( Thank you for your tutorials!

Thankyou for great tutorial...but was wondering what those tips on the flat pins are called. And where can I buy them please. Thankyou xx

Hi Leah, I am really enjoying your tutorials, you are a great teacher. What needles do you use for machine quilting? is there a preference?

Ive gotto finish my quilt

Hi Leah, don’t know if this question has been asked but here goes. My Bernina has the thread cutter feature. Is it ok to use it for straight line quilting? It also locks the beginning of the stitch. Should that feature be turned off? Thank you for all your amazing videos!

Hi Leah...I have your book and am enjoying the videos so far. My question is about bringing the bobbin thread up to bury it. I have not found this to be a very easy thing to do. The bobbin thread simply does not rise as easily as yours does. Have you any suggestions as to why this would be the case? I am using a Juki TL2010Q.

Love your posts. I noticed that the finished block appears to be very evenly lined, do you measure out before you stitch the first line to ensure it works out evenly all the way across?

I have a queen sized crumb quilt that I want to quilt on my domestic sewing machine with a grid of diagonal lines. Any suggestions as to how I should approach this to have a successful end to the project? Thank you, in advance, for your response. Ali from PEI

Ho Leah, thank you! I’ve seen different walking feet, some labelled horizontal. I’ve worked out this is about the bobbin position, orientation. My machine has a lower vertical bobbin, so I’m nervous about buying an expensive attachment and have it not fit! My machine is a low shank category A Janome 2032. Horizontal I think refers to category C. Can you please tell us some more about the different types of walking foot and how to make sure we’ve got the right type for our particular machine? Thanks very much

Ive got a walking foot for my machine

Hi Leah great video. What type of needle do you use or what needle do you think is best there are so many conflicting ideas.

I have a Bernina 1230 and am having trouble finding an actual Bernina walking foot, not a knock-off. I think I see you're using a Bernina 1230. So which walking foot do you have. All the ones I'm finding are for the "new style" Bernina.

???? Could you add the link for your video on hiding the knot while you are quilting? Thanks, just a beginner, and I was wondering how I would hide the ends of the quilt lines. Also, I am straight-line quilting a baby/crib quilt. It has 9-patches along the border and 5 inch squares in the inside. I want to diagonal quilt it from corner to corner, following the edges of the 9-patches and then 1.5 inches apart (size of blocks on the 9-patches. Do I have to go in opposite directions to keep the quilt from getting pulled off square? Or does using the walking foot remove that possibility?

Hi Leah, Question, do you lower your machines feed dogs when using the walking foot.?

Roughly how much do you spend on badding/wadding a year? Thanks

My quilting with walking foor always bunches my quilts. Sometimes it with the batting, it bunches inside. I practice so much its tiring...lol

What are the pins that you have used there for basting? I haven't been able to find any online like that.

Ok i know this is a year later this is awesome i am tempting to do this on a small baby quilt. Can I draw lines on the quilt i have a long ruler to help me that is beautiful but going from one corner to the bottom corner . From Newfoundland Canada

What size/type needle, topstitching needle?

Do you bury the thread tails in place of backstitching? I’ve just been doing backstitching. I’ve made two quilts so far.

For the life of me I can’t get my bobbin thread to come up.

Walk, don't run.

Why are you wearing gloves?