Eventually when you have been machine quilting for a long stretch of time you will begin to make mistakes. Mistakes that you are going to want to pick out. With out a good pair of tweezers you will be swearing and become very frustrated quickly. With out these you are never going to be able…
Category Archives: machine quilting
Threads
Technorati Tags: Machine quilting What do you do with the threads when you are machine quilting? I always bring my bobbin thread up to the top of my work. I do this by putting the presser foot down and taking one manual stitch. I then pull that stitch to bring the bobbin thread to the…
Practice
I don’t suggest you start out machine quilting a large quilt. I think working on smaller projects will help you be more successful and an easier way to begin learning this skill. This is a skill that everyone can master and the trick to mastering it is to practice. No matter how many books you…
Quilting
The first thing I do when I am quilting a large quilt is to anchor it somehow in a grid. Many times there are lines to stitch in the ditch to anchor a quilt. Stitching in the ditch is stitching right next to the seam allowance in the ditch created when you press the seam…
Basting your project
There are many ways to baste a quilt project together and over the years I have tried many of them. Lately what I like doing involves a spray adhesive. For large bed quilts the method I use involves using three fold up modeled plastic tables to baste my quilt top on. You can get these…
Needles and thread
I was going to talk about basting a large quilt, but I think I will come back to that later. One of the most important aspects of machine quilting on a domestic sewing machine,is what kind of thread are you going to use. And then depending on what kind of thread you use will determine…
Machine Quilting Unlimited
Covergirl. This is my quilt Woodland Treasures on the cover of Machine Quilting Unlimited Magazine. This is my second cover of a magazine and I am so excited. It hits the stands now. If you don’t get this magazine you should. It has great information and articles about MACHINE QUILTING.
A few reminders about needles
I have been teaching machine quilting quite a bit lately, it seems that there is a real upsurge in interest with quilters of all ages to be able to machine quilt their projects. One of the things I find most amazing is that quilters don’t seem to be aware of the need to use the…