more on quilting

Look familiar?  Yup, it's more strip piecing around here.  I've pre-cut all the fabric for this quilt. You didn't think I was going to cut and sew hundreds of squares, did you?  If you look carefully, you may see that I replaced two of the main fabrics.  This is because I decided to make this quilt twin sized and I didn't have enough of the other two fabrics.  All fabric requirements and instructions coming by the end of the week.  If you can sew a straight line and cut strips, you can make this quilt.

In my last post I offered tips for free motion quilting. 

However if you are not yet ready for free motion you can quilt your quilt using machine-guided quilting which is really just like regular sewing.  All you need to do is:

1.  Tape out a grid on your quilt using blue painter's tape. 

        (or you can just follow the lines in your quilt)

        (you can remove and reuse the tape over and over so tape out just several lines at a time)

2. Install a walking foot.   

(you must use this foot to avoid wrinkles in your quilt.  The walking foot contains an upper set of feed dogs to match the lower feed dogs already in your machine - these work together to feed all three layers evenly.  The walking foot is also ideal for attaching binding.)

3.  Put in a new quilting needle.

4.  Sew along the lines of the blue tape, removing safety pins as you come to them.

First watermelon from our garden - not very big, but very sweet.

Have a wonderful week!  and don't forget to play.

Comments

[kristyn]

looking forward to following the progress of yet another beautiful quilt by larissa!! have fun playing with stitches.

[Andrea]

Great tips for us newbies to quilting! Thanks so much.

[Lisa Q]

I might be able to do the straight line quilting...thanks so much for all the tips Larissa! You are the best.

[leslie]

you have been very busy during those school days!
i love all you can accomplish.
i think i may be ready to spend some time with my machine. :)

[darlene]

those strips look like they might just be calling you alot.

[Haether]

OK, that watermelon looks amazing for October!
Thank you for all of the quilting tips that you have been giving lately, they are really helpful

Also, I made a simple scarf yesterday that I LOVE. I will post on Monday. That pattern rocks :)

[suzy]

I love garden watermelons! I am also very obsessed with learning to quilt these days! I am excited to take my first class this winter...time to learn some new crafts!

[Karen]

I always wondered what the difference was in the quilting foot. Thanks!