H.A. Kidd sewing notions Echo quilting with a walking foot adds visual appeal by Julie Plotniko May 17, 2019 by Julie Plotniko May 17, 2019 Welcome back to the fifth and final post on using a walking foot, SCHMETZ needles and Gütermann thread to create a whole cloth quilt. Yesterday I talked about quilting in the ditch, practiced straight line stitching skills and examined how marking a few simple grid lines can help create complex-looking… FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinRedditWhatsappTelegramEmail
H.A. Kidd sewing notions Making beautiful borders with your walking foot by Julie Plotniko May 16, 2019 by Julie Plotniko May 16, 2019 Welcome to step 4 of our series on using SCHMETZ needles and Gütermann thread to create a whole cloth quilt with just straight line stitching and your walking foot. Yesterday I layered the quilt, showed you how to bring up our bobbin thread, anchor stitching, quilt a grid and pivot… FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinRedditWhatsappTelegramEmail
H.A. Kidd sewing notions What to know about grid quilting with a walking foot by Julie Plotniko May 15, 2019 by Julie Plotniko May 15, 2019 Here we are at the third step to making a wholecloth quilt using the walking foot, SCHMETZ needles and Gütermann thread. Yesterday we learned how the walking foot works, prepared our machines, trimmed our fabric and marked the center design using a UNIQUE 2 in 1 marker. Today it’s time… FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinRedditWhatsappTelegramEmail
H.A. Kidd sewing notions Easy preparation for walking foot quilting by Julie Plotniko May 14, 2019 by Julie Plotniko May 14, 2019 Welcome back! Yesterday I listed the indispensable supplies required for a wholecloth quilt to make using our SCHMETZ needles andGütermann spun silk thread. Today I’ll talk about the walking foot, preparing our machines for stitching, trimming our fabric and marking the first portion of our design using a UNIQUE 2… FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinRedditWhatsappTelegramEmail
H.A. Kidd sewing notions 5 steps to a wholecloth walking foot quilt by Julie Plotniko May 13, 2019 by Julie Plotniko May 13, 2019 In my previous posts Perfect pairings-needles and threads work together for successful quilting and Needles and threads for a thread painting tutorial I talked about how to choose the best needles to work with a variety of threads. We’ll put this knowledge to work once again this week as I’ll… FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinRedditWhatsappTelegramEmail