Gemma who blogs over at Pretty Bobbins is starting up a new weekly linky party and I'm just going to share her words about it:
This linky is for you if you like to quilt, if you love to quilt, if you’re just dipping your toe into the (quilting) water, if you have a domestic or long arm machine and if you want to learn and share your quilting journey. I want to emphasize that there is no need to share a finished project and please don’t be scared to join in if you’re a total newbie. All I ask is that you talk about your quilting process.
I think that covers most of us! So I am definitely going to be checking out the links each Thursday and I hope that you will too if you are interested in learning more about about quilting. And some weeks I hope to share what I've learned about about quilting too.
I can honestly say that I LOVE to walking foot quilt on my Juki 2010Q aka Mr. Juki. This machine is designed for quilting with a large throat. Look at how much more room there is (especially heightwise!)
than there is on my Pfaff Quiltstyle.
The largest UFO I finished on my Pfaff was Pink, White & Black Strings. It measured 48" by 72" and literally got stuck in my machine twice - so stuck that I had to clip my threads and work it out through the back of the machine! And I can't tell you how many times I would catch the quilt top on the presser foot lever which lifted towards the throat.
But what do I love about walking foot quilting itself? I love how it accents the quilt but allows the fabrics to shine.
I also love how it can echo a design element to add a little bit of interest and emphasize some details of the pattern.
I love making waves with my walking foot too!
Or just lines of pretty thread.
But maybe most of all, I love my walking foot because it helps me get quilts DONE!
I look forward to adding FMQ to my skill set as well as hand quilting during 2014. I would love to be able to choose the quilting style that best suits each quilt and the time I have available to finish it. But I'll always be in awe of my walking foot for getting me through my Year of FINISH!
I have the Babylock equivalent to your Juki (also straight stitch) and I love my walking foot on it too. My 2 favorite styles of quilting are also straight lines and wavy lines. The fabric is always number one in my quilts, the pattern second, and I don't need a bunch of complicated free motion quilting distracting from them.
ReplyDeleteI use my walking foot for so much more than quilting, although it is great for that. I love applying my binding with it and have used it in piecicng with certain fabrics. Things don't slide around quite as much when dealing with tricky seams. Thanks for showing some great quilting ideas with the walking foot.
ReplyDeleteI use my walking foot for the Janome all of the time too! Love it!!!
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Great post! I have nitrated using my walking foot more and more for piecing as well as quilting although I do wonder if it detracts from accuracy (the 1/4" point is marked on my walking foot). I love the photos of your machine throat space. Great idea! Thanks so much for linking up xx
ReplyDeleteThat was a strange auto correct! I've started not nitrated lol
ReplyDeleteYour posts about quilting your own quilts has nudged me into doing that recently, as you know. And it turned out great, so I'm convinced to try it again soon. I know that I'll still have some quilts done professionally, but now I'm a bit braver about my own abilities. So thanks for the post - and the nudge.
ReplyDeleteI have used my walking foot a lot as well. I often forget to change it, so it stays in use for more than it was intended. Works great though!
ReplyDeleteI want a new machine SO bad. I have a Kenmore. Basic. It has a small opening and its hard to even straight line quilt with. I love my walking foot too for all the same reasons ; )
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All of your quilts look so beautiful. I'm going to get my walking foot out and start using it!
ReplyDeleteFabulous! Posts like this make me sort of wish I had of gone with the Juki over the Bernina :)
ReplyDeleteI need to dig out my walking foot and put it to work. I have a question, how do you do the wavy lines with your walking foot?
ReplyDeleteI have a Juki also and love it. It is the best piecing machine. I use my walking foot to do all my piecing and started my quilting with it until I got my HQ16. I have the TL-98-Q. I would recommend it to any one wanting a good piecing machine.
ReplyDeleteYou make it look so easy to quilt with a walking foot :). I have only used it for a baby quilt but will have to use it again in future quilts.
ReplyDeleteJenn from Mellycoddle :).
I love my walking foot. Thanks for sharing. I like straight line quilting on so many things. Might not be fancy but it can still make a quilt shine.
ReplyDeleteYeah for the walking foot! I want to be able to finish my quilt all by myself. Therefore I use my walking foot. Maybe someday I'll learn to FMQ but right now I am happy with straight lines.
ReplyDeleteNice post. Glad you linked up to prettybobbins. I also did a post on using the walking foot. Good luck with your FMQ journey
ReplyDeleteI'll join you in praise of the humble walking foot! It's surprising how much it can do besides just stitching in the ditch. I also think that crisp straight lines are under-appreciated as a motif to complement piecing. I just found your blog today and love your bright quilts. I'll be back!
ReplyDeleteLove your quilting. Am planning the quilting (by walking foot because I don't do FMQ yet and my quilting frame is deeply buried in junk in the garage) for my next quilt -- it will be parallel to the sashing but not in the ditch as I usually do!
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