Free Motion Quilting

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Quilting gloves help quilters hold cloth steady when stippling. The palm side of the glove is littered with small rubber "bumps" that work to get a firm hold on the fabric. If you don't have access to quilting gloves, try latex gloves or clean gardening gloves. darning foot

Guest Cindy Walter shares these tips for free-motion quilting technique known as stippling. Incorporate this idea into quilting projects or into garment cuffs and collars.

Use a top stitch needle. This needle has a fat shaft, very sharp point and a large eye that's perfect for using decorative types of thread. If you can't find a top stitch needle, try using a 90/14 jeans needle.
Equip your machine with a darning presser foot (free-motion foot). Use machine quilting thread on top and in bobbin. Be careful not to use hand quilting thread because it has a coating on it that could gunk up the machine.
Make a sandwich of quilt top, cotton batting and bottom lining. Drop the feed dogs on the machine and center fabric sandwich underneath the presser foot.
Position a hand on either side of the needle. Run the machine fast but move the fabric around slowly in a meandering motion without crossing lines. To avoid puckering, be certain to start in the center of the fabric then rotate out and around without skipping areas.

Resources
quilting gloves
Ginger's Needleworks & Quilting
LaFayette, LA
US
Phone: 337-232-7847
Email: Info@QuiltKnit.com
URL: www.quiltknit.com

Snippet Sensations
by Cindy Walter (ISBN: 0873418034)
Krause Publications
Website: www.krause.com

Guests
Cindy Walter
Quilter
Website: www.cindywalter.com
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