![]() ![]() This type is meant to be tied only and not machine quilted. I'm thinking particularly here of a polyester batting called 'Fatt Batt' manufactured by Mountain Mist. If the batting is so thick that the presser foot isn't clearing it as you move the quilt sandwich, it can't help but get pushed around by the presser foot during the stitching. You'll need to check your sewing machine's manual to see if you can. ![]() If you are using a high loft (thick) batting, you may need/want to raise the height of the presser foot, if your sewing machine will allow it. Polyester Quilt BattingPolyester fibers are more 'slippery' than cotton fibers, so a polyester batting is going to take more safety pins to hold everything in place. I think the bunching of the top and batting is coming from two things: 1) the polyester batting, itself, and 2) the amount of basting. It seems almost like it's a rite of passage, though one we could all do without! ReplyIt's a total bummer to remove quilting.but every quilter I know has done it at one time or another. Please let me know your thoughts and suggestions. I'm hoping after I remove most of the meander stitching that I will be able to ease the extra in. Or, am I stretching the quilt sandwich too tight when I do the meander quilting? Is this a basting problem? I pin basted it 4 times (checking front and back) to be sure it was smooth before I started quilting it. I started at the center top and stitched to the right towards the inner border (which I had already stitched in the ditch with a walking foot).Īfter meandering approximately one-fourth of the quilt, I saw that the top and polyester batting (higher loft) have shifted to the right and I now have an excess of approx. ![]() You can even baste the layers of your quilt together on certain quilting frames.I'm ripping out meander stitching on my first quilt (twin size). The quilting frame holds your quilt flat and keeps the layers even. This style came from longarm machines on quilting frames, but can also work great on your home machine too!ĭid you know you can put your home sewing machine on a quilting frame? This makes machine quilting feel so much easier because the machine is on wheels. Ruler Quilting is a new style of free motion quilting that uses rulers to help guide your quilting design. The main downside is quilting with a walking foot, dual feed, or even feed foot can be slow and complex designs very hard to stitch. Walking Foot Quilting is the easiest machine quilting style for beginners. We have so many ways to quilt our quilts now! Machine quilting is constantly growing and changing the way we can finish our quilts. Looking for even more machine quilting designs to quilt? Click Here to find the entire Free Motion Quilting Design Gallery. If you’re wanting to quilt your own quilts, make sure to check out all the different quilting machine options available to you today! Click the links below to shop for sewing tables and quilting tools that make machine quilting much easier on your home machine: You can also quilt these designs on a quilting frame where the machine rolls on wheels. You can stitch with your machine set in a table – pushing the quilt over the machine bed. However, all of the designs here will work on any style of quilting machine. I’ve organized this gallery so you can easily find home machine quilting designs and longarm quilting patterns. Each quilting design has a slightly different set of rules which changes how the quilted texture looks and feels on your quilt.ĪLL of the free motion quilting patterns posted to the Free Motion Quilting Project can be quilted on any machine. We machine quilt these designs by memorizing a simple set of rules, much like learning how to write your name in cursive. These free motion machine quilting designs are patterns that can be quilted without marking your fabric. 12 Easy Free Motion Machine Quilting Patterns. ![]()
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