Continious-line quilting

It makes it easier and helps prevent the slipping of the fabric sandwich, which sometimes occurs. If you pin it rather closely (every

2"), you might be able to get away with not using one. That is what I did before I got a walking foot.You should check the back after every run of stitching ans make sure you don't have any puckering.

John

depends very much on your machine and the fabric/batting you are using, best I can suggest is do an experiment! If possible reduce the pressure on the presser foot, after all, there is a lot more thickness going through there. Play with the tension, you may also need a longer stitch length. You'll also want to have good basting to further reduce the chance of slippage between the layers.

Anne

Every continuous line quilting pattern that I've seen is curvy.... VERY curvy. You'd go insane trying to twist and turn the quilt to follow those lines with a walking foot. The patterns are intended for free motion quilting- you'd want to use a free-motion/darning or hopping foot for that. If you are talking straight lines or gentle curves then a walking foot would be the thing to use.

Leslie & The Furbabies > Do I need a walking sewing machine foot to do continuos-line quilting? >

Brenda, for most continuous line quilting (as opposed to straight lines, which *do* really come out better with a walking foot), you'll need a darning/hopping foot. You'd put your feed dogs down and "become" the feed dogs and speed control yourself as you guide the needle along the pattern you've decided upon.

Some handy references that you might check out in your local library are the books by Harriet Hargrave (Heirloom Machine Quilting) and Diane Gaudynski (Guide to Machine Quilting). They give very good hints about what feet to use and how to use them. :)

I don't think anyone's mentioned - choice of batting is seriously important. In my beginner days, I thought that a high-loft poly batting would be a lovely choice. Nay. That stuff will slide and slither. . . not to mention pucker and pleat. A happier choice for continuous-line quilting is either

80% cotton 20% poly or all cotton. They just behave better. Polly