When I first started quilting, I made the decision to quilt my own quilts on my machine or by hand. Not only do you save money as having your quilt done by someone who owns a long arm is quite expensive, but you have the personal satisfaction of doing it yourself. I have quilted all my quilts on my home sewing machine with exception to one that I hand quilted. There several different ways to quilt on your home sewing machine. One method is to buy design stencils, trace them on to your quilt top and sew following the design. You can also stitch in the ditch, stitch 1/4 inch in from the seam line, or do free motion quilting. I always use my walking foot when doing the stitch in the ditch or sewing 1/4 inch from the seam line. I also always use basting spray that you buy at the fabric stores. You can use pins also, it just depends on what works for you best. With the basting spray, you need no pins and your layers stay in place. It also does not gum up your needles or your machine. With free motion sewing you will need to use your free motion or darning foot and raise your feed dogs. .I searched on you tube for some free videos on free motion quilting and found the following by Patsy Thompson. She has a 4 part video you can watch and she really is good. I also went to her website patsythompsondesigns.com. You can view all her videos on quilting. Free hand quilting takes practice. .
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This is fabulous....All right I'm going to try to quilt a full size quilt.
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