Description
Welcome to Modern Quilting with your Walking Foot (6 Hours)
As a participant in this class, you will make samples of different quilting designs that can be executed on the home sewing machine with a walking foot.
Not everyone can afford a longarm quilter or wants to have someone else quilt their quilt, and not everyone enjoys free motion quilting. You will create samples of walking foot designs on small quilt sandwiches to help you understand what makes each design successful.
We will also look at variations of the designs you stitch out. These samples will be a great reference for you when deciding how to quilt your next quilt. This class includes information on quilting all sizes of quilts on the home sewing machine. Based on my book, Walking Foot Quilting Designs which is recommended for the class.
Supplies:
- Ten 8” square quilt sandwiches that are ready to quilt as follows
- -- Eight of them to be made as follows:
- ------Light-coloured solid fabric on top (A)
- ------Low loft batting such as Warm and Natural, or Hobbs 80/20 (B)
- ------Dark-coloured solid fabric for the backing (C)
- -- The other two will be the same for (B) and (C) but will have the following tops:
- ------Cut (4) 4” squares, stitch them together in a 4-patch and place on (B) & (C)
- ------Cut (3) 2.5” x 7” strips, stitch them together in a rail fence and place on (B) & (C).
- 40 or 50wt dark thread matching your backing fabric for both top and bottom.
- ** Please have at least three full bobbins wound prior to class
- Sewing machine (in good working order) and basic sewing supplies, ie. scissors, seam ripper, pins, hand sewing needles.
- Extension table if you have one. (Or machine in cabinet if you have)
- Walking foot if you have one. Open toe foot if you have one.
- - 6” or 6.5” square ruler (or a cardboard template of that size)
- Machine needles (your preferred needles, ie. quilting, microtex, sharp
- Your favourite fabric marking pens or pencils.
- Sharpie marker to make notes on your samples for future reference.
- Note pad and pen. (Graph paper is nice to have but not necessary.)
Teacher:
Melissa Marginet
Author: Walking Foot Quilting Designs / Edge-to-Edge Walking Foot Quilting Designs Etsy: www.Etsy.com/shop/melissamarginet
Website: www.melissamarginet.ca
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