Machine Quilting Articles

Marking a quilting design on your quilt top is a quick way to make huge improvements to your free motion quilting. You can stop guessing where to go and always end up with perfect shapes. Check out these 5 ways you can transfer quilting designs on your next quilt.

One of the worst things to happen in your free motion quilting is to spend an hour stitching just to turn it over and see hundreds of little eye lashes all over the back of your quilt. After seam ripping for what feels like hours, you may just throw the project down on the WIP pile and not even finish it because you’re so mad. Continue reading to find out what causes eye lashing in quilting and how you can avoid it in the future.

Feathers are among the dreamiest quilting designs you can stitch. If you’re as obsessed with feathers as I am, you are constantly looking for new ways to incorporate them into your quilting plans. Continue reading for 12 ways to use feathers in the different shapes of your quilt top.

Sometimes the unthinkable happens. You spend all day crawling on the ground to baste your quilt together, you stand up, crack your back, and head to the sewing machine excited to start quilting when all of a sudden you realize your walking foot is broken! You need a fix, and fast. Continue reading for your best bet at walking foot alternatives when you’re in a pinch.