#Meander quilting template manual#
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#Meander quilting template free#

#Meander quilting template series#

Susan Brubaker Knapp wrote a series of articles, which has been collected into a convenient eBook, to help artists like us develop our skills and to encourage us to explore diverse quilting motifs. I did ditch quilt between the blocks and.Free-motion quilting is a technique that takes a lot of practice.

#Meander quilting template free#

The quilt below is one of the first ones that I free motion quilted.

It's very good practice, too, because you'll be starting and stopping for each block!

You, in effect, get to start over in each block with a clean slate. The advantage to quilting it this way is that any excess quilt top or batting in an individual block will be contained in that block. If that is the case, I strongly urge you to consider ditch quilting between the blocks and then meander quilting each block individually. I'm not sure what the design of the quilt is, but I'm assuming that if this is your first quilt, that it is constructed of blocks set in rows, in either a straight or on-point layout. For a poly batting you may want a few extra pins to accommodate the 'slipperiness'. But I always use either a cotton or a wool batting. If I can regularly feel at least two pins under my hand, that's generally enough basting. Pin BastingCheck out our page Layering and Basting a Quilt for a step by step discussion of the process.Īfter the quilt is pin basted, I place my palm down on the sandwich in several places. Double check the packaging your batting came in to be sure that it isn't another 'tie only' kind.įor future quilts, as you are getting comfortable with machine quilting, I suggest using a 100% cotton batting because of it's tendency to 'stick' to the cotton fabrics used in your quilt top and backing. 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.

#Meander quilting template manual#

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. I'm ripping out meander stitching on my first quilt (twin size).