![]() ![]() I will say though, if you have never tried free motion quilting and are looking for the perfect way to dip your toes in, this is a great way to do it. ![]() While there is definitely a lot more quilt adjustment going on, its very doable with minimal frustration. While the free motion foot will definitely be the “less fussy” way to get the job done, the quilt from the pictures was quilted using just a walking foot. The beauty of these templates is that you have flexibility.Ĥ out of the 5 templates can be completed using either a walking foot OR a free motion foot. Whatever your marking weapon of choice may be, grab it and keep it handy, we’ll be using it a lot today. I found that a brand new water soluble pen ran out about 1/3 of the way through my quilt, while the air soluble side had no problems making it through the whole quilt. If you decide on dissolving ink pens, be sure to keep a couple on hand. How to Mark A Quilt, 6 Right Ways and 1 Wrong Way It is possible to use a Hera marker however I find Hera markers harder to use because of how many turns there are. To trace them out I highly recommend using either an air soluble ink (this one is my go-to) or tailor’s chalk. In order to make these templates easy to download and print off, they were made as tracing templates. Quilt right over all of it just like you would with straight line quilting, except now you can try something different and start playing around with your free motion quilting foot without the complexity of multiple smaller custom quilting designs.Īnd the best part is that these templates often have a larger scale design than typical straight line quilting meaning you’ll do less passes across the quilt, get the quilting done sooner, and get to try something new at the same time. Since it ignore the piecing and gives you an all over texture, you don’t need to decide what will go in the borders, or how to quilt those flying geese. Templates for free motion quilting that are designed for an all over effect only require a single template. They aren’t meant to act as an all-over quilting design which means you’ll need multiple in order to complete your quilt depending on the area you are working on. Most templates you find in Joann’s or Etsy are the featured motif style. Ones for featured motifs like a border designs and feather motifs, and then there are others designed for a repeating all over design across the entire quilt. There are two different types of templates out there. Types of templates for free motion quilting All I have to do is follow a line, wherever it goes. When managing a quilt in a sewing machine is tough enough, I like to try and limit what I have to multitask, taking out “knowing what the shape looks like” is one of the easiest things to do to simplify the process. The template has everything perfectly laid out for me and all I have to do is trace a line with my machine.ħ Hack to Make Free Motion Quilting Easier My favorite part about quilting templates is that I don’t have to get nit picky with the size and scale of whatever I’m working on. These can be great if you know you like a specific design but just aren’t confident with making (or keeping) the shapes consistent free-hand. Using templates for free motion quilting is a great way to mark out a design before you stitch them. Advantages to using templates for free motion quilting Today I’m going over how to use these templates and how they can be a great alternative when you want a little flair to your quilting without committing more time than you realistically have. I went out and made a few and after all that work putting them together, I figured there’s no reason to keep them to myself so I’m sharing them with you, for FREE! To get the computerized pantograph look I was going for (without a computerized long arm) I’d have to create my own templates. Templates for free motion quilting that I can use on my domestic sewing machine! The answer was simple, but the execution took a little brain power. So lately I’ve been asking myself, “How do I get that perfectly uniform long arm look, by hand?” I’m a problem solver after all and this is definitely in my realm of problem solving capabilities. The thing that can be a bummer about long armed quilts is that you have to own a long arm or pay for someone to long arm your quilt for you. ![]() They are predesigned to be perfectly spaced and scaled which takes away a lot of the errors that can happen by hand. The beauty of computerized quilting designs is how symmetrical and proportional the designs are. Who doesn’t love the look of a long armed quilt? I may receive commission for any purchases made through the links in this post. ![]()
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