Machine Quilting I: Walking Foot Quilting – Supply List

Machine Quilting I: Walking Foot Quilting – Supply List Carol Wilhoit – [email protected] Quilting with your walking foot can be a great way to finish your quilts. You stay in control of the quilting process, you can get excellent results, and the learning curve is short. The walking foot does far more than stitching in the ditch! In this class, you will learn creative ways to use your walking foot for quilting. The class will include straight line quilting, curved lines, spirals, use of special stitches on your machine and curved designs that are stitched using easy-tomake templates. You will need a machine with a walking foot for this class. Fabric • Prior to class, prepare at least 3 “quilt sandwiches”. Each sandwich should be made of two layers of fabric with a layer of batting in the middle. The sandwiches may be pin-basted with a few safety pins or may be spray basted. The size of the sandwiches can be from approximately 12” x 18” up to fat quarter size (18” x 20”). While the sandwiches can be made of muslin, I suggest that at least some of the sandwiches use fabric of a medium value (not a light color, not a dark color) tone-on-tone fabric (one that looks almost like a solid). Thread • Thread in a color that is medium in value, and coordinates/contrasts with (but does not exactly match) the color of your medium-value quilt sandwiches • One spool of polyester embroidery thread (size 40 – such as “trilobal polyester,” Isacord, or Superior Magnifico) • Thread in a similar color for the bobbin (this can be the same polyester embroidery thread or a lighter weight cotton or polyester 50 weight thread that you would use for normal piecing or sewing) Other supplies • Small scissors or thread snips • Sewing machine, with a bobbin, foot pedal and cord • Walking foot • Sewing machine needles: o Size 90 Topstitch • Air erase or washout marker • Instruction manual for your sewing machine OPTIONAL supplies – bring these if you have them. We will discuss their use in class. • Machine quilting gloves • Thread stand • If you have a large plexiglass portable table for your sewing machine, bring it. The larger your flat sewing surface, the easier it is to quilt! 7.12.17