![]() Then I discovered King Tut variegated thread by Superior Threads. ![]() I experimented with different threads and manufacturers for a while to see what I liked the best, or maybe more accurately what threads my sewing machine liked the best. And I was hooked!Īfter I had some quilts under my belt and I upgraded to a little better sewing machine where I could actually drop the feed dogs - it had a needle-down function too, I switched to using the same thread I pieced with - 100% cotton. And don’t forget that fishing line (today’s invisible thread is so so much better than back then)! Regardless of the challenges, I kept free motion quilting. The invisible thread back then was like thin fishing line - yuck! But I still slogged through - learning how to free motion quilt with a basic sewing machine on which I had to cover the feed dogs with tape or an index card because the feed dogs didn’t drop. Of course, back then free motion quilting was frowned upon and free motion quilters tried for a hand quilted look by using invisible monofilament thread to hide their machine stitching. I was a new enough quilter that I wasn’t afraid to try it. LOL!Įventually I heard about a relatively newfangled thing called free motion quilting (FMQ). I did try a little hand quilting on my very first quilt, which I lovingly call “Big Ugly”, but my stitches were so big, I could’ve probably caught my toe in them. Of course, first I tried to “stitch in the ditch” but I found I couldn’t manage to actually stay in the ditch. I started machine quilting right after I learned to do patchwork almost 25 years ago. Do you quilt your own quilts or do you send them out to a long arm quilter? If you do your own quilting, do you hand or machine quilt? My Machine Quilting Journey ![]() I’m sew excited you stopped by today! After doing those fall quilt tutorials a few weeks ago, I am trying to now get them all quilted before I dive into making more quilt tops (my projects seem to be multiplying daily).
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