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Master these
machine-quilting
techniques that require no marking!
For Starters
Stippling and Meandering
Echo Quilting
Con-Tact® Paper Templates
Follow-the-Fabric Quilting
Quilting on Tissue Paper
And Still More Options
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Tips & Techniques
Mark No More
Quilting in the Ditch
Use this method alone or along with any of the other techniques mentioned here. After the
quilt sandwich has been basted, sew the layers together by quilting in the ditch along
several long seam lines, close to the center both ways if possible. Smaller sections will
then be secured and easier to quilt.
Study your quilt to find long continuous quilting lines in the blocks, the sashes and the
borders. To help you determine a continuous line within the block, cover it with tracing
paper and lightly trace over as many seam lines as possible without raising the pencil. It
may take several tries to find the best route. When you do, add arrows and keep the
"map" next to your machine for reference as you quilt.
Quilting in the Ditch
Using a walking foot with feed dogs up, follow the quilting path along on the shallow side
of the seam line (the one without seam alllowances). At seam intersections, you may have
to make a slight jog over to the other side of the seam line.
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