Quilt As You Go: Quilting Your Blocks - Part 5

Click "Join" to get access to memberships and special perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL-l... Find Nancy's books, patterns and notions at www.OnPoint-TV.com or Fireside Quilts.com Free Quilt Tile Patterns: https://www.onpoint-tv.com/shop/ Purchase supplies at www.firesidequilts.com Nancy shares the sixth tutorial for the Quilt As You Go Block By Block series-Quilting Your Blocks. So far she has shown how to make the blocks up to basting everything together. In the last video, Nancy showed how to do appli-quilting. Now she is moving to her other sewing machine to do free motion quilting. Nancy really likes her large table with the sewing machine sunk down even with the table's top. The sewing machine is an older Pfaff model that just does straight stitch making it easy to free motion quilt. For the top of the block, Nancy will be using Superior Threads So Fine thread with a matte finish. In the bobbin, Nancy uses The Bottom Line Bobbins-Super Bobs that come in a package. They are all the same color so she doesn't have to take the time to wind bobbins and she can keep sewing. The TopStitch 90 is a great needle for free motion sewing with its deeper groove and a larger oval hole to protect the thread. Nancy uses the Lickity Grip to keep her hands a little sticky when she is stitching. And she also uses the embroidery scissors with the slight curve. Nancy points out some the areas on the block where she can do some free motion quilting. She starts with echo quilting on the outside edge. It's about a quarter of an inch from the needle's position to the edge of the foot leaving a nice width from the edge of the design to start echo quilting. The trick to echo stitching is to not go too fast but fast enough to be smooth. She stops at the corners to reposition her hands to continue sewing. Her echo stitching is not perfect but since she has used the same color thread as the block's fabric it can't really be seen. Next she does some meandering (aka puzzle pieces) starting on the outside edge and moving in. She sews curves as she works around the block filling in the space. Before quilting the sashing, Nancy marks a line a quarter inch in so that she can sew on the other blocks later. On the sashing, she is doing a loopy design. She also adds marks to the corner block. The quilting is all done. Next time, following Beth Donaldson's technique, Nancy will show how to put the blocks together.