How Do You Use A Quilting Machine?
With machine quilting, the home quilter as well as the professional can finish most quilting projects in a fraction of the time it would take to hand quilt. By using a properly equipped sewing machine, all layers of the quilt, from the quilt top through the batting to the backing can be quilted with fine, even stitches. Trace the quilting pattern onto lightweight tracing paper and pin it to the quilt layers. You will tear away the tracing paper once the project is complete. Determine whether machine-guided quilting or free motion quilting is appropriate for your project. In machine-guided quilting, the feed dogs, or mechanism which guides the bottom of the fabric through the machine, are left up making this technique ideal for projects with lots of straight lines and minimal curves. Free motion quilting requires the feed dogs to be dropped so that you have more control over how the fabric moves through the machine. Equip your sewing machine with the proper presser foot for quilting. Ma
