Shadow Self – Part 4

LeahDay

Leah Day has been teaching online since 2009. She's the creator of the Free Motion Quilting Project, a blog filled with thousands of quilting tutorial videos. Leah has written several books including 365 Free Motion Quilting Designs, Explore Walking Foot Quilting with Leah Day, and Mally the Maker and the Queen in the Quilt.

4 Responses

  1. Ethne says:

    Leah this is looking super – I've tried my first major bit of quilting on a queen size quilt – simple wandering rows between blocks (just to get the feel and be comfortable) then designed a complimentary FMQ design of each of the 8 blocks on the front – unfortunately when turning corners, even if I do a couple of stitches in one place before making the turn, there is 'pulling' on the back (the front thread is drawn through on the bobbin thread) – when I noticed this I tested on spare fabric changing tensions but it only got worse – any ideas?

  2. Xicapapoila says:

    Shadow self is looking so exiting. I wish I could see her "in real life". The textures must be gorgeous!

  3. Leah Day says:

    Hi Ethne – When you turn your corners, are you stopping the machine, lifting the foot a bit, turning, and then lowering the foot back down?

    It's important to actually stop to turn a sharp corner or angle and to slow down as you approach that corner.

    As you slow down, your stitches will get a bit smaller, then when you stop with your needle down in the quilt, it will allow you to pivot without the thread pulling.

    If you continue to get thread issues in this area, maybe try adjusting your tension so you have more on your top thread and less on your bobbin.

    Let's go quilt!

    Leah Day

  4. Chakatoria says:

    Great work. Can't wait to see the finished product.

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