How to Machine Quilt Block #3

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.

8 Responses

  1. Lindascabin says:

    Leah: you mentioned math problems/printers and inaccurate templates or pattern pieces; here's an easy fix. Print the page, measure the sample for accuracy. With my printer, the 3 inch square measured 2 5/8 inches. This can be adjusted with printers that have a Custom Scale % in the Print window. The formula is: Desired Size ➗ Actual Size = Custom Scale %. in my case 3 ➗ 2 5/8 = 114. I adjusted my Custom Scale to 114% and my sample correctly printed at 3 inches.

  2. Leah, I have the Juki F600 and switched to my other sewing machine when I noticed lots of skipped stitches. I had rethreaded, reinstalled a new needle (the same one) without improvement. THANK YOU for having the same problem and a solution!! Love all that you do.

  3. Leah, I am interested in the Juki machine I see you using. I am assuming it is a straight stitch only. I have a Janome Horizon but would like to have a Juki for quilting only. What is the model name/#? Thanks in advance.

  4. Leah Day says:

    Hi Jackie – I'm working on the Juki F600 in this video and no, it's a regular sewing machine so it has decorative stitches, zigzag, etc. It's not a straight stitch machine.

    I should also include, however, that I'm about to start filming on an older Bernina 1230 just to see if it fits better. I've been needing to service this Juki so if you notice me change machines in the next few weeks that's why!

  5. Dragon Lady says:

    Hi Leah, forgot, are you planning to use other colors on this quilt? if not I won't change color. Thanks DL

  6. Dragon Lady says:

    I know this is an older block (sunshine) however, when you changed threads did you change both top and bottom or just the top. You discussed using the same colors in both because of the top thread would show up within the stitches of the back

  7. Leah Day says:

    Yes, I always change the bobbin and the top thread together because otherwise it will show in the form of little dots or pops of color from one side to the other.

  8. Leah Day says:

    I believe I used white, orange, and red thread in this quilt. I didn't plan to do that from the beginning and yes, the first few blocks looked different from the rest, but they were pretty mixed up in their arrangement so it didn't matter too much. Mostly I changed colors to create contrast for the video so you could see what I'm doing. You don't have to change colors if you don't want to.

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