Janome 1600 Walking Foot Quilting
Today we’re walking foot quilting on the Janome 1600 home machine. This is a high speed, straight stitch sewing machine that’s really well designed for all styles of machine quilting. Click Here to find my first tutorial on machine quilting on the Janome 1600.
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Click Here to learn more about the Janome 1600P. Remember, this home machine has minimal features so it doesn’t have decorative stitches or fancy gizmos. Instead it has speed and precision – exactly what you need for machine quilting!
Click Here to find a Janome 1600 Walking Foot / Even Feed Foot – This foot is like having an extra set of feed dogs on the surface of your quilt and ensures the layers will smoothly feed through your machine one stitch at a time.
Begin Walking Foot Quilting on the Janome 1600
To set up my machine for walking foot quilting, I do three things:
- Set the stitch length to 1.5 mm (or a bigger stitch length if needed for that quilt design).
- Set my needle to always end in the down position.
- Adjust the speed slider to the lowest (turtle) setting.
A frequent question I’m asked about walking foot quilting is – do you need to use the feed dogs?
YES! Don’t get walking foot quilting confused with free motion / ruler quilting. A walking foot MUST have the feed dogs engaged and stitch length set at 1 mm or above in order to quilt your quilts. Walking foot quilting uses your sewing machine’s normal stitching function to create perfect, evenly spaced stitches.
This means you must rotate the quilt so the direction you’re quilting is always facing the front of the foot. You must always stitch front to back. Well, if you’re hardcore, you can hold down the reverse button and stitch back to front!
Now if you’d like to try walking foot quilting on your Janome 1600 and Click Here to find a compatible walking foot.
Let’s go quilt,
Leah Day
Learn more about the Janome 1600p Home Sewing Machine!
Unboxing the Janome 1600P – Includes threading, setting bobbin tension, and overview of all features
How to Piece Quilts on the Janome 1600P – Learn how to piece accurate quilt blocks with a patchwork foot.
Free Motion Quilting and Ruler Quilting Tutorial – See how I set up my Janome 1600 for free motion quilting and ruler quilting too!
