Beginning Machine Quilting Tutorial with Leah Day

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Using a domestic machine, Leah shows you how to machine quilt a Square-in-a-Sun block. This is a great tutorial for beginners with tips for approaching seams, making pebbles, and hiding those small imperfections.

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#8 TC 2016-08-25 13:36

I love the frixion pen but I also like print to save time. Has anyone tried to press freezer paper to the lighter weight paper preferred and then running it through the printer?

#7 Marlyn 2016-08-17 21:23

The freezer paper is easier to remove if you press it to your ironing board first, before pressing it to your fabric. Doing this lets some fuzz and small threads stick to the freezer paper and then it doesn't stick so hard to your fabric. I would also fold the paper on the lines you printed, before stitching on the lines. The paper will be much easier to tear off. You could also stitch on those lines, with no thread in your machine, to perforate the freezer paper. Then after stitching, with thread, the paper would be easy to tear off. I learned these hints when using freezer paper for paper piecing.

#6 Pat Wester 2016-08-15 20:53

Why not use a ruler for the straight lines?

#5 rjharrison1977 2016-08-15 19:03

freezer paper works better if you fold and crease well over the stitching before you try pulling it off. Not to mention it's better too if the humidity is low. Humid paper is very hard to cleanly pull apart.

#4 Roni 2016-08-14 13:13

Enjoyed your Square In The Sun Block video. Where can I find the patterns? Are the previous block videos and patterns still available.

Thanks

Roni

#3 Dolores Good 2016-08-14 13:09

Why wouldn't you just draw on the fabric with a fixon pen?obviously I can't see well.

#2 Shirley 2016-08-14 12:30

When taking out the freezer paper, score your seam first, then take it out. I use the back of an "orange stick" to score the seams; then it's much easier to remove the paper.

#1 Millie17603 2016-08-14 08:20

Well done and informative tutorial and just what I've been looking for - but I need to be able to manipulate a larger sized (up to lap size) quilt on my machine. Do you have more information on that?

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