Sewing Machine Tongue Twister :)

There are two terms in sewing that can be easily confused because of the similarity of their names. The PRESSURE setting and the PRESSER foot. This video attempts to sort out the difference, explaining how the pressure settings on the presser foot work and how and why to change the settings, as well as how to find the pressure setting control on various machines.
Marguerita McManus, author of the book Crazy Shortcut Quilts does the demo:

Pinning the Layers of a Quilt

I love my KwikKlip and in this video Marie Seroskie of Katie Lane Quilts shows two methods of pinning, both using the KwikKlip. One guide that I use for determining the number of pins to use the the “hand rule” – if you put your hand anywhere on the quilt you should feel at least one pin. That helps determining good spacing and enough pins to prevent puckers in the back while quilting.

Machine Quilting Confetti Ribbons

Professional machine quilter JoAnn Gruber of Eagle River Alaska shows us her technique for making her “Confetti Ribbon” design for machine quilting. This is easily adaptable to stand up or sit down quilting because it is simply a meander that is crossed over!!

Her great explanation and drawings will make you want to grab a quilt and try this out immediately

Burying the Knot

In machine quilting many quilters prefer to have no “start and stop” stitches (locking stitches taken in the same place). Instead they prefer to leave the tails of the threads hanging (always with BOTH threads on the TOP of the quilt
(watch this video if you do not know the importance of bringing up the bobbin thread) and they “bury the knots” after the machine quilting is done. Here is quilt teacher Jo Ann Gruber of Eagle River, Alaska demonstrating how to bury the knot in two videos:

Here’s some of Jo Ann’s exquisite quilting!

Finish your quilt with stitch-in-the-ditch quilting

In these two videos, Marguerita layers, pins and quilts a 90″ x 90″ quilt using the stitch in the ditch method. The first video describes the prep work and tools and the second video shows how to manage the bulk of the quilt while quilting it as well as tips to prevent puckers in the backing.

Margie Wallace, owner of Quilters Candy Shoppe has put together a kit of recommended tools for basic machine quilting and offers *you* a discount price when you mention that you watched the video and are ready to finish a quilt when you order!

Part two of Stitching in the Ditch Video

The second of two videos with Marguerita showing how to manage the bulk of the quilt while quilting it as well as tips to prevent puckers in the backing.

Get started now with your kit of recommended tools for basic machine quilting from Quilters Candy Shoppe. Ask for your “Quilting Videos” discount price when you mention that you watched the video and are ready to finish a quilt!

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