![]() With my walking foot I quilt one line top to bottom ![]() Starting in the top center of the quilt, I place my needle down and lock the stitch.OR if you are running low on time and want to do a little more than stitching in the ditch*: This is a great technique if you want to keep things simple and let the pieced pattern shine. Below you can see my Rocksteady quilt that has been matchstick quilted. To avoid fabric pulling one direction and then the opposite direction when quilting large areas, I do things a little differently. Read a full tutorial on machine quilting straight lines here! Here is a blog post with 3 different ways to baste a quilt. Below you can see that I'm placing safety pins throughout the quilt. I end up sprawled on the floor for the majority of this process. Basting - this is the process of adhering or pinning the quilt sandwich together.Read more about all of the different types of batting here: How to Choose the Right Batting. ![]() That’s the reason batting gets a place on my BAD Bs list. HOWEVER, it’s super annoying messing with such a large wad of batting. That way I can trim it to whatever size I want and I can usually get a throw and a couple baby quilts out of each bag.
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