Review of the Westalee ruler foot for using rulers and templates for free motion quilting smooth lines and curves on a domestic sewing machine.
Free motion quilting with rulers on domestic sewing machine. Week 3 in a series.
Domestic machine Ruler work with Westalee Design by Sew Steady ruler foot and 12-inch Arc/straight template
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Westalee Design by Sew Steady 12" Arc ruler Westalee Design by Sew Steady 4" Arc Free-motion ruler work - curves and lines More Block Designs with the 12-inch Arc This is just the beginning of the d
Try out different patterns with the Westalee Template Sampler Set. You get six quilting ruler templates with outside and inside designs that will help you create tons of fun free motion patterns. The Westalee Design Template Sampler Set is designed for use with domestic quilting machines. To ensure that you receive the correct template set, please select your shank type from the dropdown menu above. Templates Included: 6" Spiral Spin-e-fex No. 4 Circles on Quilts Spinning Wheel No. 36 4" Arc Clamshell2" Simple Circle 2" Simple Circle
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Create charming and whimsical free motions designs that celebrate the beauty of spring flowers with this Dizzy Daisy Free Motion Tutorial. A fabulous design for advanced quilters, this free motion tutorial shows you how to create gorgeous daisy designs that look perfect on their own or on top of your newest quilt. Using a simple spiral pattern, this quilting tutorial shows you how to create flower vines and daisy petals for a rich and luxurious-looking finish to your favorite quilt. If you've always wanted to give free motion quilting a try, or are just looking to shake up your normal quilting routine, then you'll love this free tutorial.
Free motion quilting with rulers on a sewing machine: The cost of rulers
I was very lucky recently to win a set of Straight Fine Line Quilting Rulers. Linda from Flourishing Palms hosted this amazing giveaway, sponsored by Carol from Accents In Design. Originally there was a set of straight, which I won, and a set of curved Fine Line Quilting Rulers up for grabs. I was so surprised and happy to have won! A big, HUGE thank you to both Linda and Carol (hugs). I was especially intrigued by these rulers as they are made not only for long arm quilters, but because of the handles for extra grip, it has made straight line quilting on domestic sewing machine possible too. I was so excited and eager to try them out! When looking back at my Asymmetrical Diamond Quilt I made last year, I think having those rulers would have made straight line quilting using a free motion quilting foot a breeze. I wish I had these rulers then, not so much for the short straight lines, but for those longer lines. I love the look of straight line quilting together with some other filler/meander designs. I even combined quite a bit of straight line quilting in my Summer Solstice Quilt. So there is no doubt how much I like the look of it, and the amount of interest it adds to a quilt. So today I set out some time to try them out and to play with my new set of rulers. I won a set of 6 inch, 8 inch and 12 inch rulers... I know, LUCKY ME!!! When visiting the Accents in Designs website, there is a section that discusses the features of these rulers, but if there is ONE feature I love most about these rulers, it has to be the resistance strip on the underside of the ruler. If you have a good enough hold on the ruler it does not glide or slip over the surface of your quilt. Because I don't own a long arm machine I have to do all my quilting on my little Bernina, and that is a huge bonus not having to worry about the ruler moving around while quilting those straight lines. For the first time I got a 'long arm' look on my home sewing machine... So here is what I did today; What you'll notice, is that I placed the ruler to the right of the fmq foot. I did start out by holding the ruler in my left hand, but found I had better control holding it with my right. The accuracy of the lines are much more visible in the diamond variation I quilted in the image below. The only thing I had to keep in mind was that the needle (obviously) is not right up to the edge of the ruler, there is a gap... I just eye balled and aimed where I wanted to go. It worked out beautifully! ...and because I just love to free motion quilt, I played around with some designs I was familiar with. * My posts delivered to you * Disclaimer: I was not paid to write this blog post. I wrote this to express my thoughts and my experience with the item/s mentioned. All of the opinions stated are honest and my own.
After having watched Amy over at Freemotion Quilting Adventures talk about her use of rulers in her FMQ work, I did go ahead and ordered the Westalee Ruler foot to try this out. There was a bit of a wait as a Medium Shank foot was needed for the Pfaff QE 4.2 If you do not know what I am talking about, head over to Westalee Design for their information on doing Freemotion ruler work on domestic machines. The package arrived a few weeks ago and contained the following: Pamphlet on how to attach it Arc Ruler Tape for making the ruler stick better to the surface (if you want) Foot black placement guide Off I went to try it out...well, this did not work for me at all in the beginning...had lots of skipped stitches, in fact, could not get the machine to form any stitches in part. Fiddled for a while and then set it aside as I was working on other things. In between I also checked out the Janome Convertible foot, however as you also have to buy the little ruler foot that would be quite an expensive exercise...decided against this as I do not know whether this would work on this machine. Went back the other day to have a play and same thing happened...skipped stitches galore. In the end I emailed Westalee Design and finally spoke to Bill West and his wife, Leonie on the phone. Lovely people...had a good talk about Pfaff machines in general and this model in particular. After checking out that I understood the instructions in the pamphlet, Leonie pointed out that I was probably dealing with a tension issue. Now this was interesting...definitely had not considered this and had set the machine to the setting that I normally do my FMQ on. She suggested that I might have to get an additional bobbin case to play around with the bobbin tension (or, if you are game enough to try it on your current bobbin, which I would not advise). I have in the past played around with bobbin tension, particularly on my first Pfaff machine and remember the pain, however in the machines that followed, definitely never had to touch the bobbin, probably because my FMQ skills have improved over time. However, this could be an option, I thought, if I got a second bobbin case. Anyway, went back that afternoon to try out the foot again, this time focusing in on tension. Started with the preset tension (5.2 on the FMQ setting for the Pfaff, which is very high). Never mind...I thought I would go systematically through the motions. Also paid more attention on how I attached the foot, i.e. placed my fabric sandwich underneath and loosely tightened the screw so it was just above it when the foot was lowered. Then double checked with the little black placement guide. Yep, looking good...then started sewing with that enormously high tension. Needless to say, the thread did not like it and started shredding after a little while, however I noticed that I was actually forming ok looking stitches. I think I adjusted the foot a tiny bit, tightened it and then started going down in tension, increment by increment to see what the machine was doing. Still had the occasional skipped stitch and followed Leonie's advice and put a different needle in (had started off with 80/12 and went to a 90/14). I was now stitching perfectly towards me but still had problems going backwards...I then lowered the pivot height in increments and that seemed to fix that problem. My settings were: Spring Freemotion setting mode Tension: 4.0 with an Aurifil 50/2 thread Needle: 90/14 Pivot: -3 (the batting in my sample is very flat) Here are my grids...stitches look good and I did not have any problems. The only issue I had was that I did not know at times how to align the ruler, as you can see in the first example. Started off ok and then somehow lost the plot. Worked it out second time around. I really do not have any experience working with rulers and need to practice more. The ruler is great and works very well. What I like about it is that you can flick it in any direction (for example for the little star above)...stitch a line towards you, then flick it sideways, place it behind the foot...very handy indeed. Now this would have been handy the other day when I had to use my walking foot to stitch out a series of grids. Will let you know how I go next time when I use a different batting etc...I am hoping that I 'got' it on how to adjust this. Karin
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