Blackrocksrock Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 How do you all get on doing this - I am not doing well and I bought a 1/4 inch foot which is fab and a walking foot and I cannot get it to flow at all - I do angular lines rather than rounded ones and no matter what I try it does not work well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 To do 'stipple' quilting you need the darning foot. The feed dogs underneath are dropped and the foot rises with the needle so you manouvre the fabric yourself in swirls, curls or any other pattern you can think off! These are the Janome ones: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackrocksrock Posted October 18, 2009 Author Share Posted October 18, 2009 I beg pardon -= I meant the open toe foot which is that one and tried to do it - had good intentions but not great. i cannot manouvre it very well - presume its just practice really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 Ah, sorry. Yes it does take a bit of practice. I found I had trouble when I set the stitching speed too slow. It was actually easier the faster it stitched. My patchwork teacher told me of a technique to practice. Take a piece of practice fabric and divide it into blocks say 4 x 4, you can just draw these on with a pencil. In the first block practice just moving the fabric left and right to stitch horizontal lines. In the next block do up and down, vertical lines. In the next block practice diagonal lines; then spirals; then figures of 8 etc etc. It just helps you to get the hang of moving the fabric in all different directions and you aren't worried about spoiling a quilt with your efforts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 First time I tried was on a quilt for my son and used patterned fabric so it wouldn't show up. It was single bed so by the time I was done my hand eye coordination had improved. Tips - keep the speed up, I find it really helps and I can't do it without gloves on. http://www.tnp.hostinguk.com/acatalog/The_SuperQuilter.html#a0209GS They are cotton but have little sticky bits on that grip the fabric, I keep my hands flat on the fabric to move it around. Why not have a try with rubber gloves? You can put your work in a quilting or embroidery hoop and hold that to move it around but it doesn't work for me. Try drawing the shapes with a pencil first on paper to get your brain swinging round the stipples that can help. Like Snowy says drop the feed dogs, otherwise i don't think I change any settings on the machine. Think its just a matter of keep going and it'll come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackrocksrock Posted October 18, 2009 Author Share Posted October 18, 2009 That sounds a good way to practice - will give it a go. I found it easier to go faster but could not do curly bits can do lines ok - bought a pen which disappears after a few days - did not last a few minutes and could not see the pattern!!! It is fun though and I have no thoughts to stipple as yet - have to quilt my other stuff first - plain squares. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 The walking foot is brilliant for straight lines and I tend to use it for piecing, but for the squiggley quilting it has to be the open darning foot - and don't forget to drop the feed dogs (oops that's my mistake usually ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
