How to quilt your own quilts using the wavy stitch on your machine. This quilting technique is super easy and super forgiving.
Quilt Pattern used: Patchwork Hearts: https://quiltyloveshop.com/collections/pdf-patterns/products/patchwork-hearts-pdf-quilt-pattern
Quilting Materials Used:
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https://www.amazon.com/shop/emily_dennis_
Quilting Gloves: https://www.quiltylove.com/gloves
Thread used in tutorial: https://www.quiltylove.com/aurifilcones
Also love this more inexpensive thread for quilting (It's thicker and means more winding bobbins): https://www.quiltylove.com/CT
My sewing machine: https://www.quiltylove.com/janomemc6700p
Jump ahead in video:
GETTING READY
0:24 Thread to use (linked above)
1:11 Use a walking foot
2:07 walking foot guide
2:37 Quilting gloves (linked above)
2:57 Wavy Stitch setting
3:25 Zig Zag Quilting tutorial: https://www.quiltylove.com/zigzag
3:30 Serpentine (wavy stitch) graphic
3:40 Settings (Stitch length 3.0, width 7 - My machine is a Janome MC6700p)
4:20 Start with a straight stitch basting stitch along top edge
4:35 Horizontal or vertical lines?
6:00 Quilt top handling
6:38 Where to start quilting (I do edge to edge)
6:53 Why I don't flip my quilts
7:30 Quilt every other line
7:50 Start on an edge seam
QUILTING
8:20 Ready for the first quilting stitches
8:45 Test your stitch for tension - What do do about tension issues
9:38 Line spacing (I space one inch apart so first pass is every two inches)
12:58 Actual speed close up
13:50 How to use seams to keep your lines straight
14:08 How to tie off threads when your bobbin runs out mid stitch
16:42 Last stitch first pass through
17:48 Fill between the lines
20:35 Why your sewing machine makes a difference