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Basics of straight line machine quilting for beginners

Pretty Simple Sara

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Make a quilt - step by step - with no confusion or frustration - https://learn.prettysimplesara.com/p/...

If you've made your very first quilt top, the easiest method of turning it into a quilt is to do straight line machine quilting.

These are the basics you need to know before you start:

00:00 Introduction
01:13 Setting up your machine and space
03:50 Picking your thread
05:24 Test your tension
06:33 Stitch in the ditch??
09:51 Starting and stopping
14:17 Quilting parallel lines

Looking for the pattern?

It's a free pattern by Moda called Urban Cottage. You can pick up the pattern for free from Fat Quarter Shop here: https://tidd.ly/4hhluEY

The fabrics I used were from Joann's in 2021...so I don't remember any information about them.

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20 Comments

@cindymounts4297 9 months ago

What a wonderful video! It was so informative, but no excess chatter :). I look forward to watching more of your videos.
And you have a Bernina ❤!

@genevieve1963 1 year ago

Great tutorial for a beginner! I free motion quilted my last few baby quilts and wanted to try some straight line quilting. This video was very helpful and I loved at the end when you talked about the attachment for the walking foot “strange looking little thing” that I’ve had for several years and couldn’t remember what it was for…now I know! Thank you Sara 🙏🏻

@daleodberg6714 1 month ago

Very enjoyable and very helpful.

@sharronbateman6227 1 year ago

I have just started sewing at 64yrs of age. Your channel is perfect for me!! Thank you.

@margan59 1 month ago

My walking foot is the single best purchase I've ever made for quilting! I use it all the time. Recently, I've been making a quilt with a lower quality fabric. I used the walking foot to piece and it helped a lot.

@JaniceArcher-c8j 1 month ago

Your video was one of the best i have seen in the past two years of begining quilting.. You are clear, and easy to follow. THANKS FOR Sharing .

@windycityliz7711 10 months ago

Been machine quilting about 6 years and found this quite helpful. Thank you,.

@Palio-n6y 5 months ago

The amount of knowledge you have is amazing. Thank you so much for sharing all this valuable information for free...how lucky that i found you..thank you!!

@Sonia-ll6vd 1 month ago

Just found your channel. Brilliant video, as a beginner to quilting l have found your videos so helpful with wonderful clarity thank you

@pammiller9853 8 months ago

Oh my stars!!! You have explained so many things!!!
Thank you!!! 🤗

@carriewilson9932 9 months ago

Thank you!! Such basic information I’ve never heard before. Great teacher. ❤

@serinawong8962 3 months ago

Thank you! This is just I needed to quilt my 1st project.❤

@diannesmith6820 6 months ago

Thank you so much for this tutorial. I'm new to quilting and found the part about starting and stopping the thread particularly helpful.

@mariennemennes7410 1 year ago

thank you so much!!!!! This helps me so much quiltng my first quilt

@boxgirl51 7 months ago

Thank you ! you are very informative, I have been sewing for over 50 years and I always learn something!

@vmdude1 4 months ago

Very helpful and informative! Thanks!

@sarahblank2241 2 months ago

Great tips in this video! It probably would have come in handy before I made my first quilt. But at least now, I'm not scared to make another one!

@CallMeErie 1 year ago

Sara, you are a wonderful teacher! Thank you so much for sharing.💖

@donnaceders5433 7 months ago

Thank you so much for your informative video Sara. I appreciate your getting right down to it and not making us listen to your life story first/during and after. No small talk, just nicely explained and demonstrated. You seem like a fun lady to know.