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How do I turn corners when machine quilting?

 

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Q: I am just getting into machine quilting. Is there an easy way to turn corners. Hope I am making this clear enough to get an answer and a solution. Bonita

A: The easiest way I have found is to stop stitching, leave your needle in the fabric, and then raise your presser foot so the fabric can move freely with the needle holding its place.

Then turn the fabric around so it is pointing the direction you want to sew. Line it up, and then lower the presser foot again, and continue to stitch.

Hope that answers the question.

These instructions work for machine quilting straight lines, especially if you are using a walking foot.

Often quilters use a darning foot for machine quilting on their home sewing machine. This allows you to move the quilt freely under the needle as you are sewing - which is also called "free motion quilting."

Free motion quilting allows you to create an interesting quilting design around a corner - something different from straight lines or a grid.

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Happy Quilting!


Penny Halgren
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24th o October, 2010

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