Foolproof Walking-Foot Quilting Designs

by Mary Mashuta

Overview

Learn to create a wide array of designs for walking-foot quilting no matter what your skill level.

Take your machine’s walking foot for a walk on the wild side and move beyond basic stitch-in-the-ditch quilting! In her follow-up to bestselling Foolproof Machine Quilting, award-winning author Mary Mashuta teaches you how to quilt attractive lines, curves, and geometric shapes with a walking foot. The book includes a multitude of designs, each adapted for walking-foot quilting and marked with clock icons to indicate the skill level and time required to accomplish it. This visual guide provides an inspirational gallery of 30 finished quilts and is enhanced by detailed photos of successfully quilted blocks, center panels, sashing, borders, and corners.

• Includes clock icons for each design to indicate the skill level and time required to accomplish

• Custom designs to fit every block, border, and corner—with no marking and no math

• Ideas for using commercial quilting templates, paper cuttings, and traditional sashiko-style designs

• Decorative stitches, hand quilting, and embellishments are used to enhance piecing

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781617450525
Publisher:	C & T Publishing
Publication date:	07/30/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	80
Sales rank:	798,053
File size:	62 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.

About the Author

Mary Mashuta became a quilter in the 1970s, when hand quilting was a common practice. She switched to machine quilting with a walking foot in the 1990s so that she would have a chance of finishing the quilts she enjoyed making.

In the mid-1980s, she left careers in teaching and interior design to become a full-time international quilting teacher. Her classes have always included color and design work, but she has also emphasized what to do when the top is done. Because she never made the move to free-motion quilting, she has been able to help other quilters who are "drop the feed dog"–challenged. Now her students and readers know that they can finish their quilts without having to send them out.

As a professionally trained teacher, she has also encouraged quilters to realize that they can create their own designs, from simple to complex. This is an area where many would-be machine quilters need encouragement, as well as specific information about needles, threads, and batting.

In addition to her books, Mary has written numerous magazine articles. Her work has appeared in national shows including Quilt National and Visions. She had the fun of designing eleven quilts for the yearly book that Kaffe Fassett creates for Rowan Fabrics. Mary is an ambassador for BERNINA of America. She lives in Berkeley, California, with her twin sister and fellow quilter, Roberta Horton. Together they were named the 2014 TQS Legends by The Quilt Show (thequiltshow.com).

Table of Contents

Dedication
Chapter 1: Let's Get Started
Who is this book for?
Looking for Inspiration
How to Use This Book
Chapter 2; The Basics
Benefits of Quilting with a Walking Foot
Limitations of Quilting with a Walking Foot
Safety-Pin Basting a Quilt Sandwich
A Few Notes
Hints for Stitching
Strategies for Stitching in the Ditch
Decorative Stitches
Strategies for Quilting Design Motifs
Chapter 3: Creating Quilting Designs
Chapter 4: Quilting Blocks
Chapter 5: Center Panel Designs
Chapter 6: Quilting in Supportive Spaces
Chapter 7: Border Quilting Designs
Chapter 8: Sashiko Quilting Designs [chapter title]
Gallery
Resources
About the Author