This allows it to skim along the surface of the quilt to move freely. This foot is designed to “float” just about your quilt sandwich. Never drop your needle with the foot up.Use a straight stitch in the centered position.Do not lower the needle when the foot is raised, start with the foot lowered.Do Not Use the PIVOT or HOVER setting when using templates or rulers.Here is a video on how to install the ruler foot on your machine: Every ruler opens a new world of shapes and designs for you to quilt, but a good place to start is with straight lines, arcs, and circles. Think of the ruler as a helper that, when combined with the ruler foot, allows you to quilt certain shapes perfectly. The ruler footis designed to enable quilters using a domestic/home sewing machine to quilt with rulers and templates to create designs usually reserved for longarm machines. Check out our full collection of Free Motion Tools HERE. Instagram story tutorials will continue on Tuesdays.Here is our beginner guide to Free Motion Quilting with a Ruler. I’ll link up all of the posts as we go! Blog posts will be on Wednesdays from now on. Some of the pom poms on the top of the hats were fussy cut as well. The triangle shape gives you additional options for fussy cutting your fabrics. In this Party Hat Quilt, the Hats were each fussy cut to show off a portion of my Chloe & Friends fabric collection. ![]() All of the centers are fussy cut allowing you to tell a fun story in your finished project. These Polaroid quilt blocks are the perfect way to show off some of your favorite novelty prints. This pillow features precisely cut mermaids and a fun improv style piecing method. This project is a great way to use up fabric scraps and feature some of your favorite fabric illustrations. This pillow designed by Sarah Ashford features LOADS of cute fussy cut postage stamps. ![]() We have quite a few free projects and patterns on our site that feature fussy cut fabrics. If you don’t, you can also use a regular ruler and fabric-safe marking pen. If you have a selection of quilt rulers, then it’s even easier. Small Rotary Cutter (allows for more precise cuts)įussy cutting is effortless.You can also get one large ruler with grooves for marking lines as well. Set of Fussy Cutting Rulers – there are a lot of ones on the market.You can also create really cool secondary patterns with the prints you are sewing with by fussy cutting them, as Amy demonstrates in this English Paper piecing project. It allows you to be more intentional with the fabric you choose for your quilt. “tell a story” based on the images you are selecting for your quilt blocks. Think of creating a quilt like telling a story. In my opinion, because it’s a fun and clever way to highlight specific prints in a finished quilt project. However, it’s easy to find a use for the non-fussy cut sections of your fabric most of the time. Anytime you want to match patterns or cut just a portion of your fabric, it will waste fabric. (6″ Sawtooth Star Quilt Block) Does Fussy Cutting Waste Fabric? Instead of just randomly cutting the fabric into squares as you would do with most quilt patterns, you precisely select the portion of the fabric and cut it. In quilting, the term “fussy cutting” refers to strategically cutting your fabric so that a specific portion of the fabric print will show in your finished quilt block. If you’re not familiar with it, I’ll explain it a bit more today and give you a few tips and tricks for fussy cutting your fabrics as well. ![]() They explained it, and it’s a crazy simple concept. One day, I just asked someone what it meant. I frequently heard people mentioning how they “fussy cut” their fabric as I followed along on Instagram or quilt blogs. I know that when I first began quilting, I was perplexed. Some of you may have read the title of this article and thought to yourself, “what in the world is fussy cutting?”. This week we are kicking things off with a quick tutorial teaching you how to fussy cut fabric. Welcome to the Spooky Sampler Quilt Along! Each week during the quilt along, I thought I’d share a few quilting tips & tricks to help you more easily construct the blocks in the pattern.
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