Creative Machine Quilting

 With Sharon Baggs

This class will focus on using the walking foot first to anchor a quilt, stitch-in-the-ditch and some simple straight line/slightly curvy designs and then transition to the darning foot, dropping feed dogs, securing threads, learning the basic shapes (arc, s-curve, straight line, loop and hook).

Students make an optional sampler. The techniques can be demonstrated and practiced by the students on simple quilt sandwiches (i.e 14" squares) and I show stitch-in-the-ditch using a 4-patch.

I also discuss the basic tool choices...thread, batting, etc. and run through my supply list so everyone understands what is needed to get started. And to finish, I would reintroduce the walking foot as the tool to apply binding because it makes a big difference when you use it. Ed Note: Sharon does the best binding I have ever seen.

Supply List for this class

Video Greeting by Sharon	Sampler for the Basic Machine Quilting Class
	Heart-to-Heart quilt from the book Garden Party - a blue ribbon winner at the Oregon State Fair