- Hi, I'm Deanna Springer.
On behalf of Nancy Zieman Productions and PBS Wisconsin,
thank you for joining us
for this special educational presentation.
Please add your questions for the presenter in the chat
and stay tuned for a Q&A after the lecture.
Then be sure to explore everything else
The Great Wisconsin Quilt Show has to offer,
including beautiful quilt exhibits
and an interactive vendor mall.
Thank you and enjoy.
[bright music]
- Hi, I'm Nina McVeigh, former longarm and quilt specialist
for BERNINA of America.
Welcome to this session on ruler work quilting.
Whether you are a beginning free motion quilter
or a machine quilter
who wants to perfect your skills,
ruler work may be the answer.
Ruler work quilting is very exact,
which is one of the things that appeals to so many people.
By following the edge of a ruler,
you will get exact and repeatable designs.
Let's take a look at some samples of ruler work quilting.
As we look at some ruler work projects,
you can see that this project was done with straight lines
so the only ruler I needed was a straight edge ruler.
The grid in the center nine patch,
and then the border around the outside
was created with a straight edge ruler.
I'm showing you this pillow,
even though it was done with a diamond ruler,
because it could be done with a straight edge ruler.
You would just need to do some marking
so you knew where to stitch those straight lines.
Moving into curves, this is a half circle curve,
and this creates our clamshell design
in the center of this pillow.
I also love the border that a half circle ruler can create.
Using that same type of ruler,
you see an orange peel design in this nine patch.
This is a great design for a four patch,
which you will see again in our presentation,
or the 9 patch or a 16 patch,
or even a checkerboard area on a quilt.
While feathers aren't necessarily a basic design,
I did want to show you the combination
of a more complex design
and then those simple, straight lines.
And speaking of combining designs,
this pillow top has your straight lines,
your curves and arcs and circles.
A very simple design once you figure it out
and then you can repeat it as often as you would like.
Here's another example of combining designs.
So I have my straight edge, my arcs, my circles,
and that beautiful curved grid in the center of the pillow.
The feathers were done with free motion.
So adding ruler work and free motion together
really can create some beautiful designs.
And then I have one more,
again, just an example of combining ruler work
with free motion.
Simple, straight lines for your border,
arcs in your triangles, and then that same curve
to create an oval shape in the white border,
and then of course, adding free motion in the feathers
and the stippling to this project.
Now that we have looked at a few samples
of ruler work quilting,
let's take a look at the supplies
that you will need to get started.
As you are setting up your machine for ruler work quilting,
you need to think about the surface
that will support the ruler.
Most machines come with a slide-on table and this works,
it does support a ruler and your project,
but a better situation
would be to have the large acrylic table.
These are of course bigger
and made specifically for your machine.
The larger surface will support the ruler
and the larger project.
However, the best case scenario
would be to have your machine down in a sewing cabinet.
You can see that you've got a nice,
large, even surface to work on.
You will want to put a straight stitch throat plate
on your machine.
This is something you should have on
whenever you piece or quilt
as that will perfect the straight stitch.
You will need a ruler work foot, which is a free motion foot,
where all the edges of the foot
are a quarter of an inch from the needle.
The thick outside edge of the foot, called the fence,
keeps the ruler from sliding under or over the foot.
Because this is a free motion technique,
your feed dogs need to be lowered.
You will also need quilting rulers,
which are traditionally 1/4 of an inch thick.
However, there are some domestic machines
where 1/4 inch ruler is too thick
to use all the way around the foot.
Therefore manufacturers have now come out
with 3/16 inch rulers.
If you can use 1/4 inch rulers, I would stick with those
as the thinner rulers can slip under the foot,
especially if your foot hops.
You may also want something for the back of the ruler
to keep it from slipping.
Some rulers come with a non-slip texture.
However, as a beginner, you may want more non-slip material.
There are adhesive sandpaper-like products,
adhesive rubber-like products, as well as sprays.
As far as foot rulers you might want to get started with,
I would suggest a straight ruler
and a curve or circular ruler.
And in different sizes.
As you shop for rulers,
understand that they are an investment.
They're an investment in your craft
and you will use them over and over again.
Some of us have quite an extensive collection.
I have created a place mat project for you.
It's a simple pieced project,
but it will give you the opportunity
to quilt along the edge of a straight ruler doing grid work.
And it will give you the opportunity
to quilt a four-patch block as well as borders.
If you are inclined just to want to practice
on a fat quarter sandwich, that's fine too.
You can draw those shapes on your fabric.
For the place mat project,
you will want four to five fat quarters or scraps.
You will need batting and backing 16 inches by 20 inches,
and a 1/6 of a yard for binding.
For the center of the place mat,
you will cut four 3 1/2-inch squares from two fabrics
if you're using fat quarters,
up to four fabrics if you're using scraps.
Cut two squares, 6 1/2 inches from one fabric
for the side squares, and then two strips, 4 1/2 inches
by 18 1/2 inches for your borders.
For binding, you will cut two strips
2 1/2 inches by the width of the fabric.
With very simple piecing, you will put the place mat together.
So the center square, you will piece together
with the four smaller squares.
Add the two outer squares and then add the two borders.
And that is the place mat
that we will start doing our ruler work quilting on.
To begin ruler work quilting,
we will stitch a straight-line grid
in these outside squares.
I have my ruler foot on, my feed dogs are lowered,
and I have my straight stitch throat plate on.
The first thing you want to do is pull up your bobbin thread
where you're going to begin stitching.
So I'm going to lower my foot and then lower your needle,
raise your needle,
and you can move aside to pull up that bobbin thread.
So now I know where both threads are.
I'm going to go back and lower my needle into the fabric
where I'm going to begin stitching.
We will be using a straight edge ruler.
So this one, I think you can see has lots of markings on it.
All of the line markings are 1/4 of an inch apart.
So when I start stitching,
I'll be able to line up the correct spacing.
I want my lines to be an inch apart.
I'm going to put the ruler against the foot.
Now, it's important to remember
that you're not going to push hard against the foot.
That will make moving your fabric difficult,
and it can also change the tension.
So I'm just lining that up against the foot
and I'm looking that as I come down,
I'm going to be stitching from corner to corner.
Begin by taking a couple small stitches
to secure your threads.
[sewing machine whirring]
Now, as I get down to this far corner,
my ruler isn't quite long enough,
so all I'm going to do is slide
and stop when I get to the end.
I'm now going to turn my fabric
and I'm going to stitch in the ditch
to get my spacing.
You'll notice as I line this ruler up,
I can line up these outside tabs on the seam line,
and then I can be stitching right in the ditch.
You turn this and check.
Yep, I'm on that third line over,
plus I'm stitching 1/4 of an inch away from the ruler,
so that's going to give me my inch spacing.
[sewing machine whirring]
Turn.
Again, use the tabs on this ruler.
And that will give us our one-inch spacing
and be right in the ditch.
Stich back.
[sewing machine whirring]
Right to the seam.
Again, turn, stitch in the ditch.
Now you'll notice that I always put my ruler
on the left side of the foot.
If you are lefthanded,
you might find it easier to put your ruler
on the right side of the foot.
It really doesn't make any difference.
You just have to find where you're comfortable.
I'm not quite as far as I want to be.
So take a couple more stitches, line that up.
And stitch.
Now of course, with a grid,
you want to go across your block in two directions.
Right now, I'm going to stitch up to the corner
'cause I don't have enough room for another line.
And now I'm going to stitch the other diagonal.
[sewing machine whirring]
Slide the ruler.
Okay.
So now I want to travel again
for that next row of stitching.
[sewing machine whirring]
And you're going to continue this
using the ditch or the outside edge for travel
until you have your block completed with grid quilting.
The two gridded squares are now complete
and I want to focus on this center four patch.
In order to complement the straight lines of the grid work,
I'm going to be doing some curved quilting.
I want to add a curve on the inside edge
of each of these blocks.
To do that, I'm going to be using
a circle half circle ruler.
This comes in a set of four different rulers
in four different sizes.
This is the four-inch ruler.
Now remember, these are three-inch blocks.
So of course the four-inch ruler seems like it would be too big
for the three-inch block, but I only want to quilt an arc.
I don't want to quilt a complete half circle, just the arc.
As I look at this ruler, there are lines across the top.
This top line is 2 1/2 inches long.
If I add the 1/4 inch allowance
that I need for my foot on both ends of the line,
that gives me three inches,
which of course this would be the three inches.
So I'm going to lay that line on my seam line.
You can see that I do have gripping surface
on the back of this ruler to keep it from sliding.
So as I put that line right on my seam line,
there's one other thing I want to look at.
How far away am I from this seam line?
This is where I want to end up.
It should be 1/4 of an inch,
but if my piecing isn't quite exact,
I may have to back this ruler up a little bit.
And I mention that because you will run into situations
where the ruler is exact, but you might need to compensate
for piecing that isn't quite perfect.
I'm going to take a couple tiny stitches to secure
and then stitch around the edge of the ruler
to the first seam line.
[sewing machine whirring]
Now, as I said, I want to add a curve
to the inside edge of all of these squares,
but I don't want to do each square individually.
So I want to study the squares and come up with a pathway
so that I know I won't have to stop and start over.
Here is a drawn-out pathway for a four-patch block,
something you might want to consider and study a bit
before you approach your block with your sewing machine.
Now that we've seen the pathway, I'm going to stitch across,
stopping in the center.
Move my ruler.
And I'm always looking,
am I going to end up 1/4 of an inch away?
[sewing machine whirring]
I'm now going to take my ruler and turn it.
Now I could turn my work, and maybe I'll do that
so you can actually see
some of that stitching happening there.
And so I'll turn,
check that I'm going to be 1/4 of an inch away.
[sewing machine whirring]
Do another arc.
And let me turn this back to the original orientation.
So I went down, over, over, back, back,
and now I'm going to go down again.
[sewing machine whirring]
And there you have your orange peel design.
Now that we have the center of our place mat complete,
we are going to concentrate on the borders.
You'll see on this border,
I have actually drawn out three-inch squares
all along the length of the border.
We will be doing something very similar
to what we did in our center block,
only this time we will be using the three-inch circle,
half circle ruler from the set of four rulers.
Because these are three-inch blocks,
this is a three-inch ruler, we will be doing half circles
to the inside of each of the four sides of the squares.
We'll begin down on the end
and we will raise our bobbin thread as we have been doing.
And then again, before I ever put a ruler next to the foot,
I want to make sure my needle is down and my foot is down.
Put the half circle line
on that 1/4-inch basting line that I have there,
or could be a drawn line.
Take a couple stitches and then come around
the edge of the ruler.
Stop when you get to the basting line or drawn line.
Move your ruler so that that half-inch line
is on the bottom drawn line.
[sewing machine whirring]
And stitch.
Now, as I come to the line,
and you can see that here as I come to this first line,
this first line sectioning off this square,
I'm going to go up that line and down that line.
So line up your ruler,
stitch up to the top,
and then down to the bottom.
And as I look at this,
I want to look right here where my stitching line is
for this half circle that I'm 1/4 of an inch away
so that those two half circles just touch,
creating a design.
And I'm going to continue along that border,
coming across.
[sewing machine whirring]
Going up.
[sewing machine whirring]
Stitching down.
[sewing machine whirring]
Doing the last arc.
You'll come around to where you started.
[sewing machine whirring]
So you'll have this great border design.
As we look at this border design,
I want to clean up this bottom edge a little bit.
So I'm going to take my place mat,
lower my foot, and pull up my thread.
And I want to stitch on that drawn line.
So I'll go back to my straight edge ruler.
[sewing machine whirring]
I'm going to stitch another line.
Slide the ruler.
And so now with those two lines of stitching,
I have a really nice border.
We now have our orange peel border done,
which looks totally different using half circles
than it did in the block using an arch.
But now it's time to look at our last and final border.
Here's where it really gets fun.
What kind of design can I do with a straight edge ruler?
Or what kind of designs can I do
with a circle or half circle or arc?
And depending on what size ruler you have,
as you collect different rulers,
your options are going to be even greater.
We are going to use the three-inch arc ruler
for this final border.
I'm going to turn this and lower my foot
and pull up my bobbin thread.
And then lower my needle into the fabric again.
Now, as I said,
I'm using the three-inch arc ruler
and I have put little marks every three inches
just to keep me on track.
And this time, I want a really deep arc here so I'm using,
there are three lines here across the bottom.
I'm actually using this top line.
And that's going to give us a really deep arc.
[sewing machine whirring]
Going to finish that arc, come back,
line my ruler up again.
Look to see that I'm 1/4 of an inch away from that mark.
[sewing machine whirring]
And as we come around
each arc because it's so deep,
we'll stitch on top of the other one.
[sewing machine whirring]
I have now turned my work, pulled up my bobbin thread.
I'm going to use that same line
on the edge of my fabric to line that up with.
Now, I know that because I've got a seam allowance here,
this arch will be slightly shorter than this one,
but I wanted this intersection to happen
not right in the middle of the border,
but offset just a little.
It's just a design option and you are the designer.
[sewing machine whirring]
So move that.
And you are going to just repeat this same process
all the way along the edge of your border,
coming in from the outside edge.
We will finish out our last arc,
and there you have our final border.
Now I could go back and add some free motion quilting
in these little football shapes,
but I really like it like this.
So I'm going to leave it,
trim up my place mat, and add the binding.
I have put binding on my place mat
and now I am ready to set the table.
Now that you've quilted a few basic designs with rulers,
let's take a look at expanding on those designs.
Looking at this place mat, I've used all the same rulers
that we've used today in our project.
The designs here are just a little bit more extensive,
a little bit more thoughtful.
If you look at that bottom border, just straight lines,
but how interesting a design you can make
with straight lines.
The orange peel designs are typical orange peel designs,
but I started to fill in
with a little bit of curved grid work
in between those orange peel designs.
And then as we look up to the top border,
playing with lines and grid work and just creating a pattern,
this is one reason I love rulers.
You get to play, design, create, and enjoy.
As we come to the end of this presentation,
I hope you will take the time to create this simple place mat
or perhaps a whole set of place mats
so you can practice your ruler work.
I hope you explore the world of ruler work
and that you enjoy it as much as I do.
I want to thank you for coming to this presentation
and I hope to see you again next year.
Until then, happy quilting.
>> HI.
I'M DEANNA SPRINGER.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR THE
GREAT WISCONSIN QUILT SHOW AND
THANK YOU FOR TUNING IN FOR
"QUITTING WITH RULERS ON A
DOMESTIC MACHINE" WITH NINA
MCVEIGH.
AND WE'RE SO PLEASED TO HAVE
NINA WITH US TODAY FOR LIVE Q&A.
HI, NEENAH.
KNEE -- NINA.
HOW ARE YOU?
QUESTIONS ARE FLOODING IN WITH
YOUR RULER WORK.
>>THE FIRST QUESTION IS FROM
EUNICE.
SHE SEES LOTS OF ADS FOR RULERS.
WHAT SHOULD SHE BE LOOKING FOR
WHEN SHE BUYS HER RULERS?
>> YOU WANT TO LOOK FOR BASIC
RULERS, A STRAIGHT-LINE RULER,
SOMETHING WITH AN ARC AS YOU SAW
IN THE VIDEO.
WHAT KIND OF RULER DOES YOUR
MACHINE TAKE, WHAT THICKNESS OF
RULER?
RULERS COME IN EITHER ONE 1/4"
THICKNESS OR THEN 3/16 INCH
THICKNESS.
SO YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOUR
MACHINE WILL ACCOMMODATE.
IF IT WILL ACCOMMODATE A QUARTER
OF AN INCH RULER, THAT IS THE
ONE YOU SHOULD ALWAYS PURCHASE.
>> GREAT TIP.
THANK YOU.
BETH R. IS ASKING HOW CAN YOU DO
RULER WORK IF YOUR MACHINE
PRESSER FOOT HOPS UP AND DOWN?
>> IT'S SOMETHING YOU GET USED
TO.
CERTAINLY YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO
HAVE THAT ONE 1/4" RULER BECAUSE
THAT IS A LITTLE BIT THICKER.
THE HOPPING MECHANISM ON A
MACHINE DOESN'T BOTHER ME, BUT
MANY OF THE BERNINA MACHINES
WHICH I'M FAMILIAR WITH, YOU CAN
TAKE THAT HOPPING MECHANISM OFF
BY GOING TO YOUR PRESSER FOOT
PRESSURE AND LOWERING THAT
PRESSURE TO BELOW ZERO.
AND THEN THE FOOT WILL NO LONGER
HOP.
SO YOU CAN TRY THAT.
>> GREAT TIP ALSO.
AND SUSAN IS ASKING WHICH
MACHINES DO NOT ACCOMMODATE 1/4"
RULERS?
>> THAT'S A QUESTION THAT I
REALLY PERSONALLY DON'T KNOW.
I AM FAMILIAR, AS I SAID BEFORE,
WITH BERNINA MACHINES.
I KNOW THEY ACCOMMODATE ONE
QUARTER INCH RULERS.
THE BEST ADD ADVICE YOU CAN GIVE YOU
IS TO GO TO YOUR LOCAL DEALER.
THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO TELL YOU
WHAT MACHINE OR WHAT SIZE RULER
TO BUY, WHAT THICKNESS OF RULER
TO BUY.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU.
AND PAM FROM LANSING IS ASKING
WHERE CAN I FIND THE DIRECTIONS
FOR THE PLACE MAT YOU'RE
SHOWING?
>> WELL, THE PLACE MAT IS REALLY
A VERY SIMPLE PLACE MAT WITH
JUST SQUARES AND RECTANGLES.
BUT I WILL HAVE THAT, THE
DIRECTIONS FOR THIS PARTICULAR
PLACE MAT POSTED ON MY WEBSITE,
NINA MCVEIGH.COM.
THAT WEBSITE IS STILL UNDER
CONSTRUCTION, SO I WOULD SAY
GIVE IT ANOTHER WEEK OR TWO AND
YOU WILL FIND IT ON THE WEBSITE.
>> GREAT.
THANKS FOR SHARING THOSE WITH
US.
AND WE CAN ALSO REWATCH THE
VIDEO, TOO, AND SEE HOW YOU PUT
IT TOGETHER.
>> YES.
YES.
>> ANOTHER QUESTION.
WHAT OTHER PROJECTS HAVE YOU
MADE WITH THIS TECHNIQUE?
>> I'VE DONE QUITE A FEW RULER
WORK PROJECTS, FROM SOMETHING AS
SIMPLE AS THE PLACE MAT YOU JUST
SAW OR PILLOWS.
I'VE DONE RULER WORK ON
FULL-SIZE QUILTS.
YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU LEARN THE
TECHNIQUE, IT'S A QUILTING
TECHNIQUE, A FREE-MOTION
QUILTING TECHNIQUE THAT YOU CAN
USE ON ANY PROJECT.
>> AND YOU'VE SHOWN US HOW TO DO
THIS ON A SMALL PROJECT LIKE A
PLACE MAT OR A PILLOW AND THEN
WE CAN REALLY PERFECT OUR
TECHNIQUE.
YOUR STITCHES LOOK SO BEAUTIFUL
ON YOUR SAMPLE.
>> OH, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
>> A VIEWER FROM WEST VIRGINIA
IS ASKING CAN YOU DO RULER WORK
WITH A WALKING FOOT OR STITCH IN
THE DITCH FOOT?
>> RULER WORK IS FREE MOTION, SO
YOU ARE DROPPING YOUR FEED.
YOU WOULDN'T BE RUNNING THAT
FOOT ALONG THE EDGE OF A RULER.
SO I'M GOING TO SAY NO YOU CAN'T
DO RULER WITH A WALKING FOOT OR
AN EDGE STITCH FOOT, BUT THOSE
ARE GREAT FOR STRAIGHT LINE
QUILTING.
>> AND MICHELLE C. IS ASKING ON
A SMALL ITEM LIKE THIS CAN YOU
ROTATE THE ENTIRE PROJECT AROUND
SO YOU'RE STITCHING TOWARD
YOURSELF.
SHE SAYS IT WOULD BE MORE
INTUITIVE FOR HER RATHER THAN
STITCHING BACKWARDS.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
YOU CAN CERTAINLY ROTATE YOUR
PROJECT TO ORIENTATE IT TO
WHATEVER YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH
OR HOWEVER YOU'RE GETTING THE
BEST STITCHING.
I DO CAUTION YOU, HOWEVER, IN
THE LEARNING PROCESS IF YOU WANT
TO DO MORE THAN SMALL PROJECTS,
THINK ABOUT THOSE THINGS YOU
MIGHT WANT TO DO THAT YOU CAN'T
EASILY ROTATE.
AND SO IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA
TO DO SOME PRACTICE THINGS AND
LEARN HOW TO STITCH AWAY FROM
YOU OR -- YOU KNOW, AND DO IT ON
A SMALL PROJECT OR EVEN JUST A
SAMPLE PIECE THAT YOU'RE PLAYING
WITH JUST TO GET THAT FEEL AND
PRACTICE IT SO WHEN YOU ARE
DOING A LARGE PROJECT, YOU DON'T
HAVE TO TURN THE QUILT.
>> GREAT ADVICE.
THANK YOU.
KAREN FROM INDIANA IS ASKING
WHAT DO YOU SET THE STITCH
LENGTH AT?
>> GOOD QUESTION.
REMEMBER, I JUST SAID IT'S FREE
MOTION, SO IN FREE MOTION
QUILTING, YOU ARE IN CHARGE OF
THAT STITCH LENGTH.
THAT'S PART OF THIS LEARNING
CURVE.
ANYTIME YOU DO FREE MOTION
STITCHING, YOU ARE IN CHARGE OF
THE STITCH LENGTH.
SO EVEN WITH RULER WORK, YOU ARE
IN CHARGE OF THE STITCH LENGTH.
SO YOU ARE NOT SETTING THAT
LENGTH AT ANY PARTICULAR AMOUNT,
STITCHES PER INCH, UNLESS YOU'RE
USING A STITCH REGULATOR.
>> MICHELLE HAD THAT SAME
QUESTION, SO YOU'VE COVERED BOTH
OF THEIR QUESTIONS.
>> WHAT I WILL SAY -- CAN I JUST
ANSWER THAT ABOUT A STITCH
REGULATOR.
THERE IS NOT A STITCH REGULATED
RULER FOOT.
YOU DO NEED A RULER FOOT AND IT
IS NOT STITCH REGULATED.
SO AS I SAID STITCH REGULATED,
UNLESS YOU HAVE A LONGARM,
BECAUSE THIS IS ALSO A LONGARM
TECHNIQUE, AND WHETHER YOU WOULD
HAVE A TABLE MODEL LONGARM OR A
FRAME LONGARM, THE BERNINA
MACHINES HAVE A STITCH REGULATOR
IN THE BOBBIN AREA.
THEREFORE, YOU WOULD SET A
STITCH LENGTH AND THEREFORE YOU
WOULD GET THOSE EVEN STITCHES
WITHOUT THE LEARNING CURVE THAT
YOU HAVE ON A DOMESTIC MACHINE.
>> THAT'S A GREAT TIP AND A
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE MACHINE
TYPES.
THANKS FOR SHARING THAT.
DORIS IS ASKING, IF I DO A
CIRCLE, SO IF SHE'S STITCHING A
CIRCLE FROM 12 O'CLOCK TO 6
O'CLOCK, IT'S GREAT.
BUT FROM 6 O'CLOCK TO 12 O'CLOCK
IT'S NOT SO GREAT.
SOME MACHINES DON'T LIKE TO GO A
CERTAIN DIRECTION, SHE'S HEARD.
IS THERE ANY TRUTH TO THAT?
>> BOY, THERE MAY BE SOME TRUTH
TO THAT, BUT I THINK PROBABLY
MOST LIKELY THAT'S IN THE
PRACTICING.
SOMETIMES BECAUSE IT'S JUST A
DIFFERENT MOTION FOR US, A
DIFFERENT FEEL.
WE WORK HARDER AT IT OR WE MAY
UNCONSCIOUSLY BE PUSHING AGAINST
THE FOOT HARDER BECAUSE WE'RE
AFRAID WE'RE GOING TO WANDER
AWAY.
THERE'S JUST SO MANY THINGS THAT
CAN HAPPEN.
BUT PUSHING AGAINST THE FOOT TOO
HARD WILL CHANGE THE QUALITY OF
THE STITCH AND CAN CHANGE THE
TENSION.
SO I WOULD TELL YOU ONE OF TWO
THINGS.
EITHER ROTATE YOUR FABRIC, AS WE
TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, BECAUSE IT
WOULD BE THE SAME MOTION.
OR, IF YOU ARE REALLY TRYING TO
DO 360 DEGREES WITHOUT TURNING
YOUR FABRIC, THEN IT COMES DOWN
TO THAT -- AND I KNOW YOU HATE
TO HEAR IT, BUT IT COMES DOWN TO
THAT WORD, "PRACTICE," AND GET A
FEEL FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
WE DO HAVE TO PUT IN THE TIME
SOMETIMES.
>> GOOD ADVICE.
AND HOW DID YOU GET STARTED
QUILTING?
>> WELL, I'VE BEEN QUILTING FOR
MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS, AND I
ACTUALLY WORKED ON LONGARM
MACHINES IN THE SENSE OF I
HELPED DEVELOP BERNINA'S LONGARM
MACHINE.
THEREFORE, I BECAME MORE
FAMILIAR WITH LONGARMING.
RULER WORK IS TRADITIONALLY A
LONGARM TECHNIQUE, SO THAT'S
WHERE I STARTED WITH RULER WORK,
BECAUSE I WAS WORKING ON A
LONGARM AND THEN EVERYBODY
WANTED TO BE ABLE TO DO IT.
SO GOING TO THE DOMESTIC MACHINE
AND LEARNING HOW TO DO IT ON A
DOMESTIC MACHINE JUST BECAME
PART OF THE JOURNEY.
>> WELL, I'M GLAD YOU'VE
DEVELOPED THE TECHNIQUE AS WELL
AS OUR VIEWERS ARE.
BOB IS ASKING, NINA, GREAT JOB.
DO YOU FREE MOTION IN THE DITCH
RATHER THAN GRAB A STRAIGHT
RULER?
>> YOU KNOW, IF I'M DOING FREE
MOTION AND FREE MOTIONING IN THE
DITCH, I REALLY LIKE TO USE THE
RULER.
I'M NOT AS STEADY NECESSARILY
JUST GUIDING MY FABRIC ALONG
WITHOUT SOMETHING TO HELP ME.
SO CERTAINLY IF YOU HAVE A
STEADY HAND AND YOU CAN FREE
MOTION IN THE DITCH, GO FOR IT.
I TEND TO LIKE MY RULER JUST TO
HELP ME STAY IN THE DITCH.
>> OKAY.
ROBIN IS ASKING, I FIND MY
STITCHES ARE GOOD WHEN GOING
LEFT TO RIGHT, BUT NOT SO GREAT
WHEN MOVING RIGHT TO LEFT.
IS THIS A COMMON ISSUE?
>> I WOULDN'T SAY IT'S COMMON
NECESSARILY.
LEFT TO RIGHT, RIGHT TO LEFT,
THEY REALLY SHOULD LOOK THE
SAME.
I'M GOING TO ADDRESS THAT SAME
ISSUE WITH PERHAPS IN ONE
DIRECTION VERSUS THE OTHER
THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE GOING ON.
IT ISN'T JUST THE STITCHING.
THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE GOING ON,
WHETHER IT'S WITH THE PUSH
AGAINST THE FOOT OR I DON'T
KNOW.
IT ISN'T A COMMON ISSUE.
IT SHOULDN'T HAPPEN ONCE YOU'VE
PUT IN THE PRACTICE AND YOU'RE
GUIDING CORRECTLY.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
DONNA IS ASKING WHAT MARKING
DEVICE DID YOU USE ON A YELLOW
BORDER OF THE PLACE MAT?
>> I BELIEVE ON THE YELLOW
BORDER, BECAUSE I NEEDED THE
VISIBILITY, I USED A WATER
SOLUBLE MARKER.
AND I DO LIKE THE CERAMIC TIP
SEW LINE MARKERS FOR THAT.
OBVIOUSLY IT LEAVES A NICE,
VISIBLE MARK, BUT IT COMES OUT
WITH WATER.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
BETSY IS ASKING, I REALLY WANT
TO LEARN HOW TO QUILT ON MY
DOMESTIC MACHINE.
AS THE TITLE SAYS IN YOUR
LECTURE, BUT IS THIS A HIGHER
LEVEL?
WHAT OPTIONS ARE THERE FOR THOSE
OF US WHO HAVE AN ENTRY LEVEL
MACHINE?
>> THIS IS A GREAT QUESTION.
I DON'T KNOW THAT I WOULD SAY
THIS IS A HIGHER LEVEL.
CERTAINLY THERE'S A LEARNING
CURVE JUST STRICTLY WITH FREE
MOTION, HOW TO MOVE YOUR FABRIC.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS -- AND
I DON'T THINK I'VE MENTIONED IT
YET, BUT I WOULD TELL YOU ALL,
TO BREATHE, TO RELAX.
I KNOW THAT'S A HARD THING TO DO
BECAUSE YOU GET TENSE WHEN
YOU'RE DOING IT, SHOULDERS GO
UP.
BUT YOU DO NEED TO REMEMBER TO
RELAX A LITTLE BIT.
I WOULD PROBABLY DO A LITTLE BIT
OF FREE MOTION.
BUT I HAVE TAUGHT CLASSES,
IN-PERSON CLASSES, WITH PEOPLE
WHO HAVE NEVER DONE ANY FREE
MOTION AND I'VE TAUGHT JUST
BASIC RULER WORK AND THEY'VE
BEEN THRILLED WITH IT BECAUSE IT
MAY BE THAT YOU'VE TRIED FREE
MOTION A LITTLE BIT AND YOU JUST
FEEL YOU'RE JUST REALLY NOT GOOD
AT IT.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO OR
WHERE TO GO OR WHAT PATTERN
YOU'RE DOING.
WHERE WITH A RULER, IT'S MUCH
MORE SPECIFIC.
SO IF YOU HAVE AN IDEA AND
YOU'RE FOLLOWING A GUIDE OF I'M
GOING TO GO AROUND THE EDGE OF
THIS RULER TWO OR THREE TIMES IN
THIS DIRECTION AND THEN COME
BACK AND YOU SAW THE ORANGE PEEL
IN THE VIDEO AND THOSE KINDS OF
THINGS, SOMETIMES THAT CAN BE A
REAL CONFIDENCE BOOSTER IN FREE
MOTION QUILTING BECAUSE
OTHERWISE YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHAT
YOU WERE GOING TO DO.
I THINK THEY CAN GO HAND IN HAND
AND YOU CAN LEARN BOTH AT THE
SAME TIME.
>> AND JUST JUMP IN AND TRY AND
TRY AGAIN.
>> YEAH.
>> MARY LEE IS ASKING WHAT
MARKINGS SHOULD WE BE LOOKING
FOR ON THE RULERS?
ARE THEY BLACK AND WHITE
MARKINGS?
>> YOU KNOW, IT REALLY DEPENDS.
WHATEVER THE MARKINGS ARE ON A
RULER, YOU WANT THEM TO SHOW ON
LIGHT FABRIC AND DARK FABRIC
BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT ALWAYS GOING
TO BE WORKING ON ONE OR THE
OTHER.
SO YOU WANT THOSE MARKINGS TO
SHOW.
SO IF YOU HAVE A RULER THAT HAS
BROKEN LINES, SO PART OF THOSE
LINES ARE A LIGHT COLOR AND PART
OF THOSE LINES ARE A DARK COLOR,
MY RULERS ARE GREEN AND WHITE,
WHICH IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
YOU DON'T SEE THOSE.
BLACK AND WHITE IS GOOD.
BUT SOMETHING WHERE WHEN YOU LAY
THE RULER ON DIFFERENT VALUES OF
FABRIC, DIFFERENT COLORS OF
FABRIC, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE BOTH
LINES.
>> THAT'S A GREAT TIP, NEENAH.
THANK YOU.
DONNA HAS A SIMILAR QUESTION.
<!0> SHE GOES TO PURCHASE HER
RULERS FOR HER DOMESTIC MACHINE,
SHE'S CHALLENGED TO FIND RULERS
THAT WILL FIT WITHIN THE
MACHINE'S THROAT SPACE.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT SIZE OF
RULER SHE SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR?
>> WELL, OF COURSE IT'S GOING TO
DEPEND ON YOUR MACHINE.
WE HAVE MACHINES ANYWHERE FROM 5
INCHES OF SPACE TO 12 INCHES OF
SPACE.
SO THAT IS GOING TO DETERMINE
THE SIZE RULER.
BUT THE OTHER THING YOU HAVE TO
REMEMBER IS FOR ME MOST OF THE
TIME I'M USING THAT RULER ON THE
OUTSIDE EDGE OF MY MACHINE.
SO I'M NOT WITHIN THAT THROAT
SPACE.
I'M ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE FOOT.
SO DON'T LIMIT YOURSELF TO A
RULER THAT WILL ONLY FIT WITHIN
THE THROAT SPACE OF YOUR MACHINE
MACHINE.
BUT CERTAINLY IT'S SOMETHING YOU
CAN KEEP IN MIND.
AND YOU WILL MEASURE THAT SPACE
AND GO FROM THERE.
BUT, AGAIN, JUST REALIZE THAT
YOU PROBABLY MOST OF THE TIME,
UNLESS YOU'RE LEFT-HANDED,
YOU'LL HAVE THAT RULER ON THE
OTHER SIDE OF THE FOOT.
>> GREAT.
AND GWEN IS ASKING, SHE'S NOT
VERY GOOD AT LINING THINGS UP.
HOW EASY IS IT OR DO YOU NEED
LOTS OF PRACTICE TO DO RULER
WORK?
>> OF COURSE YOU NEED PRACTICE,
BUT I THINK THAT -- I THINK YOU
MIGHT BE SURPRISED AT HOW
QUICKLY YOU CATCH ON AND HOW
QUICKLY YOU LEARN AND HOW
QUICKLY YOU CAN PERFECT THOSE
SKILLS TO LOOK REALLY GOOD.
IF YOU ARE NOT GOOD AT LINING
THINGS UP, IF YOU KNOW THAT
ABOUT YOURSELF, THEN I WOULD SAY
YOU MIGHT DO A LOT OF MARKING ON
YOUR FABRIC,.
JUST BECAUSE IT'S A A FREE MOTION
TECHNIQUE DOES NOT MEAN YOU
AREN'T GOING TO MARK YOUR
FABRIC.
I THINK THE MORE MARKING YOU DO,
THE MORE YOU'LL STAY ON COURSE.
IF YOU'RE DOING GRID WORK, IF
YOU HAVE TO MARK THAT DISTANCE
FOR EVERY LINE, GO AHEAD AND
MARK IT.
BUT THE MORE MARKING, THE MORE
PERFECT YOU'RE GOING TO BE.
>> AND TERESA IS ASKING ABOUT
STITCH REGULATION AGAIN.
IN THE VIDEO, THE PROJECT YOU
WERE MAKING AND THE MACHINE YOU
WERE USING, DID YOU HAVE A
STITCH REGULATOR ON THAT
MACHINE?
>> THAT MACHINE I WAS NOT USING
A STITCH REGULATOR.
AGAIN, AS A DOMESTIC MACHINE I
WAS USING A REGULAR RULER FOOT
AND THERE WAS NO STITCH
REGULATION, NO.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
AND REBECCA ON FACEBOOK IS
ASKING AND COMMENTING, GREAT
DEMONSTRATION.
THANK YOU.
DO YOU EVER HAVE A NEED TO USE
QUILTING GLOVES WITH RULER WORK?
>> YES.
I THINK IF YOU ARE A PERSON WHO
USES QUILTING GLOVES, IF THAT'S
AN AID YOU FIND HELPFUL IN YOUR
FREE MOTION QUILTING, BY ALL
MEANS USE IT IN RULER WORK.
I JUST DON'T USE THEM VERY
OFTEN, SO IT ISN'T SOMETHING I
FEEL I NEED.
BUT IF YOU FEEL YOU NEED THOSE
GLOVES, ABSOLUTELY USE THEM,
YEAH.
>> AND KAREN FROM INDIANA IS
ASKING WHAT KINDS OF THINGS DO
YOU USE ON THE BACK OF THE RULER
TO HELP IT NOT FLIP AROUND?
>> GOOD QUESTION.
THERE ARE LOTS OF DIFFERENT
TOOLS FOR THAT, DIFFERENT
PRODUCTS FOR THAT.
ONE IS A SANDPAPER TYPE PRODUCT
THAT I LIKE BECAUSE IT GRIPS THE
FABRIC BUT YOU HAVE TO -- I
WOULD CAUTION YOU AGAINST IT
JUST BECAUSE IT DOES SCRATCH
RULERS AND IT WILL ALSO SCRATCH
YOUR TABLE.
SO IF YOU STACK YOUR RULERS, IT
WILL SCRATCH RULERS, OR IF YOU
HAVE IT ON THE TABLE OR
WHATEVER, IT CAN CAUSE
SCRATCHING.
THERE IS A RUBBER TYPE PRODUCT
THAT I LIKE A LOT.
THERE ARE LITTLE SANDPAPER TYPE
DISCS THAT YOU CAN PUT ON THE
BACK.
SOME PEOPLE EVEN USE A HOT GLUE
GUN AND SQUIRT HOT GLUE ON THE
BACK.
I WOULD CAUTION YOU BECAUSE IF
IT'S TOO THICK, THEN YOUR RULER
SITS UP TOO HIGH.
BUT I TEND TO LIKE THE -- AND
I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO
REMEMBER THE NAME.
SEW -- I CAN'T REMEMBER IT, BUT
IT'S A RUBBER TYPE PRODUCT.
>> WE'LL LOOK FOR IT ON YOUR
WEBSITE WHEN YOU PUT THE
PROJECTS UP.
>> YES.
YES.
>> GREAT.
THANKS FOR SHARING THOSE.
THOSE ARE GOOD TIPS TO BE AWARE
OF WHEN WE'RE LOOKING FOR THOSE
PRODUCTS.
AND MICHELLE IS ASKING ARE THERE
ANY TRICKS TO KEEPING THE FOOT
RAIL SNUGGED UP AGAINST THE
RULER WITHOUT WHAT I CAN IMAGINE
WOULD BE A TENDENCY FOR THE
RULER TO DRIFT AWAY AND RUIN HER
QUILTING DESIGN.
>> YEAH.
AGAIN, THAT WORD YOU DON'T WANT
TO HEAR, "PRACTICE.
"
IT'S A FEEL.
AND I THINK IT ALSO COMES WITH
CONFIDENCE.
THE MORE PRACTICE YOU HAVE, THE
MORE CONFIDENCE YOU'RE GOING TO
HAVE, AND I THINK THAT THAT
COMES WITH CONFIDENCE, THAT YOU
WON'T BE PUSHING TOO HARD.
>> AND MAYBE IT'S A SIMILAR
ANSWER FOR THIS QUESTION.
HOW DO YOU KEEP THE RULER
STRAIGHT AS YOU REPOSITION IT ON
YOUR FABRIC?
>> IT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
I THINK SOMETIMES IT MIGHT BE IN
MARKING.
IN MY MIND, THE QUESTION YOU'RE
ASKING IS IF YOU HAVE TO STOP,
OF COURSE, AND MOVE YOUR RULER
BECAUSE YOU WILL HAVE TO DO THAT
AT TIMES, EVEN IF IT'S A
STRAIGHT RULER.
YOU ALWAYS WANT TO STOP WITH
YOUR NEEDLE DOWN IN YOUR FABRIC
AND MAKE SURE YOUR FOOT STAYS
DOWN AND THEN SLIDE THE RULER TO
THE NEXT POSITION.
IF YOU HAVE THINGS MARKED, IF
YOU HAVE MARKINGS ON YOUR
FABRIC, IT'S GOING TO BE EASIER
TO REALIGN THAT RULER UP AGAIN.
>> GREAT TIP.
THANK YOU,.
DO YOU HAVE ANY TIPS ON FIGURING
OUT THE PATTERN BEFORE YOU START
STITCHING SO SHE CAN HAVE
CONTINUOUS STITCHING?
>> YES.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY DRAW YOUR
PATTERN ON PAPER.
BEFORE YOU START, YOU CAN EITHER
DO IT PAPER, YOU CAN GET A PIECE
OF CLEAR PLASTIC AND LAY IT OVER
THE TOP OF YOUR PROJECT AND DO
SOME PRACTICING.
IF YOU ARE USING PLASTIC, I
WOULD USE A MARKER, LIKE A DRY
ERASE MARKER, THAT YOU CAN TAKE
OFF.
A LOT OF TIMES I WILL TAKE MY
PROJECT, EVEN A PICTURE OF MY
PROJECT, AND I WILL PUT A PIECE
OF TRACING PAPER OVER IT AND I
WILL USE RULERS TO FIGURE OUT
THE PATTERN BEFORE YOU START,
YES.
>> OH, THAT'S A GREAT TIP.
>> AND YOU MIGHT EVEN WANT TO DO
SOME MEASURING.
SO IF YOU'RE USING A CERTAIN
SIZE RULER AND YOU'VE GOT A
CERTAIN SIZE DISTANCE, DO SOME
DIVIDING TO FIGURE OUT HOW MANY
REPEATS YOU HAVE.
BUT CERTAINLY PLAN IT BEFORE YOU
START.
>> SURE.
AND THEN KEEP THAT PATTERN
NEARBY SO YOU CAN REFERENCE IT
WHEN YOU'RE ACTUALLY DOING THE
STITCHING.
>> YES.
YES.
GOOD POINT.
>> I DID SOME SPIDERWEB
STITCHING ON A TABLE RUNNER AND
I PUT IT AWAY FOR A COUPLE WEEKS
AND GOT IT BACK OUT THIS WEEKEND
AND I DON'T REMEMBER HOW I DID
IT.
I HAD TO STUDY IT.
SO IF YOU'RE NOT DOING IT IN THE
SAME STITCHING SESSION, IT'S
GOOD TO HAVE THAT REFERENCE.
>> YES.
>> AND GERRY IS ASKING SINCE
YOU'VE DONE BOTH LONGARM AND
DOMESTIC RULER WORK, TRUE
CONFESSION, WHICH DO YOU FIND
EASIER FOR PREFER?
>> TRUE CONFESSION, I HAVE TO
SAY IT'S EASIER TO MOVE THE
MACHINE ALONG THE EDGE OF THE
RULER, BECAUSE YOU'RE ONLY DOING
ONE THING.
WITH DOMESTIC RULER WORK, YOU
ARE MOVING THE FABRIC AND THE
RULER, TRYING TO KEEP THEM BOTH
TOGETHER AS YOU MOVE IT ALONG
THE EDGE OF THE FOOT.
SO, YES.
AT THE FRAME I FEEL IT'S A
LITTLE EASIER, BUT IT CERTAINLY
DOESN'T LIMIT ANYONE WHO DOESN'T
HAVE THAT KIND OF EQUIPMENT TO
DO RULER WORK.
>> THANK YOU.
AND JANET IS ASKING ABOUT THE
RULER AND ANY TIPS FOR USING THE
INSIDE PART OF THE RULER, THOSE
INSIDE SMALLER OPENINGS ON THE
RULERS?
>> IT'S A DIFFERENT FEEL.
AGAIN, PRACTICE.
BUT IT'S A DIFFERENT FEEL
BECAUSE IF YOU'RE GOING AROUND
THE OUTSIDE OF THE RULER, YOU'RE
CONCENTRATING ON HOLDING THAT
RULER AGAINST THE FOOT.
AND NOW IF YOU'RE INSIDE THE
RULER, IT'S JUST AN OPPOSITE
FEELING.
YOU STILL WANT TO BE ALONG THE
EDGE OF THE FOOT.
AS FAR AS THE RULER YOU SAW IN
THE VIDEO THAT HAS A CIRCLE ON
THE INSIDE, YOU WILL GO AROUND
THAT CIRCLE.
MANY TIMES YOU GO AROUND IT 1
1/2" TIMES IN ORDER TO MOVE IT,
LIKE IF YOU WERE DOING A ROW OF
CIRCLES.
EVERY CIRCLE YOU WOULD GO AROUND
1 1/2" TIMES SO THAT YOU ALWAYS
END UP AT THE BOTTOM SO YOU CAN
MOVE THE RULER ALONG.
>> GREAT TIP.
AND THEN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT
CIRCLE EASILY.
MARY IS ASKING HOW DO YOU MANAGE
LARGER PROJECTS?
YOU'VE SHOWED A SMALLER PLACE
MAT PROJECT.
HOW DO YOU HANDLE LARGER
PROJECTS?
>> WHAT YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT
WITH A LARGER PROJECT IS, FIRST
OF ALL, I THINK I MENTIONED
MACHINE SETUP AND IT'S GOING TO
BE A LOT EASIER IF YOU HAVE YOUR
MACHINE DOWN IN A TABLE.
AND YOU JUST HAVE TO RECOGNIZE
THAT.
IT IS GOING TO BE EASIER.
IF YOU HAVE A LARGER PROJECT AND
YOU HAVE YOUR MACHINE DOWN IN A
TABLE, I WILL POOL THAT PROJECT
ON THE TABLE AND THEN IF YOU
THINK ABOUT IT, I AM ONLY GOING
TO WORK LET'S SAY IN A PLACE MAT
SIZE OR A 12-INCH SQUARE.
THAT IS THE AREA I'M GOING TO BE
WORKING ON INSIDE THAT QUILT.
AND BECAUSE I HAVE THAT QUILT
POOLED ON THE TABLE, I'M NOT
GOING TO GET A LOT OF PULL FROM
THE QUILT.
I WANT THAT TO BE FREE.
SO, AGAIN, IT'S EXPERIENCE IN
DOING IT AND I THINK YOU SAID IT
BEFORE, DEANNA.
YOU JUST HAVE TO JUMP IN AND
MAKE IT HAPPEN.
DON'T FRET ABOUT IT.
JUST DO IT.
AND DON'T THINK THAT THERE ISN'T
ANY OF US THAT HAVEN'T REMOVED
STITCHES BECAUSE WE MADE A SLIP.
THAT HAPPENS.
AND THAT'S JUST PART OF THE
COURSE, PART OF THE LEARNING.
>> IT IS.
WE'VE ALL DONE REVERSE
STITCHING.
JUST JUMP IN THE DEEP END.
WHEN I WORK ON LARGER PROJECTS,
MY MACHINE AT HOME IS UP AGAINST
A WALL, SO I HAVE TO PULL IT
AWAY FROM THE WALL.
I'M STITCHING IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE ROOM.
BUT WHEN I DO A SMALLER SIZE, I
CAN LEAVE IT PUSHED UP AGAINST
THE WALL.
THAT'S ALSO A HANDY TIP I'VE
LEARNED.
THE WALL PUSHES BACK AND THE
QUILT DOESN'T MOVE.
>> AND SOME TAIBLTION TABLES ACTUALLY HAVE
A PIECE THEY ACTUALLY VELCRO ON
THE EDGE OF THE TABLE.
SO IT'S SORT OF LIKE A FENCE
AROUND THE OUTSIDE EDGE OF YOUR
TABLE SO THAT YOUR PROJECT
DOESN'T FALL OFF THE TABLE AND
THEN CAUSE YOU PROBLEMS BECAUSE
YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF
STITCHING SOMETHING.
>> RIGHT.
THAT'S A GOOD TIP, TOO.
THE WALL WILL PUSH AGAINST IT
AND THEN IF YOU DON'T HAVE A
BARRIER, IT WILL PULL AWAY
THAT'S TRYING TO FALL OFF THE
TABLE.
I HAVE SEVERAL FOLDING TABLES
THAT I PUT AROUND MY SMALLER
STITCHING TABLE.
SUPPORT THAT QUILT.
GREAT TYMS.
DONNA IS ASKING HOW CAN YOU
APPLY RULER WORK TO NEGATIVE
SPACE?
>> THERE'S SO MUCH YOU CAN DO.
THAT GETS KIND OF INTO THE
DESIGNING WITH RULERS AND WHAT
KIND OF THINGS DO YOU WANT TO DO
IN THAT NEGATIVE SPACE, WHETHER
IT'S STRAIGHT LINES AND MAYBE
DIFFERENT DIRECTIONAL STRAIGHT
LINES TO FORM, YOU KNOW, A
PATTERN IN THAT BACKGROUND.
THERE'S ANY NUMBER OF DESIGNS,
OF COURSE, THAT YOU COULD DO.
I TEND TO LOVE STRAIGHT LINE
QUILTING, BUT THAT'S JUST ME.
BUT CERTAINLY, AGAIN, IT COMES
DOWN TO DESIGNING, SITTING DOWN
AND REALLY THINKING ABOUT HOW
YOU WANT TO FILL THAT NEGATIVE
SPACE AND THEN DO YOU WANT TO
FILL IT WITH STRAIGHT LINES, DO
YOU WANT TO FILL IT WITH CURVES,
WITH DESIGNS WITH LINES AROUND
IT.
WHAT IS THE SIZE OF THE AREA?
AND WHAT IS IT THAT YOU WANT TO
BRING OUT.
>> AND SPEAKING OF QUILTING
NEGATIVE SPACE, STRAIGHT LINE
MACHINE QUILTING NEGATIVE SPACE,
WE HAVE LOTS OF VIEWERS ASKING
ABOUT THE QUILT BEHIND YOU.
COULD YOU TELL US ABOUT THE
QUILT BEHIND YOU?
>> OH, GOSH.
YES.
THIS IS A QUILT I DESIGNED MANY
YEARS AGO AND IT'S CALLED "NUTS
AND BOLTS."
AND THIS ONE IS ACTUALLY QUILTED
WITH THE WALKING FOOT.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE THAT
QUILTING.
YOU MUST BE ABLE TO IF YOU'RE
ASKING.
>> YOU SURE CAN.
IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
>> BUT IT'S ALL STRAIGHT LINE
QUILTING.
>> AND IT'S GREAT TO TRY
DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES.
WITH OUR WALKING FOOT AND
STRAIGHT LINE MACHINE
EQUIPMENTING AND THEN RULER
WORK.
I'VE NOT DONE A LOT WITH RULER
WORK.
I LOOK FORWARD TO TRYING MORE OF
IT MYSELF.
I SO APPRECIATE YOU SHARING YOUR
TECHNIQUES AND TALENTS WITH US
TODAY AND YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
>> IT'S MY PLEASURE.
>> TELL US HOW WE CAN GET IN
TOUCH WITH YOU.
>> I AM IN THE PROCESS OF
GETTING MY WEBSITE UP AND GOING.
IT IS NINA MCVEIGH DESIGNS.COM.
AND IF YOU GO THERE NOW OR SOON,
IT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, BUT
THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
YOU TO SIGN UP WITH YOUR EMAIL
AND YOU WILL THEN RECEIVE AN
EMAIL WHEN THE WEBSITE IS UP AND
RUNNING.
AND I WILL HAVE MY RULERS ON
THERE AS WELL AS SOME PROJECTS
AND VIDEOS.
>> WE'LL BE SURE TO HEAD OVER
AND SIGN UP FOR YOUR E NEWS AND
KEEP IN TOUCH WITH YOU.
AND THANKS AGAIN FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU, DEANNA.
MY PLEASURE.
>> THANKS EVERYBODY FOR TUNING
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