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How to Quilt Wavy Lines With a Walking Foot

Created By:

Carolina Oneto 

Skill Level: Intermediate

Wavy lines are a wonderful quilting design. Just using your walking foot, this design brings texture and movement to your quilt. Today I’m going to show you 3 different variants of wavy lines for you to use in your next project! 

Janome Supplies Required

Walking foot or dual feed foot (depending on your sewing machine Model. I use a Janome Memory Craft 6700P with a dual feed foot) 

Fabric and Notions Required

• Sewing machine 

• Quilting ruler

• Erasable pencil

• To practice a mini sandwich (12” square)

• Thread (to practice is good to use a contrasting color thread with your fabric) 

Instructions

1. REGISTRATION MARKS.

Use them always, in a small or big quilt, registration marks allows you to have parallel lines always, even if they are wavy lines. Start marking a first line on your quilt (use a ruler and an erasable pencil or masking tape), then depending on ow big is your quilt, I recommend you to draw registration marks every 8”-10”. For today sample I divided my top in 3 sections to show you the 3 different wavy lines designs. 

 

2. SET UP.

Depending on your sewing machine, use your walking foot or dual feed foot. Important set up: use a stitch lenght between 2.8 - 3.0. Set your needle down. Sew slow! This is one of the most important recommendations that I can give you (I like to set my speed in medium so I can’t go faster) 

 

3. START QUILTING.

VARIANT 1 : Wavy lines that don’t cross each other.

Always start in the center, from top to bottom and toward the right (in that way the bulk inside the arm of yor sewing machine always will be at most the half of the quilt).Once you finish your first wavy line, cut the thread and start again on top. Pay attention to not quilt on top of a previous quilted line. As the same concept that I teach you in the matchstick quilting design, you can start going inside to wavy lines if you want to make your wavy lines closer. 

To make the wavy lines you just need to move your top a little bit to the right and then to the left, as if you were turning the handlebars of a car, always hold your top with both hands.

 

VARIANT 2 : Wavy lines that cross each other.

Always start in the center, from top to bottom and toward the right (in that way the bulk inside the arm of yor sewing machine always will be at most the half of the quilt).Once you finish your first wavy line, cut the thread and start again on top. This time tray to quilt on top of the previous wavy line in order to cross the lines. 

 

VARIANT 3 : Wavy lines that are parallel

Always start in the center, from top to bottom and toward the right (in that way the bulk inside the arm of yor sewing machine always will be at most the half of the quilt).Once you finish your first wavy line, cut the thread and start again on top. This time use the edge of your walking foot as a guide so the second wavy lines will be parallel to the first one. Repeat until you finish. Once you finish you will have your complete quilt with wavy lines that are parallel with a distance in between them equal to the distance that exist in your foot from the needle to the edge of the foot, mine is 1/2” (other common measures are 1/4” and 3/8”). If you want to have closer lines as a quilting design you will start quilting inside the space that exist between two lines. 

 

 

As you can see is easer than we think it would be! Of course while dense your quilting, it will takes more time and thread to finish your quilt! Now is your turn to try and learn!

Below I want to show you some examples in my quilts using this design that I love! 

 

 

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Tako
Beautiful
Wednesday, November 23, 2016

cpindzola
Around the Table Dresden Placemats
Saturday, December 17, 2016

I like the concept, but the directions are "sloppy." Nowhere in the supply list does it mention the felt or the batting (how much?). Also, I would never use a high loft batting in a placemat, or a table runner, as I think that it would be too unstable for a glass. The next time I make these, I will cut out the batting (I use flannel) and spray baste it to the wrong side of the Dresden plate before I put the Dresden plate on the felt to cut out. I have not yet washed the finished placemat, and am hoping that the single layer of felt does not curl up, or become distorted after washing/drying.
Txmaid
Fun Great Gift!
Tuesday, February 21, 2017

MargieARK
Teatime Quilted Tablecloth
Friday, February 24, 2017

I made this today but your cutting directions need to be changed. You only need 4 of color 1 and color 3 4.5 squares for the triangles. Also the inner border, you only need 2 cuts as WOF is long enough to cut each in half to fit the sides.
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Great Machine
Wednesday, August 30, 2017

I've had this machine for only a week now. I bought it used from a lady who makes her own clothes, but she no longer needed the machine. During the purchase, she noted that she is almost sad that it's better to give it away because of how well the machine performed. (I also bought it along side a computerized machine of another brand.} She demoed the machine for us, showing it worked and gave us everything (including the box it came in!) She took amazing care of this machine. I have used it a few times now, and the directions for threading were easy to follow (albeit my hands are quite large so the lower looper was a pain, but that is no fault to the machine or brand.) And I recommend this machine to anyone who wants to learn to serge and wants a machine that can grow with them. I will happily use this machine time and time again.
rvstan
S9 Review
Sunday, February 25, 2018

I love, love, love my S9! It's sews and embroiders beautifully and it's simplicity of use amazes me. I would recommend this machine for both a beginner and an experienced seamstress. If I would ask anything of Janome it would be to upgrade the programming to run a larger hoop size. I understand that it can't get much wider but there is most definitely room for it to go longer. That is the only limitation of this machine.
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PJMNana
Monday, February 26, 2018

I purchased a Memorycraft 15000 a few years ago and it was the best purchase I ever made! This machine can do just about anything you would would ever want! I love the capability of using the Acuedit app to set up my embroidery pattern on my Ipad and then download it to the machine! I love how my embroidery looks upon completion and I love all the good lighting it has to light up your workspace. That way you don’t need to worry about where to set up your machine. It also has plenty of room to do machine embroidery on any size quilts! There are many decorative stitches from which to choose that are outstanding! It’s hard to choose which one to use! There are so many great features it is hard to decide what I love the most. If you want to buy only one machine to last a lifetime, I would recommend this one!
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Sunday, February 24, 2019

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Horizon Memory Craft 15000
Thursday, November 19, 2020

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Treat Bag fun!
Monday, August 16, 2021

I made the Halloween treat bag for my new granddaughter and I’m sure it will last for years. No embroidery machine so I appliquéd the lettering. Need a little more skirt fabric for a better gathered look, and I used thin double-bias tape for the skirt hem, over edge stitch on skirt sides. I’m pleased with my results!
elenaz
Very helpful tutorial
Wednesday, October 25, 2023

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Thursday, November 30, 2023

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