Fall is here and it's been very busy!

Since the arrival of fall my schedule has been very busy.  It started out with a week at the LA County Fair, a week in Chattanooga and this morning I am heading back to California.With fall here it makes it easy to stay in our sewing rooms with the nights getting cooler and the days getting shorter. 

 Let's look at the options for ruler work.  There are three rulers for long arm quilting that I can not live without.  The Line Tamer fits around the foot, is used to stitch on the side of the foot, and echo quilting with the pre-made lines on the ruler. 

• Line Tamer 5"
• Multi Purpose ruler
• 1/4" Brilliant Bindings for the Longarm

There are so many tips that I would like to share with you because of this it makes it hard to know where to start.  Today's tip is going to be long arm quilters.  If you are looking to quilt straight lines you have a few options. 

• Ruler work
• Channel work
• Freehand
• ProStitcher

Channel work can be achieved with locks on your frame or robotics. With the Baby Lock Crown Jewel you can use the wheels on your machine or frame. 

Freehand movement is  most difficult way to ditch stitch or channel lock. I call this stitching in the neighborhood not the ditch, since I never hit the ditch.

The final option is the channel locks are built in the Pro Stitcher.  With a click of the button you can lock horizontal or vertical.
 
Some of these features can be used on the sit down Tiara  long arm.  Be sure for either machine you have the ruler foot on the machine.  This foot provided you the height needed to use the rulers without breaking needles.  The rulers are also higher than your regular quilting rulers you used with a rotary cutter.  You will also want to install the extention table for your machine.  This is also know as a ruler base that aids you when doing ruler work.

Happy Quilting,
Denise