Sewing Quilt Pieces on Sewing Machine

Part of the Video Series Advanced Quilting Techniques

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Tips for sewing your quilt. Learn how to sew pieces of quilt fabrics together on a sewing machine in this free quilting lesson from a crafts expert.

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Sewing Quilt Pieces on Sewing Machine
I am going to sew the big pieces first. I take my pins out before I get to them and don't sew across the pins because that can ruin your machine. I normally chain stitch these but since I am working with this one big piece. I will cut it and sew the other side. Keeping both the edges together on each end. Sometimes I sew without a pin in it. I pin mainly to keep me from sewing the wrong sides together. If you sew the wrong sides together you are going to have to rip out. I do have a seam ripper in my pocket because I still have to rip. Now then, I am going to sew this and I can chain stitch this all. Before I get to my pin, I will take it out and stitch right along. Now when I get to here, my pressure foot, yea my pressure foot, tries to push this the wrong way. I want to lift this up and make sure that the fabric is under that pressure foot because I pressed it that way and I want it to lay that way. So, I will get the next piece. Take my pin out. If you need to keep your pin it, keep it in by all means. I have been doing this a little while so sometimes I don't have a pin in. Now this time the fabric was laying the right way and the pressure foot didn't push it. So, I didn't have to worry about that. Sometimes you have a piece on the bottom that you have to watch too to make sure that it lays the right way. Now I am clipping this loose and going to stitch this edge.

About the Expert

Expert: Elva Gentry has been quilting for more than 50 years. She has appeared on television shows and gives classes in quilting for beginners up to advanced students at Miss Mable’s Village in Tennessee. Read More