runnyeyes - give me a shout if you need any advice re quilting but top tip is get yourself a 1/4 inch seam foot for your machine if you haven't got one already
I've made a few log cabin quilts and tend to do the "quilt as you go" method, where you sew each piece directly on the wadding and backing, making large quilted squares which you then sew together.
Would have made one this year from my niece as a wedding present but it was called off because of the pandemic and I don't know when it'll be. I should design it anyway and start working on it.
I've dabbled in quilting in the past and recently found my stash of material I had bought for grandson's quilt when he was a baby, he's 21 now! And my 1/4 inch seam foot arrived this morning to help with top stitching face masks. I feel a bit of quilting will be in order shortly, once I've finished knitting a minion for one of my friends.
You need the 1/4 inch foot for piecing the bits together, I use the walking foot a lot when quilting as I’m not brave enough to do free motion quilting yet. You can get by without it, but it really does help prevent tucks and puckers. You can get non branded ones on amazon which might fit your machine and do the trick ?
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