I would like to share my tip about veering off of the ruler. I find that when I'm free-motion quilting without rulers, it helps me to think about where I'm going and look ahead. When I am using rulers, if I look ahead where I'm going, I often veer off in that direction instead of keeping my foot next to the ruler. It helps to remember to keep my eyes on the foot next to the ruler, not anticipating where I'm going. I hope that makes sense and may help others.

I love you! You always make small mistakes in quilting not so important, especially when you first start. Thank you.

Practicing pays off. Everyone starts out slow and awkward, and jumpy even...but be patient, don’t be too hard on yourself. You’ll surprise yourself someday if you keep on. I speak from experience 🥸😎

Will you cover how to manage the bulk of a quilt when using rulers on a domestic?

Thanks so much for recording this! I couldn’t be there this week for live version. I’m looking forward to being there live for the next one though. Great information!

Thank you! I have got to figure out what kind of ruler foot I need for my new machine. Will probably start with my other one so I can get some practice first. Thank you for all the great info!

I have all your rulers but am excited to see how to use them in different quilting situations and get different ideas. Thank you for this challenge.

Thank you for your amazing videos there have been given me some great ideas for my own sewing and quilting please keep them coming

Thanks Angela . Missed seeing your videos. Love the info you always share. I have your rulers and I have a low shank. I just work from the front of my machine and I think I do a good job.

I binge watch all you videos. Looking forward to the Midnight Quilter!

You are the best Angela! Great info. Thanks for the tip sheet.

I love all your quilt lessons on rulers.

Thank you for this awesome 😎 opportunity to learn beside you! I’m not able to follow along with your panel and threads. However I have purchased most of your rulers....which I love 💕 and look forward to putting them to good use. With your guidance!! Thanks again🙏😊

angela i am so happy u are back and doing this i have 2 rulers and i am really curious how to use it im pretty new and its nice to learn from the best i have always enjoyed the midnight quilting so happy to have u back

Thank you Angela. Love to learn techniques!

I have not tried quilting using rulers. It is one of my goals and this information has been very helpful. Thank you from Maleny Queensland Australia.

Another tip for dealing with thread breakage is to increase the size of your needle (after trying rethreading, of course). Sometimes you just need a little larger eye especially if you're quilting with metallic thread. I have no breakage if I use a size 100 needle. Hope this helps.

Thank you for your videos, love to learn new techniques.

I’m excited to get my kit and then get started!

I am glad to see you back

Thank you Angela 🤗

Great advice. I use double stick tape and a tiny piece of sandpaper as a no slip texture on my ruler.

I appreciate this information I am just starting to learn and this is very helpful.

I have not quilted before so this is really helpful!

When you were talking about how to adjust the ruler foot so that it was tight or loose enough, I read or heard somewhere that you can use either a dime or a nickel underneath the ruler foot to adjust the proper height. I haven't had a problem with mine but I have a nickel and a dime handy in case I need them. Midge

Totally off topic but I love your haircut!! Thank you for the tip on the ruler foot and skipped stitches. I think that is my problem!

Love your rulers the have a good grip

Thanks for sharing been very helpful

I just got my long arm - Bernina Q 20 - and I am really looking forward to the challenge. Any tips for me??? Love watching you Angela! You make quilting fun and challenging!

I am looking forward to this challenge. My rulers are ready, my bobbins loaded. I just need to get the ruler foot on my machine and away i will go.

I have trouble positioning and moving the ruler in the center of a quilt. It's one thing when you quilt on a small sandwich but very different on a large quilt. Do you have advice for how to tackle ruler work in the bulky center? And would you begin in the center and move outward? Thanks for these chats. I'm learning so much!

Thank you Angela! I have low shank and got a few if your rulers and will try the work arounds you mentioned. I am so excited to try this out! You are such a patient and thorough teacher. Thank you for providing your time to help make me a more confident FM quilter (notice I didn't say perfect, LOL) 🥰

Great video, Angela! I like that you aren't a perfectionist! ha! Thank you.

Can you do a class with tips for longarm machines?

Use sandpaper dots on the back of the ruler to prevent slippage.

Would u use stop/start button or foot pedal for free motion and ruler quilting plz u give real useful advice and easy to understand

I bought the borders to add to the panel. I noticed you don’t have them on your quilt in this video. Will you be showing us how to do those too? What do we need to have ready besides having the quilt sandwich put together? I bought the thread so I need to know which color to start with? What thread do I use in the bobbin? I’m sorry for so many questions but this is the first time doing a quilt along. Thanks so much!

Can you go over how to go about layering the sandwich. I don't have a table large enough to clamp each layer. I have been using rollers to roll each layer and then unrolling them slowly and pinning. Any other good ideas? Chris from SC

Not sure if you've touched on this but what do you think of the clarity ruler foot made of clear acrylic? I would think it'd be more popular than the metal one because it provides excellent visibility but am surprised it doesn't seem to be mentioned much.

If your thread is shredding on your longarm. Try a needle that is one size larger. It may also help if you turn the eye of the needle a hair to the right.

Skipped stitches can also be a tension issue. I had to back off my tension because you are going in different directions while FMQ so the thread sometimes does not get caught by the rotary hook underneath. if the thread doesn't catch that skips a stitch. You will have to put the tension back for regular sewing. Anyway, that is what worked for me!

Angela HELP! I'm looking for the pattern and fabric colors you used on your modern southwest style quilt on May 15, 2019 for the Midnight Quilt Show. My niece requested for her new master bedroom home addition, but since Blueprint is no longer available, how can I get it? I want to make it and then use it to follow along with the ruler quilting tutorials.

Hi from Sudbury Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦

Update I contacted Ruth Doss, Angela Walters’s assistant concerning the Sid and Shelley rulers I purchased that are not for use with low shank machines, even though they were marketed as such. I was told, they cannot help, but I should contact Creative Grids directly. I’m also trying to get credit from Keepsake Quilting now I know they don’t work as described.

Angela, I have a problem with thread breakage. I have a feeling you will address this.

Hi from Montréal Canada

How do I know before I buy if I should buy low shank rulers? Is it written in manual if my machine is a low shank or not?

Hello 👋from Rhode Island 🏝

Angela - how did you get started with a store and sewing machines and fabric? I used to love in Independence (near your store!) but moved to the east coast a couple decades ago. Would love to have a studio here locally! ❤️

Ugh...i hope I dont lose my eyesight in a delicate brain surgery in 2 weeks. I want to keep learning and participating in these free motion quilt alongs!!! I am so thankful for you Angela!!! Ive learned so much already!!!

Breaking threads uuughghgnng! I found thread quality makes a difference. Aurifil has the quality to not get abraded, and a topstitch needle has a nice big eye. It’s bigger than for a quilting needle. Those two changes made a difference for me

I have a new Q20 long arm sit down machine, which I use my hands to quilt with. When you refer to longarms and domestic machines which category does mine fall into too?

Do you wash your fabric before or after quilting?

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Hi from Italy

I'm left handed and very left hand dominant. But, when using a rotary cutter and doing ruler work, I'm able to use either hand efficiently. Go figure. Discovered the ruler bit accidently when I couldn't see where I was going around the shank of the foot (Bernina 770). Now, of course, I've stopped trying to push the limit of how far ahead I can push the ruler. Your advice to keep between your thumb and finger tip and to put down pressure on the ruler has eliminated some problems I've had. Very much enjoy rulers and free motion work. Thanks for all your wonderful videos. :D

When do you cut your threads and when do you jog on a bit and ruler continuously please?

Texas loves Angela. If your ever in Texas 🤠 I would like to meet you

I have a long arm - first time I've used it. What is the best way to load it? Will we be starting at an end of the fabric or in the middle? There are so many ways to load the long arm - what do you feel is the best for using rulers?l I am so excited as this is class has motivated me to actually use my machine. I bought it 6 years ago - yes 6 years - kind of a sympathy gift to myself after my husband passed on. I think it is time to use it!

What is the difference between a darning foot, an open toe foot and an adjustable ruler foot? I can't seem to find a ruler foot for my machine. :-( There are lots of them that aren't adjustable, but none that are adjustable.

Hello from Chris Indian Land SC

How do you store your rulers?

I really want to discuss this whole 'don't use cutting rulers as a quilting ruler' thing. I think this conversation really needs some level setting. I think it depends heavily on what 'cutting ruler' you are using and whether your machine is high shank or low shank. So, if you have a low shank machine, like I do, we're being told the 'domestic machine' sized quilting rulers at 1/4 inch (6.125mm) are *too thick* but then also told the rotary cutting rulers are *too thin*. Here's the but -- my cutting rulers are all different widths, and some of them are the exact width that the 'low shank' quilting ruler Taj is being produced at. [Angela - you need to fix the description of the other two rulers, they still say they are for high shank machines and at a 1/4 even though the title of the page says low shank]. So ... if my Missouri Star Quilt Company 2.5 inch by 8 inch cutting ruler is 3.08 mm thick - how does that make it that different from the low shank Taj at 3.175 mm (1/8 inch) thick? The Strip Tube ruler is thicker than LS Taj will be, so that certainly should work. I would agree that the Binding Tool and Hexie Thing measurements appear to be too skinny for this purpose. Is there something else special about these quilting rulers? Maybe add some grip tape to them? Is the concern about flexing? Because only the Hexie Thing had any give. Digital Caliper results for various rotary cutting rulers (just what was in my collection): Cozy Quilt Designs Strip Tube Ruler = 3.5mm Missouri Star Quilt Company 2.5 inch by 8 inch ruler - 3.08mm The Binding Tool - 2.88 mm You Hexie Thing - 2.38mm Cabin in the Woods nested petals - 5.55mm Why am I going to this length? Because $30 a pop for each ruler is a bit much for starting out. And low shank machine options are severely limited from the research I've done. If I can save $30 by using my Strip Tube Ruler that's $30 I can allocate to a curved one.

Can you make a quilting low shank ruler with Creative Grids that does a heart shape?

so angela should you use a small sandwich when you start quilting with rulers in order to get use to using a ruler and fabric and the ruler foot

Could you also make a meandering low shank ruler?

How do you handle the bulk of a quilt when using rulers? Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Bless your heart

Where can I find the handouts & tips you talked about?

Are you going to make a HEART and a MEANDERING Ruler? I’d sure buy those kind if they were available.

Quilting is getting me through covid - I have defiitely seen the improvement in my work. How can I get a Quilting is my Therapy t-shirt?

Could you share the name of the ruler foot that you can adjust? Where can I purchase this for a Brother machine?

Can you use your cutting rulers to straight edge quilt?

I purchased Taj and Shelly after you announced the challenge and suggested which rulers to use, but BEFORE you announced you were coming out with low shank versions. They’re both still untouched and in their packaging. Can I return them and get on the pre-order list to get the low shank versions?

Hey Angela, I was wondering, could a draning foot be used instead of a ruler foot to use with rulers or to FMQ? The machine I have is barely 6 yrs old and the manufacture does not support the machine nor do they make parts for it any longer :(. It's a low shank. I was just curious! Thanks for all of the great info, tips and tricks. Plus, I'm planning to make your Grandpa Cross quilt. I loved that video!!

Kinda disappointed ordered your rulers three months ago from Keepsake Quilting, didn’t know they are difficult to use with a low shank Pfaff machine because they are too thick. Any tips you can give other than buy low shank rulers would be appreciated. I must of missed the product description on rulers that they not really for low shank machines. Thank you and mahalo for your tutorials. (I’m Joe’s wife in case you are wondering.)

Where can I purchase your Rulers?😊

Even with stitch regulator stitch length changes with sudden speed changes and direction changes…operator error.

Where to begin, top , bottom or middle?

Skipped stitches sometimes means you need a new needle, or need to re- thread.

Watching a month later from Crownpoint NM

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You talked toward the end of a handy quilt stitch. What is that

Do you start quilting your quilt in the middle of your quilt?