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Either way, you’ll be pushing down on the ruler and using the ruler as well as your other hand to move the quilt. This can break your machine, or worse, damage the ruler and cause shards of plastic to go flying.Ģ) Sometimes rulers made for the domestic have a little “knob” to hook your thumb around to help hold on to the ruler. It is very, very dangerous to attempt ruler work with a hopping foot or a too-thin ruler because the ruler can end up under the foot, causing the needle to hit the ruler.

A proper ruler foot (usually round and metal with taller sides) and proper rulers (at least 1/4” thick, NOT rotary rulers) will not only make it easier to quilt with rulers, but it will make it SAFER.

Notes about Rulers on the Domesticġ) Make sure you have the right equipment. Some lines, a quick wash, and trouble areas will basically vanish. You could use your walking/piecing foot or a ruler for these, whichever you prefer.ģ) Flatness- Borders and other troublesome areas are ideal candidates for straight lines because they are a useful way to “massage” puckers and buckles into submission. While I don’t have hard and fast rules about this, or hardly anything with quilting for that matter, I do have some general guidelines for when I’ll opt for straight lines in a heart beat.

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When to Use Straight LinesĪs I mentioned, I like to mix free motion quilting with more geometric motifs because I think it creates a really cool effect. Ruler work is amazing because it allows you to have the precision of straight lines without breaking the flow of free motion quilting. If you’re doing something like straight lines in a border, turning the quilt every few inches quickly becomes a royal pain in the patootie. The downside to this method, of course, is that you have to turn the quilt every time you need to change the direction of the line. As a general rule, if I want to quilt straight lines on my domestic, I just use (and recommend) a piecing foot or walking foot. I love mixing free motion quilting and straight lines- it creates great visual contrast and changes up the process.

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