WALK: Master Machine Quilting with Your Walking Foot

by Jacquie Gering

In Walk , quilt teacher Jacquie Gering shares a comprehensive set of walking foot quilting basics that provides a solid foundation for quilting with ease, quality, and creativity.

Free motion not for you? How about some “forward motion” quilting with the walking foot? It’s time to get that walking foot out of the ditch, take it for a drive, and see what that baby can really do! Jacquie Gering will be your guide as you work your way from walking foot basics to intricate marked designs as you master machine quilting with your walking foot.

Gering guides you through a series of test drives with your walking foot, allowing you to get acquainted with its features and set yourself up for success with your foot and your machine. Then you’ll learn how to prepare and mark the quilt, prevent puckers while quilting, and manage large projects. She teaches over 40 walking foot–friendly designs including channel quilting, matchstick quilting, and quilting with decorative stitches. Thought that your walking foot could only be used for straight line quilting? Learn to use the walking foot with traditional designs including cables, clamshells, and orange peels, or finish your quilt with intricate point-to-point designs like the boomerang and nested diamonds. Quilt innovative, radiating designs. Learn to spiral and quilt concentric designs or use your newly developed skills to quilt unique designs with reserve. You too can achieve the textures shared in Gering’s vibrant, graphic quilts.

With a toolbox of simple to complex designs, you’ll have the options you need to quilt on your home machine with designs that will support your piecing and create a harmonious marriage of piecing and quilting. With a walking foot, you’ll find a level of control and success you never thought possible and you’ll become as excited about the quilting as you are about your piecing.

Includes photographs and illustrations

Genres: Quilting, Nonfiction, Sewing, Crafts, Reference

160 pages, Paperback

Published December 6, 2016

Reviews

[Kelsey Kersting · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am glad to have this added to my small collection of quilting books. There are detailed instructions to create beautiful quilting designs on your domestic machine and I hope to work my way through many of them over time.

[Julie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have been making quilts since 1974. Some are so gorgeous it takes my breath away, others are so fugly that I thank the good Lord that even the ugliest quilts still keeps a body warm, and that is why I love to make them. After crafting literally hundreds of quilts over the years, I was pretty sure there was not much new to learn. Then I read this book and a whole world opened up for me. Seriously. This is not just about using your walking foot to quilt. It is so much more.

[Mhd · Rating 4 out of 5]

The title on the cover pictured here and on my copy is actually "Walk: Mastering Machine Quilting with your Walking Foot." I enjoyed this book a great deal and I'm sure I will be referring to it for many future projects. I would have given it 5-stars but I'm pretty irritated by some, admittedly, small details. The page numbers are white numerals in a small black rectangle somewhere near the center on the outside edges of each page. And sometimes that's actually in a black illustration or photo; and then they are not easily seen. Also, many (none?) of the photos are captioned and you have to read the text on both pages to figure out what the point is and try to figure out what's what. With some of the photos, I don't know if it's the resolution of the photo or the composition (or me?) but I couldn't figure out the point of the photo. The schematics are usually easy to follow. But they are labeled in lower case letters, so sometimes in the text, it's confusing, i.e. : "Referring to Figure a and beginning... (p. 38)." I really wish the gallery of photos showing the finished products was more extensive and more with print fabrics. But overall, this is still worth reading and having: the number and variety of quilting designs shown for a walking foot is excellent.

[Robin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jacquie Gering's modern quilts span areas of architecture, geometry, and society. Part of what gives them impact is the machine quilting, adding line, curve, and texture. In this book she breaks down her process with plenty of pictures and diagrams. Free-motion quilting is definitely beyond me but some of her ideas might work for me on a small scale.

[Betty Silvia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Borrowed SEVERAL TIMES from the library because this book inspires! I love to sew, and having access to this book all about one machine foot - the walking foot - was a delight. I tried a few of her ideas and have confidence that I will use more. Smart ideas Jacquie!

[Zoe · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'll come back to this book often.

[Claire · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent book, great patterns, helpful illustrations and directions.

[Vicki Mullen · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Kathy England · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of good ideas for quilting with a walking foot.

[Anita · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome book! I'm getting started right away. TY for this.

[Barbara · Rating 5 out of 5]

Game changer! Looking forward to trying some of these ideas. Will add to my collection.

[Ann · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good hints. I have not made quilts in years. I just got a new machine.

[Carol Surges · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gering does an excellent job walking readers through the steps to using a walking foot to quilt. She breaks out of the box giving this stitch-in-the-ditch quilting essential a new lease on life. Clear directions cover the basics and then diagrams and step-by-step instructions show a variety of stitches that include reverse stitches and curves. Readers will not be disappointed by this original text.

[Sheila · Rating 5 out of 5]

I had purchased Jacquie's Craftsy Walking Foot quilting class and used it for much of the quilting on Nora's quilt, which was an excellent learning curve. This book has taken that information to a more professional and polished level, though I know and have done most of what is in the book.

[Zaiba · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent reference book.

[Ann Pylman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Some really helpful ways to lay out all kinds of quilting patterns without free motion. I think they will work especially well for modern quilts

[Allie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the quilting via walking foot bible. Great reference.