Token Valentine's Day heart

If I had my sewing machine (my one true love, which is at the "garage") this would be beautifully and tightly machine-sewn... and finished. But don't cry for me Argentina! They're getting the parts in next week, by which time hearts will be redundant and I'll have to think of something else to make but, live for the challenge!

Walking foot envy

I have distracted myself dreaming over a walking foot for my sewing machine. Here is a tutorial from Fons & Porter about using a walking foot. It stops your quilt from puckering apparently but I'm going to see how easy it is to do quilting with my normal foot tonight. 

Time To Quilt: Using Your Walking Foot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GO-EW0exM7U

Whilst making my baby quilt I didn't find it too hard to sew without a walking foot. As long as there are lots of pins and you go at a medium speed the fabric doesn't pucker much. The baby quilt I made didn't pucker up too much even though I was using fleece. cotton fabric and 5mm polyester wadding. The biggest issue was keeping the materials together so I think basting spray would be the first thing I'd spend my money on.

The walking foot, however, would be a good idea as it has a guide which would help one to follow straight lines when sewing the ditches of a patchwork and would keep the fabric from puckering, as I mentioned earlier. On Amazon there is one for about £5 which fits some different UK sewing machines so it would not be a wild expense for something quite useful. 

Maybe a walking foot will be my next purchase. Not right now though as I've already had a major spending spree of late because I bought some fat quarters of herringbone tweed to go with the herringbone tweed I've had knocking about for ages and want to put it to good use in a quilt!