Walking Foot Quilt Along - Part 3 - The Finale

Find Part 1 and 2 by scrolling down the page.

​​Are you having fun?
Are you learning?

I hope you can answer yes to both questions. In Part 3 we are going to add some pizzazz to the border. It’s not wrong to finish up with the pattern as in the book but I like to add a little something special to my borders. 

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Let's get quilting.

​Stitch a zigzag pattern around the border. No marking is required because you will use the intersections of the previous lines as your guide. 

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​Stitch a second zigzag pattern splitting the two existing lines of stitching in half following the diagram. Again, you do not need to mark. You will start quilting from off the quilt top on the batting then onto the quilt top to the intersecting lines, continuing around the quilt. These lines will eventually get partially cut off when we square up the quilt before adding the binding. 

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Updated instructions:​
Mark two dots in each corner splitting those sections in three.

Stitch from the edge through the dot to the intersection then continue zigzagging through the boomerang shapes, splitting them in half. Once you reach the last intersection stitch off through a dot. Repeat on all four sides.

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Now we need to fill in the rest of the border. There is 2.5 inches between the stitched lines. Holding a ruler a quarter inch down from the edge, mark each half inch with a dot. Mark each of these areas all the way around the quilt with four dots.

Begin stitching from the edge (on the batting) through the first dot to the intersection then back to the edge through another dot. Repeat with the two remaining dots. Repeat around the border till completed.

Congratulations! You are done quilting your quilt.

Did you notice something? Every line you stitched started on the edge of the quilt and ended on the edge of the quilt. Do you know what that means? There are no threads to bury … Yay!!! (Unless of course you ran out of bobbin thread somewhere along the way.)

It’s time to square up your quilt by trimming the excess batting off. Don’t be afraid to cut threads as you trim, the ends will all be secured in the binding. I am not going to post a binding tutorial as there are many tutorials online or you may already have a favourite method.

My mini quilt will be a table topper or wall quilt but you could make a cushion or maybe you’ve got another idea. I’d love to see what you do with yours.

By the way have you looked at the back? Doesn’t it look amazing too?

Don’t forget to post pictures and tag them:
#walkingfootquilting #walkingfootquiltalong @melissamarginet

I hope you’ve enjoyed my Walking Foot Quilt Along and it has inspired you to do more walking foot quilting. Walking Foot Quilting Designs is filled with over 100 ideas to use your walking foot. I encourage you to start with a pattern like we did in the Walking Foot Quilt Along and see what you can do to make it uniquely yours.
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