Lemon Tree Tami Posted March 23, 2017 Report Share Posted March 23, 2017 Does anyone know whether the good folks at APQS plan on coming out with a couching foot? If so, when? I just saw that Gammill came out with one the other day and I've been wanting to play with one ever since I saw the one for HandiQuilter. Yes, I'm sure that it'll just be a gimmick foot, but it sure looks like a lot of fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuiltingB Posted March 25, 2017 Report Share Posted March 25, 2017 I would love a couching foot too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheri Butler Posted March 26, 2017 Report Share Posted March 26, 2017 I asked this question 2 years ago. They were talking about it, but for some reason, it never came to fruition. I'm glad to see that others would dive in on this as well as I. You'd need the foot and the spool holder and guide to get the thread to the front opening of the foot. So 3 pieces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Beth Posted March 26, 2017 Report Share Posted March 26, 2017 How does Claudia and some of the other quilters using APQS couch? Sorry, I have not idea about couching....I sill am trying to perfect quilting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemon Tree Tami Posted March 26, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2017 Myrna Ficken showed me how to couch using a matching thread or a monofilament. But it basically involved taking tiny zigzag stitches as you manually manipulated the yarn into place. It's doable that way but what I was intrigued by when I saw Karlee Porter doing it on her HandiQuilter was that she basically was just FMQ as normal and it held the yarn in place as she quilted. I don't recall a special spool holder for the yarn, just a skein of it laying loosely on the quilt top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheri Butler Posted March 27, 2017 Report Share Posted March 27, 2017 Tami, have you seen Innova's machine? It has a holder for the thread (if put on a spool) If you use yard (skeins)you will need to lay it on the top and work with it as you go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busy Quilting Posted March 27, 2017 Report Share Posted March 27, 2017 Claudia couches by laying her thread in front of the foot and with a matching or invisible thread taking the tiniest of stitches off a straight line path. Haven't tried it yet but she made it look easy with a normal foot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Beth Posted March 27, 2017 Report Share Posted March 27, 2017 Someone mentioned running the couching material through the hopping foot, but since I have not desire to do couching, I didn't pay any attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheri Butler Posted March 28, 2017 Report Share Posted March 28, 2017 Marybeth, The couching feet that are made for specific machines, have an opening in the front (or side)..and I personally think towards the front would make more sense, but sense...but I'm not the expert here. With that said, they usually have 2 or 3 couching feet, each with a different sized hole, depending on the millimeter of couching thread/yarn being used. It stabilizes that thread to lay just exactly where you want it to. Pretty Nifty if ya ask me. Ive couched using the small squiggle. It works, but it's VERY time consuming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulaSpalding Posted March 30, 2017 Report Share Posted March 30, 2017 On 3/27/2017 at 3:47 PM, Busy Quilting said: Claudia couches by laying her thread in front of the foot and with a matching or invisible thread taking the tiniest of stitches off a straight line path. Haven't tried it yet but she made it look easy with a normal foot. Is there a video of Claudia couching? I would love to learn how! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busy Quilting Posted March 31, 2017 Report Share Posted March 31, 2017 11 hours ago, PaulaSpalding said: Is there a video of Claudia couching? I would love to learn how! Not sure she showed us I a class I took with her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cagey Posted March 31, 2017 Report Share Posted March 31, 2017 Too bad someone has not come up with a small plastic spacer you could push into the normal hopping foot to transform it into a couching foot. Here a link of Karlee Porter couching on a sit-down model; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vP4rXcCTCg The good stuff starts around 5 minutes 40 seconds or so. Here are what the foot looks like; http://www.handiquilter.com/shop/product/handi-feet-couching-kit/http://www.handiquilter.com/shop/product/handi-feet-couching-kit/ Seems like an easy foot to make for APQS, though it would probably set you back $150 or so would be my guess. Check out her other videos and her book. They are interesting. Cagey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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