Walking Foot Quilting Made Easy: 3 Versatile Techniques (plus variations!)

Ready to quilt with a walking foot? In this beginner-friendly quilting tutorial, I’m sharing 3 easy walking foot quilting techniques that every machine quilter should know.

These simple, foundational quilting tips and techniques can help you quilt smoothly, avoid puckers, and build real confidence — even on your very first project!

We’ll cover:

  • Channel Quilting – straight, decorative, or gently curved lines
  • Echo Quilting – clean outlines & easy grids that follow the piecing
  • Corner-to-Corner Quilting – diagonal lines that can add pizzazz and more!

You’ll also see finished examples so you can see how these techniques look on real quilts, plus plenty of practical tips along the way.

Watch the video:

Whether you’re quilting a placemat, table runner, pillow, or your very first quilt, these three techniques (design families) will get you off to a great start.


For help managing the bulk of the quilt in your machine, here’s another video:

Make Machine Quilting Easier With These Techniques

And for help with basting your quilts – 2 methods:

How to spray baste quilts the EASY way:

How to Pin Baste a Quilt (Beginner-Friendly, No Spray!):

Happy Quilting!

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Beth Ann

When health challenges made hand-sewing (and hand appliqué and hand-quilting) no longer physically viable for her, Beth Ann’s first instinct was dismay and discouragement. But Grandma Baldwin gave her a loving (but stern!) “No pity parties – just figure out a different way.” So Beth Ann turned to her trusty sewing machine and began devising ways to achieve the fine quality appliqué look she craved faster and easier than she ever thought possible. And a career was born! Now Beth Ann enjoys sharing her accessible “invisible” machine appliqué and creative machine quilting techniques with other quilters and fiber artists around the world.

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