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Easy Echo Ditching - Faster and Easier than Stitching in the Ditch!

4,101 views · Published 17 August 2018 · 3:59 · Indexed 25 September 2026

Channel: Leah Day Quilting · 2018 · Education

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https://leahday.com/pages/leah-days-quilting-rulers-made-by-grace  What is Echo Ditching? Learn how to stitch exactly 1/4 inch from quilt seamlines in this video. This is much faster and easier than stitching in the ditch, especially when quilting with rulers as a guide!

#machinequilting #longarmquilting #rulerquilting 

Quilting with rulers is a fun way to create new shapes for your quilts and gain more control over your longarm machine. If you're struggling with hitting points exactly, ruler quilting may give you the control and precision you need, plus the ability to stitch evenly spaced lines.

In this video you'll see how to echo ditch with the Slice Ruler and how to secure your thread tails using a cheater needle. I kept this video short to show you this simple technique so you can begin echo ditching your quilts!

Would you like to quilt more designs with the Slice Quilting Ruler? Find a video with 3 designs you can easily quilt here - https://youtu.be/zAkx7u7F4aE

The Slice ruler can be used to cut and piece 20 Petal Dresden Plate quilt blocks too!

Learn more about the affordable quilting equipment I'm using:

Qnique 16X - https://leahday.com/products/qnique-16x-longarm-machine
*The Qnique 14+ has been discontinued. The Qnique 16X is the most similar in size and price.

Slice Quilting Ruler: https://leahday.com/Slice

Also check out the Ditcher Ruler for stitching in the ditch - https://leahday.com/products/ditcher-quilting-ruler

True Grips to stop the ruler from slipping: https://leahday.com/products/template-true-grips

Keep Rulers Handy - https://leahday.com/products/quilting-tool-caddy

Secure Your Thread Tails - https://leahday.com/products/hide-your-threads-kit

Marking Pens: https://leahday.com/products/mark-your-quilt-kit

Would you like to make this pretty quilt? Find the free quilt pattern for Double Stripe Diamond here - https://leahday.com/pages/double-stripe-diamond-free-quilt-pattern

Jump ahead in this quilting tutorial:
00:00 What is Echo Ditching?
00:58 How to Pull Up Thread on a Longarm
01:25 Echo Ditching with Slice Ruler
01:55 Changing direction
02:34 How to secure thread tails

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