Whitney60

Happy New Year to all.

I send my quilt tops out to be quilted. I would like to start quilting my own quilts and ran across "Flynn Multi Frame Quilting System". It has positive reviews, watched the 30 minute video and it looks like it would actually work. I have a small throat Baby Lock Grace. Is there anyone here that has had any experience with this system? It accommodates quilts up to 45" wide, (great for baby quilts) but can make it longer by buying longer rollers. You can google to see for yourself.

Any thoughts?
Thanks.
Donna

nativetexan

I just remember it limits the space you can quilt. Like so many things, the more harp space on your machine, the better.

Kitsie

If you do a search here on the board, there have been many posts and opinions to these machine. Might be worth looking at a few!

Onebyone

I used the JF system for years. It does best with small quilts. It takes practice but like riding a bike, one day you will say Oh I get it! Too many try a few time and then stick it in the closet. But that 's good because you can probably get one for free from someone that did that. LOL

Cogito

Some have liked this frame but many do not. There was a discussion about it on here sometime in the past couple of weeks

ragamuffin

I followed that thread. It is here on "Main" and it is called "What was your biggest waste of money?" It is on page 6.
Interesting reading.

dunster

I had one of these - though it could have been an earlier version than what is currently offered. IMHO it doesn't work well on big quilts, and not needed if you're doing small quilts.

rryder

If your machine has a small throat, that will limit what you can do with a frame because the quilt gets rolled up on the rail that goes in the throats and fills that space. I have done Fmq for a number of years without a frame but thought it would be fun to try the Flynn frame. I found that I the machine I was using at the time which had a standard 7" from the needle to the tower quickly got filled by the rolled quilt so I could only do edge to edge patterns that were 1" or 2" wide and doing any type of focal motif was not possible. Plus, the frame as shipped will only handle a smallish lap quilt. You have to add longer rods to do anything bigger.

On the same machine if I Fmq without the frame I can quilt any size motif or pattern I want since I can "puddle" my quilt rather than rolling it and I have quilted a queen sized quilt on it.

That's why I decided that the Flynn frame was a waste of my money. Now I use the PQ1500s with its 9" throat for my main quilter, but The Flynn frame would still be too limiting In my opinion because you would still lose a lot of valuable quilting space due to the space taken up by the inside bar with the quilt rolled up on it.

just depends on what you want to quilt.

Rob

cheryl222

I am one that consider it a big waste of money. Save up to buy a used frame if you have the space.

Onebyone

I turned the frame around when the rolled quilt filled up the throat space and finished the quilting from the opposite end. The more you use it the more you can do with it. I followed the instructions for awhile then made my own.