How large of a QUILT you would Machine QUILT on regular machine?
#111
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Oh yes, I have done many queen size quilts on my Bernina 830 (the old one) and it is harder but can be done. I do it on my big dining room table to help support the quilt. Go for it, you can do it, but practice on smaller sandwiches to get the feel of FMQ or a pattern. Gook Luck. Chrispin
#112
I have done a twin but now with my new way of adding sections to the backing and quilting as I go, I think I will be ready to tackle any size when the time comes that I make something larger.
#113
I have some bed size quilts that are in my head more than anywhere else yet. I have a book on machine quilting that's just straight stitching, but there's a lot of it that I really don't understand yet.
I've kept the notes here. I don't have the room for quilt tops that aren't quilted, so I just haven't made them. I'd like to be able to make two next year....maybe 3. Patterns are starting to amass in my bookshelf!
I'm making all table runners this year. I have a Singer 66 I got because the throat area is huge. I have it just for machine quilting. I'm hoping to quilt the rest of the table runners and one twin on her to get some practice, then some larger projects next year. I just don't have the time to hand quilt them all anymore...though I still do all the special ones that way.
Thanks again, this was a great thread!
I've kept the notes here. I don't have the room for quilt tops that aren't quilted, so I just haven't made them. I'd like to be able to make two next year....maybe 3. Patterns are starting to amass in my bookshelf!
I'm making all table runners this year. I have a Singer 66 I got because the throat area is huge. I have it just for machine quilting. I'm hoping to quilt the rest of the table runners and one twin on her to get some practice, then some larger projects next year. I just don't have the time to hand quilt them all anymore...though I still do all the special ones that way.
Thanks again, this was a great thread!
#119
I have see a set up similar to this at the Sewing Expo last year... I almost purchased it but the throat on my old Pfaff is not 6 in deep...which was a requirement to use it... just purchased a quilting Brother so much larger space to work in now.. .. so will probably get it this year.. anyway... they use PVC pipe where you are yousing the sides where you put floor boxes.. and it has clamps.. to hold quilt tight using PVC also to roll on.. was only
$100 if I remember correctly...
$100 if I remember correctly...
Originally Posted by Laura F
I have a Juki with a 9" harp and a big sewing table that my DH made for me. I turn my sewing machine and sew from the head. I also roll my quilt from both sides around pvc pipe. I start in the middle and mostly meander. I'm waiting to get my machine dropped into the table, but for now I use what ever I can find that is the same height as my machine for the pipe to slide on. This keeps the quilt level with my machine and much easier to handle. I pin baste and so I need to think which way I will roll the quilt or I get stuck a lot. Planning on trying safety pins with my next quilt. It just takes time, but very rewarding.
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Originally Posted by penski
Originally Posted by mpeters1200
So if I've read the responses correctly, some of you quilt in sections by making each section an individual quilt and then stitching them together when complete.
Others of you machine quilt in sections, but the whole quilt is one large piece. I'm very interested in how this is done. Do you pin or spray baste it, then work in one spot at a time? Do you work from the center of the section out or from what is the center of the quilt out? How do you bunch, either scrunch or roll, the sections of the quilt you are not working on? I think I'm going to have to invest in one of those table add on things that make extend off the bed of the machine creating a little table that's at the same level of the machine.
I've machine quilted one queen size. I only did a cross hatch, but then did a coil border on it. Worst quilting ever. I was really unhappy with it. Bunched up. Had to rip half the stitching out and redo it as there were puckers and wrinkles that were then quilted on. Big pain in the rear.
I'm not very computer savvy. Are there specific things to try and search for like words or phrases to find a tute either on this board or somewhere else? I'm going to have another queen size that will need to be machine quilted in about a year. I'm wanting to do some research on the best way to quilt it. Any resources that you guys would suggest?
Thanks...
Melissa
Others of you machine quilt in sections, but the whole quilt is one large piece. I'm very interested in how this is done. Do you pin or spray baste it, then work in one spot at a time? Do you work from the center of the section out or from what is the center of the quilt out? How do you bunch, either scrunch or roll, the sections of the quilt you are not working on? I think I'm going to have to invest in one of those table add on things that make extend off the bed of the machine creating a little table that's at the same level of the machine.
I've machine quilted one queen size. I only did a cross hatch, but then did a coil border on it. Worst quilting ever. I was really unhappy with it. Bunched up. Had to rip half the stitching out and redo it as there were puckers and wrinkles that were then quilted on. Big pain in the rear.
I'm not very computer savvy. Are there specific things to try and search for like words or phrases to find a tute either on this board or somewhere else? I'm going to have another queen size that will need to be machine quilted in about a year. I'm wanting to do some research on the best way to quilt it. Any resources that you guys would suggest?
Thanks...
Melissa
This information was so helpful as I have a large queen size to do, thank you. A quick question, do you fasten the battings together after you butt them up. I'm thinking whipping the batting together or using that iron on batting tape? Or does the quilting hold them together good enough?
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