irishrose

Queen size years ago - this time around, big lap robe - 72x80. Scrunch and work from the center out. Never have more than half a quilt to your right. I have two machines side by side so I have a large slippery surface. I used to use the ironing board, but slippery is better. Hmm, I wonder about putting vinyl from JA's on the board. It works well on the machines. FMQ is easier than SITD. You stay in one area longer so less alligator wrestling. Though I have to say, I haven't wrestled with this one and it's 72x72. Is it the plastic? I've not used it before.

sidmona

Largest I have done is an oversized king. I did it on a Juki with 9" harp. Like others mentioned, scrunch and pool the quilt, don't roll it and start from the middle and work your way out. Quilt at a speed that is comfortable for you and just relax and enjoy yourself.

shnnn

That's a good idea - I might have to try making a slippery ironing board cover....
It really depends on your sewing machine and your umph-- I quilted a queen on my itty bitty Brother -- lots of squishing and pushing into the harp of the machine - but I got it done! I have an old singer now that has a much larger harp - I didn't have to push to get the quilt into the machine, but I had to pull to get it onto the table :roll: was almost done before I remembered the ironing board that was sitting right behind me!

cjomomma

This is the monster I quilted on my DSM. It is on my couch which is a really big couch.

MadQuilter

I SID'd up to queen-size. Now I need to tackle some FMQ. Same size.

the casual quilter

I've done a queen sized quilt and it was a pain in the youknow. My neck, back and upper arms really took a beating. I love to FMQ on my regular machine, but anymore I won't do anything bigger than a baby quilt.

the casual quilter

Inadvertant double post. Sorry.

Fixedgearhead

I mostly do standard sized, baby sized and lap sized. but I have done queen sized. A bit of a bother on that last one.
John

ube quilting

I have done a queen size on my home machine. It wasn't the easiest thing to do and the thing I found that was the most helpful to me was the exact opposite of what the general instructions are for this type of quilting. Most instructions will say to roll the quilt up and put clamps on it and on and on. I found it very heavy to move around this way so I undid the rolls and just tossed the quilt on the table and bunched it up a little bit right around my sewing area and this one area of the quilt moved freely without the entire quilt having to move around all at the same time. This saved alot of pressure on hand gripping and on the ammount of drag the quilt had on the table. Hope this helps.
peace

EDIT: Nice monster!

PaperPrincess

I did a queen, my avatar. Please look into the many types of quilting as you go. (QAUG). There are several different techniques that allow you to quilt large quilts in blocks or sections. Do a search in the tutorial section.