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    Old 04-18-2019, 09:02 PM
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    Default how to quilt a twin bed size Dresden plate?

    It is too big to go through my sewing machine throat. So tie but tie what? I have sashing around each block.
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    Old 04-19-2019, 03:38 AM
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    I made a twin sized Dresden plate a few years ago and quilted it on my old Viking Rose. I outlined the plate and its fans, then the center of the plate and then stippled between them. I found I had to baste very well with my Viking but it worked OK. Just take it slowly.
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    Old 04-19-2019, 04:49 AM
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    A twin size should fit into a 6" small throat. Just remember you only have to get 1/4 of the quilt into the throat if you freemotion. Just start in the center and puddle in the throat. The quilt can fit on top of your right hand as you sew. But if you decide to tie it. I would tie every 6 inches apart wherever it hits on the pattern.
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    I have no idea how to do this. I could get under the throat but I don''t know how to be able to move it around to outline the plate, etc.
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    You may want to check out some Youtube videos on this. Lots of people quilt on regular machines.
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    Old 04-19-2019, 10:07 AM
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    slowly and using a walking foot would be how I would do it. regular sewing but the walking foot allows you to turn it a bit for curves if you want. watch some videos on doing this and it might help. It's not as daunting as it sounds.
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    I just used my domestic machine to quilt a twin. First I pin-basted well. Then I used wash-away thread to anchor the blocks, which allowed me to remove the pins. Then I quilted using my walking foot. It takes practice to move the quilt around, so I do a lot of stopping and starting. It took me two weeks to finish quilting but I'm happy with the result. I quilted a medallion quilt two summers ago using my domestic machine - it took a month. So don't expect to finish as fast as a long armer would. Take it easy. And, of course, the final "product" is completely different looking.
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    https://southerncharmquilts.com/blog...ideo-tutorial/
    http://www.quiltingintherain.com/201...tie-quilt.html
    https://suzyquilts.com/how-to-tie-a-...-modern-twist/
    here are some helpful sites on tying.
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    I tied a quilt that I was afraid of destroying by attempting FMQ. My quilt was modern and had lots of white space, so I didn't want the ties to distract from the pattern. I did the ties from the back in a neutral crochet cotton, there were only small x's on the front and the tails were on the back. I chose a pattern 6 inches apart with the next row offset by 3 inches -a diamond pattern which satisfied the batting requirements. It was a fast process and the result looked great.
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    I've done twin size quilts in 5" throat space, before I bought my vintage Singer with 7" throat space. Try to get your work space behind the machine and to your left as big as possible. When I was a teenager I had a tiny cheap Brother sewing machine (I loved it!) and would quilt at our huge 12 seater dinning table. Plenty of space! Basting every 4" on a grid helped me too. It's doable.

    Marti Michell has written a book and published a Craftsy Class for machine quilting large quilts in small machines. https://www.google.com/search?q=mart...=silk&ie=UTF-8 . It might be helpful to look into it.
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