Butterflyblue

Wow, that is a beautiful butterfly quilt! I hope we get to see the finished project!

I have a book called "quilting in sections" by Marti Mitchell that describes several ways to quilt as you go. I haven't done a queen that way yet, though I will soon. I have tried out a couple of the techniques on smaller quilts, to get a handle on how it works, and I think it will make my queen quilt much more manageable.

There's also a book called "Reversible Quilts" by Sharon Pederson that has a good QAYG technique. I plan to make my mom a full size quilt using her technique.

There are other books, too, but those are the two I've used and had experience with.

rhueluna

Thank you! Glad you like it. I will post it when its finished. Its one of 4 WIP so it could be a while. :)

nellie

hi kryssa i know what you talking about, i posted a post a few years back that i found in youtube ,that www,youtube.com the title is how to make a cheap quilting table useing styrol foam ,i had built one and i found it really helpful with my larger quilts hope this helps you Kryssa

nellie

rhueluna i like your buterfly,s what pattern is it ,i nerver seen one like it and your handquilting is beauitful

New Quilter

Hi...this is a question for Quilt Queen...is it possible for you to post a picture of this set-up? I am stuggling with how to set this type of table up...since I'm more of a visual learner, a picture would be better than a 1000 words...Thank-you in advance for your help... :thumbup:

rhueluna

Thank you. Its an antique quilt and I drew a pattern from the picture. I liked it too. I never did find the real pattern.

Fabricnut

I just finished a 36x36 inch baby quilt on my small Brother machine. I used pins to hold it in place and got stuck all the time. SID was hard for me too and now I know why I'm sticking to table toppers and purses for a few projects. I had to leave the quilt alone for a day or tow. Now to put the binding on and beleive you me it will be machine stitched now hand stitched. Most LAQ ladies I know charge by the square inch and that adds up really fast.

gzuslivz

I barter with my girlfriend. She is a professional long arm quilter. I dog sit for her when she goes out of town and I get quilting credit instead of cash. That way I can afford to have her quilt my large quilts.

cyd

I'm all for being tenacious, but sometimes the mental stress is more than a person can take. The idea of doing it in sections helps, but some of us will never be able to create the masterpieces we see in our heads. All of us have strong and weaker points no matter what the subject.

lalaland

I had to chuckle, I just did the exact same thing. I pinned my baby quilt in sections and did one at a time hoping that would make it more manageable and between all the pins that fell out and all the pins that stuck me - well, if I'd had something to drink afterwards I would have probably leaked!