Sewnoma

It's not easy but it IS possible, and it gets easier.

I FMQ'd a HUGE king size (120" square!) on my Janome 6600. I can't say I did a fantastic job (I am still sort of new at FMQ) but I did it and nothing has fallen apart so far, LOL.

tessagin

I haven't done anything large, yet. My biggest was between crib and lap. Did large cross hatch/grid. Post photo please.

wannaquilt1

I will post a photo for sure! I'm going to get to work on the binding now and then I'll post a pic this afternoon in the photo section. YAY!!!!!!! It feels so good to have done it myself. It's just crosshatched but she will be very happy with it.

quiltedsunshine

One thing that really helps a lot, is to use quilting gloves. I bought some "Machingers" gloves for $8.00, and was surprised at how much that helped.

Michelekolt

THe more quilt I do on my machine the easier it gets. I have watch many quilting videos and signed up for classes. My first large quilts were only large stipple lines. Now I have started to do other things with blocking and the FM quilt in the block. Keep going it will get better.

alicedesautels

I started practicing on small quilt sandwiches and now have quilted a king size quilt on my Baby Lock. It just takes starting slowly and practice and patience.

brenwalt

I have two to three "2 x 4" adjustable height tables. I place one ahead of the machine and the other 1 or 2 to my left. I find the "super slider" to be awesome and I just use ordinary rubber dipped garden gloves. I don't hesitate to do large (120 x 120) quilts on any of my small machines. I am now getting into the more "dense" type quilting. It takes practice but eventually you will find a method that works for you. Don't get discouraged - the skill WILL come and you'll experience a whole new level of fun!!

Cottage Dee

Try this....for QAYG in strips, or rows. [url]Http://www.candiedfabrics.com this is how I am quilting a double irish chain, king size on my 27 year old Pfaff. I had sewn all the rows together, realized I couldn't quilt it even with straight lines through the colored squares, found this site, took the quilt apart, but two row sections, and am now on my second section. I couldn't send out to a longarmer, so this is really working for me!

callen

Getting all that fabric in the throat of a DSM is difficult but if you work in sections from the centre out, it can be a bit easier. I have not done FMQ yet but do lots of echo quilting following the outside edges (or inside edges) of my design pattern. I (for the most part) do not do SITD but do the width of the presser foot alongside the edges of the seams in my design (so much easier) & the look is better (I think). Make sure you use your walking foot as it will feed the fabric through your quilt with much better results. I do have a specialized item (even feed foot) on my Bernina 820 that is supposed to be as good as a walking foot but I have found for quilting, the walking foot is absolutely a necessity. If you go into pictures section I have a quilt on there called "Shades of Blue Carpenter's Star" & it shows the quilting design that I did & you may prefer trying that. All straight geometric stitches & IMHO enhances the design of that particular quilt. Give it a look & it may inspire you. Don't give up...........you will work it out.

Mamia

I loved to hand quilt but my hands didn't. I have arthritis in my hands.