New to machine quilting--is there a fairly easy way to quilt a king size?
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The largest I've done is queen (only because I don't have a king sized bed). I quilt from the center outward toward the edges, bunching up the excess under the harp and constantly shifting the bulk as I move to a new area. I have an extra large table for resting the bulk of the quilt (both on the left and behind the machine) so that there is no drag, and I use Machingers gloves. Harriet Hargraves' book, Heirloom Machine Quilting, is a very helpful resource, as are Diane Gaudynski's books.
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... I have an extra large table for resting the bulk of the quilt (both on the left and behind the machine) so that there is no drag, and I use Machingers gloves. Harriet Hargraves' book, Heirloom Machine Quilting, is a very helpful resource, as are Diane Gaudynski's books.
You can definitely make a beautiful quilt with two plain sheets, some thin batting and a bunch of straight lines: simple, clean, elegant. If it were me I would do that, and then (if I liked machine quilting) I'd move on to experimenting on a smaller quilt, where there isn't as much bulk to fight!
Alison
PS And I do all my machine quilting on a Kenmore mechanical domestic machine from the early 1980's - I have done several king size, quite a few queens and countless little 'uns - and I am entirely self taught. You can so do this!!
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