quiltinghere

WOWOW that's some SEWING ROOM!!! Good for you!

vicatwork

Wow, nice quilting room!

Stitchnripper

I quilted a king size in a small mechanical Brother. Granted, it was just stitch in the ditch, and at times I had to wrestle it. I did start in the middle and worked out, in quarters. I also agree that rolling is more trouble than it is worth. I now "puddle" it or "scrunch" up whatever I am working on.

AliKat

Gads, I wish I could remember who had this technique. But will try to explain.

Layer your quilt. Then only keep the batting at the center section of the quilt and cut off the side sections of batting only with curved cutting lines. Baste or spray baste or pin ... your choice. Quilt the center section from the center out but not to the edge of the batting. Once that is quilted then sew the side section of batting back on the center section ... baste, spray baste, or pin your layers ... and then quilt that portion of the quilt. Then do the other side of the quilt.

This way you have less stuff to squish up while doing your quilting and you can do the quilting faster and easier.

ali

trisha

I do a lot of California Kings with my Singer, and yes, the hardest part is the middle, but once you get past that it is easy.

4dogs

I too have done Kingsize ..I have done 3, and every time I did it I said NEVER AGAIN WILL I DO A KING SIZE QUILT...but all 3 times, I did it like the others said, start in the middle, dont worry about rolling, just bunch it. I used a LOT of pins to baste it down, and I kept a constant check on the back side, to be sure it wasnt getting bunched up anywhere.....just take your time, and have a table or something to the left and behind your machine, to support as much of the quilt weight as possible.

Annie68

Love your quilt, Bertadel, and that is a fantastic quilting room! :)

Polliwog

Good advice from everyone. When I first quilted about 30 years ago, polyester was the only batting available that could be machine quilted. The cotton battings had to be quilted so closely, sometimes 1/2 inches, that it was impractical for machine quilting. However, now we have several good brands in all cotton or 80/20 that are great for machine quilting. It's helpful to have a large flat area to the left and the back of the machine to distribute the weight of the parts not under the needle. Using a quilting, embroidery, or top stitch 75 or 90 needle is also helpful.