Would you Rent a Machine for a Free-Motion Quilting Class?

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07-24-2011, 04:02 PM

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You really should be able to find a lQS that gives lessons on this unless you live in the middle of nowhere.

I do FM on my Bernie all the time and it looks great to me.
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07-24-2011, 04:28 PM

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My husband is looking for a 105 to 107 elliptical canopy. He turned 60 this year and is going down to a smaller canopy.

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07-24-2011, 04:31 PM

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I FM on my treadle!

That is so cool! I wondered why I haven't heard of more people using a treadle sewing machine. It seems like it would be very controllable... maybe even good exercise if you went fast enough? ;-)

I remember riding back and forth on a treadle when I was little. :-D

I also FM on my treadle. A well adjusted treadle and machine are effortless to use, so no heavy exercise.
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07-24-2011, 04:34 PM

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I learned to FM quilt on my Bernina 1031, it has no stitch regulator. I've tried the BSR on the newer machines and I hated it.
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07-24-2011, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by ube quilting

You really should be able to find a lQS that gives lessons on this unless you live in the middle of nowhere.

Oh there's a three-hour free-motion quilting class at a local shop here, but I wanted to go to something special for my birthday. This was the only quilting trip in October that I could find that interested me. The bonus is having skydiving friends to visit in the area.

I'm assuming IQS means a local shop. I'm really lost when people use initials for things.

07-24-2011, 05:04 PM

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No way, like hand quilting way to much to do FMQ. Can't even draw a stick person much less FMQ.

07-24-2011, 05:10 PM

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rent one.
this class sounds like so much fun.

07-24-2011, 06:14 PM

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No way, like hand quilting way to much to do FMQ. Can't even draw a stick person much less FMQ.

I really like hand quilting too. But some things that have really tiny pieces or layers of fused applique are hard to hand quilt.

You know I'll probably really suck at it, but it will be a fun trip.

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07-24-2011, 08:36 PM

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Sad you can't take yours. Part of the 'learning' is finding out what problems you will have with the machine you will be using. You can learn FMQ on another machine for the speed of hand and machine and if others have problems you will learn how to trouble shoot.

Good luck on your new adventure.

Thanks :) From what I've read, my Bernina would not be the best machine to do free-motion quilting on anyway. If I like doing it, I wouldn't be against buying another machine that would have better features such as a bigger throat plate.

berninas are wonderful machines for FMQ !! the knee lift is
especially helpful because you can leave the needle down, shift your knee to raise the foot, swivel if you need to.
I have a 1090, about 15 yrs old & it is great.

07-24-2011, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by JENNR8R

I'm thinking about taking a four-day free-motion quilting class that would require an airplane to get to. I have zero experience in free-motion quilting. I don't think I want to ship my Bernina 1630 to the class for fear of something happening to it. It's too heavy to take on the airplane.

The class offers rental of Berninas that are not the same model as mine... specifically models 1230, 1130 and 1090.

Do you think that learning free-motion quilting on one of these machines would be worthwhile to me? I don't know if learning free-motion quilting has more to do with learning the muscle memory required to do it or learning how to use my specific machine to do it.

Which one of the rental machine models would you ask for?

I took a free motion class and it did not seem to matter what machine you used, although you will need to know to disengage your feed dog. but as long as operating the other machine works it should go well for you.