FMQ first queen size quilt on regular machine - WOW!
08-11-2011, 05:29 PM
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Originally Posted by dunster
You did a wonderful job and came out with a beautiful quilt. But if you don't want to put that much quilt through the DSM again, try quilting in sections. This is NOT the same as quilt-as-you-go (QAYG), and although you do need to put some thought into how you are going to divide up the sections, for the most part you just piece your blocks and sew them together as you normally would. Marti Michel has a great book showing many different methods to use.
08-11-2011, 07:15 PM
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Guess that's why I pretty much go with straight stitch designs and forget all the pretty flowers and feathers. I'd sure like to learn on a LA so I could do that fancy quilting, but not on the regular or mid arm machine I have.
Really nice Love the pattern and the colors.
Really nice Love the pattern and the colors.
08-11-2011, 07:20 PM
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It's beautiful for the first try. I haven't done FMQ yet, but know mine won't be half as good.
I started out drawing flowers (no pattern) but as I sewed, it seemed easier to just free hand it. Just took a deep breath and went for it! :-)
Originally Posted by shirleyd
Originally Posted by jean1941
Hope my firsts looks that good it is very pretty Did you use patterns for flowers in center of block?
08-11-2011, 07:30 PM
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Good job. There are always errors if you look hard enough, so don't do that."perfection is highly over-rated", says my friend at the LQS. YOU are not a machine.
Nobody told me that it was impossible until after I had quilted about a dozen quilts from twin to king sized on my home machine. It's much easier now that I have a Janome 6600, which has much tighter control than the Bernina I stasrted with and also lock stitches, pulls the thread to the back and cuts it. That's not to mention the greater depth, which is why I went with Janome in the first place.
Nobody told me that it was impossible until after I had quilted about a dozen quilts from twin to king sized on my home machine. It's much easier now that I have a Janome 6600, which has much tighter control than the Bernina I stasrted with and also lock stitches, pulls the thread to the back and cuts it. That's not to mention the greater depth, which is why I went with Janome in the first place.
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