FMQ first queen size quilt on regular machine - WOW!
08-11-2011, 07:53 PM
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Originally Posted by QM
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.
08-12-2011, 09:18 AM
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Originally Posted by shirleyd
Thanks all of you for your kindness and words of encouragement!. Even though I've been telling myself all along "never again" you're beginning to make me think "well, maybe I could try one more time". You're all so convincing! I will continue to do smaller projects FMQ so maybe even that will help me improve. And to you beginners like me, maybe it can be done! Go for it!! :thumbup:
08-12-2011, 04:36 PM
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Shirley, I know exactly how you felt trying to FMQ the center. I tried to quilt a , one size fits all quilted snuggie, in my Brother XR7700 Brother with a 5" throat space. I believe I may have invented ,some new words in the process, of quilting it. I can say your flower medallions look marvenous compared to mine and I wouldn't be ashamed to show your queen quilt at all. I love the colors and I agree with your DH. Enjoy it for years to come. :-D :-D :-D
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