Scrappy Batik Baby quilt all done and my first attempt using a long arm
04-20-2011, 10:24 PM
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I just finished the binding on my "Little Trip to Bali" baby quilt for my dd's baby shower (a week from this Saturday.) I quilted it today using a long arm machine -I wasn't expecting to, but last week at our local shop hop one of the shops demo'd the long arms and I signed up to rent time on one. The whole process took me so much less time from set to to the actual quilting - and I had a great time! I would be still working on the fmq if I hadn't rented the machine. My daughter had also requested books at her shower - I decided to make one of those fabric panel books (also a first for me), just to be sure I wouldn't duplicate a book someone else might give her.
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Little Golden Book - Saggy baggy Elephant
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Little Trip to Bali
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04-20-2011, 10:29 PM
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Originally Posted by craftybear
I love the baby quilt, thanks for sharing
now you need to get busy and make more quilts so you can use the long arm
now you need to get busy and make more quilts so you can use the long arm
04-20-2011, 10:37 PM
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you will have so much fun, and I know a longarm lady and she puts 2 valor quilts on the longarm at the same time and gets 2 done fast
I was thinking that - I had so much fun doing it, I started thinking about different designs to try. I was almost disappointed when I got to the last bit and realized I was done!
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Originally Posted by craftybear
I love the baby quilt, thanks for sharing
now you need to get busy and make more quilts so you can use the long arm
now you need to get busy and make more quilts so you can use the long arm
04-21-2011, 03:22 AM
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The quilt is beautiful. My wish for everyone is that if they like to do the quilting, that they have their own longarm. I know that is impossible. But I would love it for those who would enjoy it. When I first was on a longarm, I found it four times faster than my little machine. Your freemotion is beautiful. What a great idea to make a fabric book. And it is about elephants to go with your quilt, that is so cute
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