New member - long arm quilting question
10-06-2008, 01:22 PM
#1
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: California
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I found this board quite a while ago and periodically take a peek at the postings. Thought I should become a member and introduce myself. I have a full-time job, so not much time to do a lot of chatting. I enjoy many types of needlework - whatever strikes my curiosity. For the past 5 years, or so, I have been enjoying machine embroidery and have taken up quilting.
I am getting quite frustrated at trying to maneuver my larger quilts through the small machine to do the quilting. And, I am not satisfied with the quality. I am also not interested in hand quilting, takes too long.
I found this website: http://www.sewvacdirect.com/grace_combos.html
The Grace frames seem to be an economical choice. Does anyone in the forum use one of the frames? Any opinions? Also, is the Juke a good machine? Any opinions or thoughts about another model? If I purchase a frame and long arm quilter, I will be sharing with other quilting enthusiasts.
I live in the San Francisco Bay Area. Plan on going to the PIQF quilt show in Santa Clara this coming weekend. Hope they have a vendor and demonstrations.
Thank you for your help.
I am getting quite frustrated at trying to maneuver my larger quilts through the small machine to do the quilting. And, I am not satisfied with the quality. I am also not interested in hand quilting, takes too long.
I found this website: http://www.sewvacdirect.com/grace_combos.html
The Grace frames seem to be an economical choice. Does anyone in the forum use one of the frames? Any opinions? Also, is the Juke a good machine? Any opinions or thoughts about another model? If I purchase a frame and long arm quilter, I will be sharing with other quilting enthusiasts.
I live in the San Francisco Bay Area. Plan on going to the PIQF quilt show in Santa Clara this coming weekend. Hope they have a vendor and demonstrations.
Thank you for your help.
10-06-2008, 02:16 PM
#2
Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 169
I have a Grace frame and a Juki, and am happy with both. The drawback of the Juki is the limited throat space, but it has more space than my Kenmore, and cost much less than mid-arm or long-arm machines. I found that the DVD with the Grace frame, as far as how to load the quilt, was pretty worthless, but if you'll check out LongArmUniversity.com, they have a 10-page article on how to load a quilt, and it's a great help. I keep the article next to my frame and refer to it frequently. Good luck!
10-06-2008, 02:17 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Wendell, NC
Posts: 596
Hi there gram and a big welcome from North Carolina. So glad you found us. I am a hand quilter myself so can't help you with that but I'm sure one of the gals here will help you with that. Hope you stay with us.
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