Lacelady

I had several Project Linus quilts made ready to practice on once it got here, and then I just went for it. The only thing I marked was the spines of the feathers, so that I could get things reasonably even. I have no hankering for a stitch regulator (I have that on my Bernina, but no space under that compared to Sweetie). I just set the speed I want to go, and then keep my foot flat down on the pedal - I find that easier than trying to hover on the pedal so as to go at some specific speed.

Prism99

I have had spray basting hold indefinitely -- several years, actually. :oops: That was on a baby quilt, but I would imagine it would be similar for a large quilt.

Storing a lot of basted quilts might require some thought. I would think rolling them would be easiest. Maybe set up a hanging device in the garage with large pvc tubes and roll the basted quilts on the tubes.

I would probably machine baste or pin the edges of a large quilt just to make sure the edges don't start separating from handling.

QuiltingSister

I cover a foam (swimming) floaty tube with muslin, and roll my quilts up for storage - this would work well if they are spray basted I would think....thanks for all the info on the sit-down HQ Sixteen. I think you have all helped me with a decision I've been trying to make...space is my issue, also, so a longarm is not in the cards for me right now.