Is a Long Arm quilting machine meant to be used left to right?
08-29-2010, 07:12 PM
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I was in my LQS recently & the lady who owned the shop told me that Long Arms are intended to work from left to right. She said that the stitch would be different on the back of the quilt, if you went back...from right to left as with a pantograph. Is this something any of you with long arms have experienced? I would have thought you could go any direction with no difference in the stitching. We were discussing a Tin Lizzie. Maybe the Tin Lizzie likes to got from Left to right???
08-29-2010, 07:22 PM
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Maybe it depends on the machine. I have a Fusion and I go any direction I want to go. I think patterns looks better sometimes, if you don't go in one direction. It is just my opinion though. There are a lot of people on the board who have longarms, so I am sure we will get more opinions.
08-29-2010, 07:39 PM
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I have a Tin Lizzie and I quilt both directions. Nobody told me I couldn't so I do. I think there is a different feel to going right to left vs left to right but once you get used to using the machine both ways it's second nature. The stitches are the same both directions, at least mine are.
08-29-2010, 07:45 PM
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I was taught to go one way and then come back the opposite way. Some pantographs are very akward this way but once you get the hang of them your quilt top does not creep to the left or right. I float all of my tops and quilting this way helps greatly!
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