Newbie question about sewing machines
#12
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: British Columbia
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Very nice quilt! I love how you stitched inside the blocks rather than in the ditches, it made a nice effect.
I have never sent a quilt out for stitching. I'm not sure whether I'm just too cheap or am still thinking I can do it myself. Like you, it's been shove and squeeze every turn. With my last quilt, I tried rolling and pinned the rolls to hold them shut. I'm going back to the stuff and shove, because the rolls made heavy lumps that kept falling off the table or getting stuck and not letting the fabric feed under the needle properly. That said, as I shove, I roll too, just not fastened. And, I bought a pair of garden gloves with the cloth backs and rubber nubbly palms that work great.
You have a lot of quilting in you before you need to have someone else do it and with the beautiful start you've made, you may never send out a quilt.
I have never sent a quilt out for stitching. I'm not sure whether I'm just too cheap or am still thinking I can do it myself. Like you, it's been shove and squeeze every turn. With my last quilt, I tried rolling and pinned the rolls to hold them shut. I'm going back to the stuff and shove, because the rolls made heavy lumps that kept falling off the table or getting stuck and not letting the fabric feed under the needle properly. That said, as I shove, I roll too, just not fastened. And, I bought a pair of garden gloves with the cloth backs and rubber nubbly palms that work great.
You have a lot of quilting in you before you need to have someone else do it and with the beautiful start you've made, you may never send out a quilt.
#13
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: SW Iowa
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Your quilt is wonderful. What a lucky baby this will be. Til I got my juki machine I quilted everything on my Brother sewing machine. I found rolling the quilt made it harder to move, so I just pushed it through and it worked great. Keep up the good work. :)
#18
Originally Posted by PrettyKitty
Thanks everyone for your nice comments, you've really boosted my confidence!
Me I am all for making life easier. :D Elle
#20
:D That's very good work for a first timer! You did an outline quilting with the straight lines. That isn't easy! Keep up the good work. I,too, have a small throat on my machine. I just finished a lap and a twin sized. Pushing and shoving the fabric is what you have to do. It is worth it, as you have found out.
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