Quilting with a 9inch harp
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Quilting with a 9inch harp
I have a nine inch harp (Juki 2000) on a king frame. I want to quilt a queen sized quilt. I know I have to quilt about half & then turn it around, how do I do this. Is there a video, if so where would I find it.
#2
I have a Juki on a Hinterberg stretch frame. I quilted by daughter's king-sized quilt using it. By the time I got to the end of the quilt, I only had about 4" of quilting space available. I did not have to turn it end to end to finish it. I did turn it sideways to do the side borders, though. HTH
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I have a grace frame GMQ Pro and a Phaff 9" throat and I do not turn queen quilts around to finish quilting. The wood patterns that come for the frame are about 3" pattern and that is what I use.
#5
You will only have to turn it if the quilting design you are using is more than 4" or you used a puffy batting. If you used a cotton batting and are just doodling all over it--you should be able to make it all the way to the end. I have never had to turn a quilt either. I would break down the designs I wanted to use so none were larger than 4" in a single pass. Break the design in half or needle down/roll/needle down/rollback.....It is a pain but working backwards from the center was too complicated for my brain--LOL.
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Thanks everyone for your in-put. I'll be switching to warm & natural batting, for sure. Right now I'm using the last of my puffy batting. Hind sight tells me I should have used my puffy batting on lap quilts. So I guess I'll consider this one a learning curve. Going on vac., so I'll get to this as soon as we get home.
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