Quilting on DSM , need advice
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Quilting on DSM , need advice
I am piecing a king size and would like to machine quilt it , but is this possible to do on a DSM? How do you do it? I think I need very basic instructions. I have quilted crib size but this is a different ball game!
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It is definitely possible. I quilted a big king size on a dinky mechanical Brother. It was stitch in the ditch and on the diagonal. I started at the middle where it was the hardest, and then it got progressively easier. There are also Quilt as You Go Methods which you can find by doing a search on this board or on google.
#5
I recommend getting Marti Michell's book, Machine Quilting in Sections. It shows several different ways to machine quilt a large quilt by dividing it into sections, and explains why (with examples) you would choose one method for one quilt, a different method for another quilt.
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I recommend getting Marti Michell's book, Machine Quilting in Sections. It shows several different ways to machine quilt a large quilt by dividing it into sections, and explains why (with examples) you would choose one method for one quilt, a different method for another quilt.
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For me:
1) Scrunch the quilt into the harp, don't roll
2) Start in the middle and work out in quadrants.
3) Make sure to have a table behind your machine to catch the quilt (at least 3 feet wide) and a lot of space on your left to hold the quilt up. You want as little drag as possible.
Also- DSM means a lot of different machine sizes. Some have very very tiny harps. I have a Bernina 430 and can do it, but when I had my Brother XL-3010 or Kenmore 16221, I don't think there would have been enough space.
Leah Day has a fabulous video about quilting a king on a DSM (a few actually), but she uses an extended harp DSM. She uses either the Juki or the Janome that are made with a lot of extra space.
1) Scrunch the quilt into the harp, don't roll
2) Start in the middle and work out in quadrants.
3) Make sure to have a table behind your machine to catch the quilt (at least 3 feet wide) and a lot of space on your left to hold the quilt up. You want as little drag as possible.
Also- DSM means a lot of different machine sizes. Some have very very tiny harps. I have a Bernina 430 and can do it, but when I had my Brother XL-3010 or Kenmore 16221, I don't think there would have been enough space.
Leah Day has a fabulous video about quilting a king on a DSM (a few actually), but she uses an extended harp DSM. She uses either the Juki or the Janome that are made with a lot of extra space.
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Marti Mitchell seems to want you to do a lot of hand sewing with some methods. I've got the book, and in some cases I can't figure out what she is talking about. I go back and look through it every now and then, and still nothing makes sense.
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Yes, what Skittl321 said, that's the way I did it on my little Singer, then the bigger harp Juki, now thank goodness I have an 18" on a frame, but I quilted over a 100 quilts of all sizes the other way.
#10
There is a class on Crafsy Big quilts on a small machine, but it involves a lot more hand sewing than my carpal tunnel hands can handle. S
o instead I bought a machine with a larger harp/ throat (Brother PQ1500s). Of course, buying a new machine isn't always the answer... I love having the extra space, but I've only done a twin on it so far. I'm not sure I would want to do a king sized. My sister did a Queen on her Brother Project Runaway... It *can* be done, with lots of extra space for holding the quilt up and lots and lots of patience!
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