Hi all,
I am a beginning quilter, in fact, I haven't completed a top yet. I have chronic arm/hand pain so it is difficult to do. I just got into machine embroidery a couple of months ago and it is much less pain for me due to being not very much physical work, lol.
I am interested in what it's like to quilt and paper peice with an embroidery machine, good and bad.
Quilting: My question is, those of you that do this kind of thing, can/do you put a whole sandwiched queen size quilt on an embroidery machine and do a, say 6x6, design without breaking the machine? It seems like it would move around alot. What about borders? Is this just as easy or easier to do in the embroidery machine as on a regular sewing machine? What do you find good and bad about quilting with an embroidery machine?
Piece In The Hoop: For piecing in the hoop, are you limited to just the blocks that come in the book, are there others somewhere? Is it easier/less work like it looks, or not? Do you like it, etc. I wold think the pressing down of the fabric is not done between stitching, or you'd have to remove the hoop from the machine, right? I haven't purchased the book yet, and I can't find a tutorial on it to find out how it's really done.
Would love to hear all your stories on this. I am basing a decision to buy a very expensive machine based on these things and need all the replies I can get! :)
Thank you,
Gina