Originally Posted by
DogHouseMom
It took a while, but I have become comfortable with it. I STILL practice though! Each time I want to try a new quilting motif (and there are still a LOT that are new to me), or one that I've not done in some time, I practice ... a LOT. I don't ... and I mean NEVER, put my quilt under the machine until I've practiced the motions over and over with the same thread, batting and fabric. Even if I plan on quilting using something I'm very familiar with (stipling for example), I'll still do a short practice with the same batting, fabric and thread to make sure everything plays together properly.
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Sue
I also always PRACTICE before starting on a real quilt; same reasoning as Sue. And I have a large table with the machine bed level with the surface so that the quilt doesn't drag on anything. I've done a few queen-size and many smaller one quite sucessfully this way.