Originally Posted by
Prism99
If you can, it would be a good idea to make a mock-up quilt out of cheap muslin first to practice on, so you are sure of what you are doing before you tackle the quilt.
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This! I have several bed sized quilts that are fairly goofy because of my self taught machine quilting attempts. Trying the techniques out on small mock ups is really important, but even that doesn't exactly prepare you for the challenges of a bed size quilt.