New Bailey Home Quilter on a frame
Well, after dithering for months about putting my Brother 1500s on a frame, I took the plunge and purchased a Bailey Home Quilter 15" with stitch regulator and put it on a used Hinterberg stretch frame. It's a learning curve as I'm having to quilt much slower than I'm used to when I FMQ with the Brother, but I really like standing up to quilt, and I love the way I can load a quilt instead of finding a large enough space to sandwich and baste. It takes as long to pin to the aprons as sandwiching, but is much easier on my back.
I've already done 4 lap quilts -- with lots of mistakes, especially getting too large a stitch length when I overrun the speed of the machine, but these will be charity quilts and I hope the recipients won't look too closely at the quality of the quilting. I have 2 more charity quilt tops to do and hopefully by then I'll be good enough to do some as gifts for friends. I was amazed that I have 15 quilt tops ready to quilt. That's an indication of how much I didn't like sandwiching!
Here's my new baby in her place of honour in my living room:
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