Old 11-29-2015, 04:19 AM
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Nilla
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Default What's the largest harp/throat space out there?

Hi everyone,

I've been trying to figure out a solution to my dilemma. I want to sell my long arm. I never really connected with it, but I don't want to go back to shoving a giant quilt under my regular sewing machine harp. I tried out a sit down quilting machine yesterday and unfortunately they are like the worst of both worlds for me. Without the feed dogs I can't stitch in the ditch very well (and I don't like using rulers), and since you're moving the fabric rather than the needle my free motion quilting doesn't look very good (it looks lovely when I do it on the long arm though).

Is there such a thing as a regular sewing machine with a large (16"ish) harp space out there?

Does anyone have any other ideas to help me with this dilemma? I keep reminding myself that this sort of problem is truly a blessing in the big picture of life, nonetheless, it's got me stuck....

Thank you in advance!
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