Originally Posted by
todiesmom
I have an Activa 230 (Bernina) and the only thing I dislike about it is the small harp. I no longer try to quilt a large quilt under this harp. I have become very good at converting my patterns to QAYG. It is so much easier and gives me time to think out each panel. I keep my block sizes to about 15 to 20 inches square and add sashing around it. I am not very good at FMQ and do a lot of straight line quilting with my walking foot so this works very well for me. I love the modern quilting i.e. Angela Walters and Jackie Gering I like the look of the small sashing around big blocks and you can adapt almost any quilt design to it. I mostly make up my own designs so for me it does not matter. You can also divide your quilt into several long sections and QAYG that way.
This is an option I've been thinking about too. I did one QAYG a few years ago. The blocks were just lovely, unfortunately my sashings were rather butchered looking! Still, I think this is something I could master with some practice. Like you said, I could still probably divide a large quilt into just a few pieces so I inky have a few sashes.