I love to piece and see a quilt top come together. I have been learning to quilt my lap sized tops, just straight line quilting right now. I bought a Ruby Royale because I want to be able to learn how to quilt in the hoop. I haven't gotten to those lessons yet. I'm not good at just reading how to do things in the instruction manuals. I need hands on also. I get frustrated with the quilting as I don't have a flat area to work on. I bought a sew steady extension table which helps some. But then my quilts get stuck on the lip of the table and pull leaving me with a crooked straight line. The way I see my quilting now is how my piecing was back in the 90's when I first started quilting. Not to pretty but functional. I have improved in my piecing so I know I will improve with the quilting. Still too chicken to try FMQ, but one day. I do send my larger tops out to my DM as she is a LA'er. She gives me a discount and I pay her monthly so fortunately for me the expense isn't as bad as it would be.
Last edited by equigle5; 02-04-2016 at 07:47 AM.