I think I need a drink!
Ok, I finally put a kids quilt on to be my first "piece" and it's as if I never practiced! I've drawn an idea out on large paper and practice drawing my kites, tails and various loops. How do I transition from the border area back to the center quilt area. Especially going back and forth- Should I just ignore the borders and just quilt side to side for these first efforts? I'm wanting to do basically loops and kites on a rail fence block quilt. It has a border then a narrow inner border. This is my first real thing to long arm. I've made lots of quilts on my Singer 15-91 and am really getting frustrated with longarming. I also run into the clamps so I put a yard stick under the cords to hold them up a bit. I'm used to quilting distinct areas- border, shashing, blocks. I've watched several videos but doing and watching are not the same!