Originally Posted by
Garden Gnome
I have recently seen pics of a domestic machine set up for FMQ in which the quilter would face the left side of the machine, rather than the front. I'm guessing that with a FMQ foot on, there would be no issue setting it up this way? Unless your machine is like mine, and doesn't like to go in a NE direction?
I couldn't do it with my Sew Steady table in place anyway, but I might try it with the table removed, just to see if it's possible.
Does anyone quilt like this, and if so, how is it different/better?
Or you could do what I do.. Column Quilting.. I make the back in one piece and quilt one column at a time... leaving a good 1/2" on the side where the next column of blocks will be attached. I can quilt Any size quilt this way, with or without sashing etc. I stumbled on this series of 4 videos on youtube and have been using this method for large quilts (anything over 50" x 60")ever since. This woman made my life so much easier And I save a ton of LA money this way too.
Just hang in there in the beginning of video one. She improved as they move along.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_b9WjeP0mU&t=381s