Originally Posted by
CaleyH
I plan on setting up the Jazz 2 like a long arm machine with the needle end facing me. I just need to figure out how to make something that is wide enough to allow a rolled up quilt to be fully seated. Hopefully whatever I come up with will allow me to do a fairly large area at a time without having to struggle moving the quilt around.
Yes drag, weight and bulk can be real issues when sit down quilting. Drag can bend or break needles, cause problems with tension, and just make it much harder and less fun.
You're probably already familiar with these:
Some people scrunch the quilt like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxmiWAhz6Us
Some people use the Quilt As You Go technique:
https://www.youtube.com/results?sear...uilt+as+you+go
Some people quilt large quilts in sections, similar to this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeWli_ugnQ8
Managing Large Amount of Fabric
But these ideas are interesting too:
There are lots of ideas and videos out there - both home made and commercial solutions - for suspending a quilt to take the weight and drag off of it when quilting on a sit down.
here are a few:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoQEE077H5s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fttZ8xxKeUM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULNe0jwLZgM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlDII7ApkMM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJGph8am6BE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnNwrsV7h-0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Q9Y2xdZ2NI