Originally Posted by Quossum

I’ve got almost that same machine (mine is the 6700), and I just quilted an 80x80 quilt on it (see the Lupine and Laughter thread, where I posted a picture of the finished quilt; should be on the last page at this time).

I do usually use the special bobbin for FMQ. My machine is in a recessed cabinet so that the sewing surface is basically the entire tabletop, which helps!

While quilting, I roll the quilt from both sides, leaving a strip in the middle which is the surface I’m quilting, and I start in the middle, then when I finish a strip, I roll the area to the left bigger, and the area to the right (which has to fit under the throat of the machine) getting progressively smaller. When I finish all the way to one edge, I reroll, turn the quilt around, and do the same thing working out from the center to the other side.

I drape the bulk of the quilt over my shoulder and the back of my chair as I progress forward, pausing to “feed” more of it over my shoulder and onto the tabletop beyond the machine. If the quilt is large enough to go off the other edge of the table, I roll it towards the machine so that the weight of the quilt isn’t dragging off the table.

Hope that makes sense! I LOVE free-motion quilting!