New here from Florida
 

Hello all! I started piecing by hand Grandmothers Flower Garden 21 years ago. I have started and stopped through the years. I finally got it sandwiched and started hand quilting but I'm finding my fingers not working very well. I decided to machine quilt it. Just recently I bought the Brothers SQ9185 and have been playing on it. It's a very nice machine. I'm a little nervous about machine quilting because I've never done it before. I know it will take time and patience and I hope to get some good pointers and make new friends here.

Welcome from Southern California. I have quilted GMF usually stitching in the ditch around each circular row of the flower matching the thread with the fabric. Be patient to constantly roll the quilt up so you can get it stitched. If you could FMQ, that would make the quilting go more quickly. But it takes time and patience to move the fabric at the rate the sewing machine moves the fabric under the needle. Good Luck. Hope you post a photo in the Picture section when you have finished quilting this special quilt.

Welcome from Arizona

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Hello, and welcome from Washington! This is a fun place to be! :)

Welcome from western NY and happy quilting :)

Thank you all for the very warm welcome. I'm excited! ManiacQuilter, Your suggestion of FMQ has me watching YouTube videos. I believe this is the best way to go on my GFG and I'm looking forward to practicing and practicing. Thank you for your suggestion.

Welcome from OHIO! :wave:

Welcome from Michigan!:)