ontheriver

I'm new to FMQ so I don't know what that is. I did find I was having a lot of trouble with my hands sliding on the fabric as I was trying to move the quilt around. Looked online and in some catalogs I have and found some quilters gloves and fingertips. More than I could afford so, I went to Walmart, bought a pair of gardening gloves with rubber or something on the palms for 4.00. They work great.

mocha827

I have one and use it with my free motion quilting. The needle hole in the slider does not allow for use of the feed dogs so those are always lowered. I stick the blue painters tape around the edges of mine so the corners do not flip up into the stitch area from under the quilt as I'm working. The quilt really does slide better with the teflon coating on the sheet. I tried the vinyl and it was just like the metal on my machine bed as in not very smooth at all. I cannot quilt as evenly without the slider.

mhansen6

I used a slider once. My machine didn't like it. It would skip stitches. Without the slider it FMQ beautifully. I gave it away to someone on this board.

thepolyparrot

I would buy a Sew Slip mat, instead - it's twice as big and it costs less than the Supreme Slider. Here's one on eBay, so you can see what it looks like:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=120606839114

It's sticky on the back so it stays put, but it's very slippery on top, so your quilt glides over it. I can tell a definite difference between using and not using the mat.

If your feed dogs don't lower, you can enlarge the hole in the mat to expose the whole area of the feed on the needle plate. If you don't, you will get lots of skipped stitches.

The back loses its grip if it gets dusty/linty, so you just rinse it under cold water and let it air dry and it's sticky again.

butterjoy

I have never heard of a "slider". Who is Leah Day and can you list the youtube site? Thanks.

polly13

I have one but haven't figured out how to use it yet. One of those "gotta haves" which I didn't need to have.

Quiltbeagle

For some reason it makes my quilt harder to move around. I have much better luck with just some Armor-All applied to a cloth and then to my sewing table and machine bed.

Suzy

If you have a walmart that carries vinyl, it is reasonably priced and wide so you can buy it by the yard. they have different weights too. I have the supreme slider and really like it, but the vinyl I can cover a much larger area. You do need to tape either one down so your quilt in the movement won't take the slider or the vinyl with it. I use packaging tape to tape them down and yes when you need to change the bobbin you need to undo part of the tape, but it is well worth the effort because your quilt moves so much easier that your arms and shoulders don't get sore. I also swear by the machiniger gloves.

Good Luck

Suzy

polly13

Never thought of this. Thanks for the suggestion.

cbuchanan

Do a search for "slider".... I remember not long ago there was a big discussion about this and some showed pictures of how to adapt an oven liner (of the same material) to use as a slider at a much cheaper costs. I've never used one but think I may give it a shot. Nothing ventured; nothing gained.