Afraid of new quilting setup -encouragement & advise needed here
#71
Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Central MN
Posts: 257
Jump in with both feet. Throw on some icky fabric or buy some cheap muslin for front & back and practice. I just got a new Innova setup and am kind of feeling the same way but I think it takes practice. You won't wreck it!
#73
Super Member
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 1,593
Hello, well I did the same thing when I got my HQ 16 . It just sat there , My husband asked me one day art you going you use that machine. I told him I'm scared ,Well the only way your going to learn is to do it. So I did it and I loved it.
I have a A-1 long arm now, and quilt for other quilter's. Once you do your first quilt your get a bug to do more.
Good Luck
I have a A-1 long arm now, and quilt for other quilter's. Once you do your first quilt your get a bug to do more.
Good Luck
#75
Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: York, South Carolina
Posts: 263
I know exactly what you are feeling. I hardly touched my Fun Quilter for several months after we got it. For some reason, I was terrified. Fortunately, my husband didn't push and let me take my time without heaping guilt on my head...I was doing enough of that on my own. One day, I was ready. I did some practice pieces and am now quilting real quilts and loving it. My best advice is to be kind to yourself. If you need time, take it. When you're ready, thread up your machine, put a large practice piece on your machine, warm up your machine, and just play. Get the feel it. If you need to, do another...and another large practice piece. (I use those practice pieces and dog and cat quilts). Work out your tension issues, if any, and proceed on to a real quilt...perhaps a donation quilt. You'll get there, and you'll have lots of quilts in your future that you will love working on.
#76
I have read on several threads that we get these machines and frames and then we are afraid we will do something wrong when we get them. If only my hands would work as good as my brain I would have no problem with my frame. I think I know what to do but when I go to do it it does not turn out as good as I expected.
They tell me practise practise practise. I have had my frame for three years and just really started to use it the last six month but now I a snowbird so my frame is at home in Canada. I have all these LARGE quilts that need to be quilted. Of course they are way to big for my next generation frame.
Good luck.
They tell me practise practise practise. I have had my frame for three years and just really started to use it the last six month but now I a snowbird so my frame is at home in Canada. I have all these LARGE quilts that need to be quilted. Of course they are way to big for my next generation frame.
Good luck.
#79
Everyone probably feels the same way. When I got my Gammill 8 yrs ago I was scared to death to do anything, but I just jumped in and went with it. In the end a longarm, short arm and midarm are all just sewing machines and you need to feel that way and not let it intimidate you. If you're not already a member of MQP yahoo group join it, there is a wealth of information there and someone can always answer your questions. We were all newbies when we started. Jump right in there and start learning!!
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