IBQUILTIN

When I learned to "puddle" my quilt instead of rolling the edges, I was off and running,. No more too expensive long arm quilters for me. I can now do it myself. Only took a little practice to learn how to puddle.

wraez

I have heard that 'newbie' long arm quilters will quilt for lower prices as a way to practice with their new machines and designs.... they should disclose that they are new, and you need to know that it won't be as perfect as a seasoned long arm quilter.

sue in CA

Annya

When I made my queen size quilt I just stipple quilted it. Can you do it as a quilt as you go? being so big cutting the size down will make it easier to sew and no extra weight making it harder to sew.If you sew in the ditch, do it as a quilt as you go,it will be quicker and easier than stipple stitch. I also make little quilts for babies but only decent single big sized quilts will do in case I have family staying over.

zz-pd

I quilt all my projects, and will continue to do so, do to no money, I just did fmq on the doll quilt I posted. I practice rose buds and leafs. God bless. Penny

irenecarter

butterflyblue, You said that you quilt as you go, Would you elaborate on how you do that? I've heard of this method but I haven't had anyone explain it to me. I would really appreciate it if you would tell me how to do this . thanks

Annya

quilt as you go is where you divide your quilt top into sections and quilt each section as if it was a little quilt. then you sew it back together into one big quilt. There different methods but if you ask some of your quilt friends closer to you, they might be able to show you how to do it. It is hard to explain unless I could show you. If you still get Simply Quilts, there was a show dealing with different ways of how to do it. There is a little bit of hand stitching involved when sewing the back seams together. Sorry.

Gal

My very first quilt was a QS, machine pieced and hand quilted, I was amazed at how fast it came together as I kept at it! Not the most perfect quilt in the world but I learned heaps, got better at hand quilting along the way and realised that with just my humble 'lap hoop' I could do it! I have never looked back and much prefer to make larger quilts than smaller ones. I love to hand quilt and found this out only because I did not know how to machine quilt at the time, my DH bought me a hoop and I had not ever tried it out, and bingo, once I did that was it, HOOKED!

Gal

Annya

I also agree with you. every one in my family have big beds and I think any smaller than a double is a waste if time unless it is a baby quilt and even then I make them 40+ inches and with some feature that will be alright when they are teenagers. I have designed a quilt using teen ballet dancers in dressed in all colors, But I made the blocks are 12inches and 5 blocks across with a pink border since the baby will be a girl. I also am trying to do a boys quilt with a tractor in the middle and other blocks with cats, dogs etc scattered around. I hope I get it sorted out before his sister arrives.

JNCT14

What is puddling?

quiltingfan

I have a cal king on my bed, but just the top, and wondering how I am going to quilt it. Will probably just tie it off and sew around the last border. Wow what a project.