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07-14-2010, 02:49 PM

#11

Dancing Needle

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Join Date: Jan 2008

Location: Washington

Posts: 574

Quote:

Originally Posted by rexie

If you are using a regular machine, how do you scrunch a whole quilt up under it?

I tried rolling it but that didn't work too well, so I now use a technique I saw on an online tutorial (might have been Leah Day) where they suggested "scrunch, scrunch, flatten". I'll try to find the tutorial again.

I just use my little "Brother" and although it gets a little tricky sometimes it works well.

07-14-2010, 02:50 PM

#12

Up North

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Join Date: Mar 2008

Location: North East Lower peninsula of Michigan

Posts: 6,231

No long arm for me, wouldn't have room for it if I could afford it.

07-14-2010, 02:53 PM

#13

tortoisethreads

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Join Date: Jun 2010

Location: Georgia

Posts: 375

No long arm here either. I machine quilt on 2 machines...Viking and a 1979 Singer!

07-14-2010, 02:54 PM

#14

CarrieAnne

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Join Date: Apr 2010

Location: Whitewater, WI

Posts: 24,528

I just use a domestic one too!

07-14-2010, 02:56 PM

#15

Maride

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Join Date: Sep 2008

Location: New York, NY

Posts: 2,735

Quote:

Originally Posted by rexie

If you are using a regular machine, how do you scrunch a whole quilt up under it?

It scrunch it very tight and begin at the center. It can only get easier from there.

07-14-2010, 02:57 PM

#16

justwannaquilt

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Join Date: Aug 2009

Location: Union, Missouri

Posts: 1,542

you don't have to be able to drop you feed dogs, you need a darning plate and foot for your machine and you should be able to do it. I have a cheap brother machine and although I can not lower the feed dogs I do have a darning plate, and a free motion foot and I have quilted a few quilts on it using free motion!

07-14-2010, 02:57 PM

#17

Pam

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Join Date: Apr 2010

Location: Southern Illinois

Posts: 3,672

Domestic for me, I just got a short arm machine, but have not really used it yet. I do not send out any for quilting.

07-14-2010, 03:05 PM

#18

Chrys

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Join Date: Jun 2009

Location: somewhere in the USA

Posts: 785

Domestic for me too...someday I'll get a longarm (when the kids grow up and move out!)

07-14-2010, 03:06 PM

#19

stitchinwitch

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Join Date: Feb 2010

Posts: 3,536

HA! No way! too much moolah for this little ole lady

07-14-2010, 03:09 PM

#20

QuiltingGrannie

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Join Date: Nov 2009

Posts: 2,893

No long arm. Just wishing....
Do mine on my regular machine. Don't do very large ones, nor as fancy of stitching as I'd like and as I'd be able to if I did have a long arm.... so those will wait to be done.