Joan in AK

Is it possible to do edge to edge or all over designs with a domestic non-embroidery machine. Donna Jordan of Jordan Fabrics has a long arm of course, but she does all over designs which I really like. Not stippling or meandering, but designs like she does. I know she has a pantograph I think it is called. Are there patterns or resources for those of us who don't have a long arm or domestic embroidery machine, but want to do panto type patterns?

Watson

I've done an "edge to edge" on my DSM by marking lines across my quilt as far apart as I wanted the design to be...in this case it was just a very simple big L and a little L repeated and then filling the space in between with the design from one side to the other.

Watson

Jennifer23

It's absolutely possible! Check out The Inbox Jaunt by Lori Kennedy http://theinboxjaunt.com/quilt/free-...ing-tutorials/ , and The Free Motion Quilting Project by Leah Day https://freemotionquilting.blogspot....5-designs.html. They both have hundreds of quilting designs that can be done on your domestic machine. Some are based on blocks, but many work as all-over designs.

One thing I have found is that large all-over designs can be hard to do on a domestic machine. For example, if I like a panto with 10" flowers in it, I might have better luck imitating it with 3" flowers on my domestic machine. Making the motifs smaller means I don't have to move my quilt around as much.

All-over patterns are fairly popular; a search for "free motion quilting" will likely bring up a lot of helpful resources for you. Good luck!

IceLeopard

Judy Lyon at www.Meadowlyon.com has a whole bunch of edge-to-edge patterns for domestic machines. Enter 6" (or whatever width you think you can handle) in the search box.

They are pantographs, but you can use them, never fear! Put tissue paper or wash-away embroidery stabilizer over the pattern and trace it. Pin it to your quilt and sew over it. Tear away the paper or toss the bound quilt in the washing machine to dissolve the stabilizer. I did a lot of quilts that way on a domestic, and it's still the methods I use for my HQ Sweet 16.

Joan in AK

Thank you so much for the info and links. I will check them out.

MsMaz

You might be interested in something like this. Tear Away Quilting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcSg...3&list=WL&t=0s

GEMRM

You can also use something like this:
https://www.quiltingmadeeasy.com/quilting-on-a-roll/

You can also trace your own designs as noted above. I like to trace mine onto freezer paper and then iron it on the quilt top, then add pins to help keep it in place during manipulation. If you're doing a repeat pattern likes leaves it can be done by drawing one on your paper and fan folding multiple times the length of the design, then stitch through the multiple folded paper on the lines of the tracing(without thread in the needle and not on your quilt top).
Take and carefully pull apart and you have a line to follow to now stitch along. You need to carefully choose your design so they link up when you do this but it can be done. PM me if you need a more detailed description.

Fastpedal

Yes you can. I cannot FMQ a design. Sooooo. I find a quilting design or pantograph that I want for the piece.. I do this for table runners, bed runners and quilts where I want to do individual blocks and borders as large as queen size) If necessary, resize it to the size I need. Then I draw a master onto Golden Thread paper. (I have found using washable Crayola thin line markers work best for drawing on the paper. No worry about the color coming off on the quilt and not washing out) Then I figure out the repeat and number of repeats I need to fit the object I am quilting and make the copies. Then I pin it on the sandwiched quilt and quilt away. Using this method I have finished all my UFOs.

Ariannaquilts

I am confused since every video I have seen Jordan fabrics do on her LA is computerized not a pantograph. Pantographs are usually done from the back of the machine because your following the design with a laser light. Donna's machine is close to the wall.

Jaiade

Maria, it's still a pantograph. The computer does all the work so it doesn't matter that it's close to the wall. I think the majority of computer work is mostly, if not all, pantos; especially for those in business like Missouri *.