penski

i have heard of doing it this way before but have not tried doing this yet but it is on my list of things to try,but i still have a question, when doing it tis way you will have bunching as it comes out of the machine with little space between the needle and the arm part of the machine, instead of flowing out the back of the machine and on to the table behind the machine when doing it with quilt in the regular way, maybe i just need to sit and viualize it !!!

GRANNYMO

It does bunch up at the arm, both sides of the arm allow the rest of the quilt to flow to the back. For me it is easier to deal with the bunching there as to deal with the bunching next to my hand. On that area of the machine there is always going to be bunching as you quilt, but with it being behind what I have quilted I still have room for my hands to control the area that I am quilting. This may not be workable for everyone, but it is easier for me. I started fmq this way before I knew the correct way to do it.