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#21
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Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: I am located in Rocky Mount VA
Posts: 165
I have not done FMQ..yet...but want to learn. I'm grateful for this thread. I think turning the machine would be the most helpful, so I will do that when I'm ready to start learning. (Not until after Holidays..to busy to play )
#22
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Central Illinois
Posts: 89
Thank you for all of your help. I have a brother pc8500. I can see the needle with the machine turned sideways (have to use a different light source than needle light). I can also set the stitch direction so that I can stitch in the ditch using the feed dogs up. I could not really see why it would cause harm to my machine, but after being warned, it kind of scared me. Thanks again for your replies. This is the greatest board. I have really learned a lot here.
#23
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: NE Wisconsin
Posts: 1,351
Hope you're staying bundled up in OK! My daughter is freezing down there!
#25
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Port Ludlow, WA
Posts: 1,379
I also FMQ this way. The fabric is much easier to handle. I don't understand how it would hurt the tension. The fabric is moving the same as it does with the sewing machine in the horizontal position.
#26
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I've had it in the back of my mind for about 6 months, to try this. The thing is, the only way I could do it is to set the machine on TOP of the table, so it would be about 3" higher than normal sewing position
I've thought about it, and rejected the idea of cutting the top and filling in the little hole when it's regular position, because I just can't ask my husband to cut the table that he so lovingly built to my specifications. He's already cut a hole for when the machine is in the customary position
He's already made an insert for if I need to use the table (such as pinning a quilt)without a hole)
So, do you think having it a little higher is ok? Do you stand up when it's sideways?
I've thought about it, and rejected the idea of cutting the top and filling in the little hole when it's regular position, because I just can't ask my husband to cut the table that he so lovingly built to my specifications. He's already cut a hole for when the machine is in the customary position
He's already made an insert for if I need to use the table (such as pinning a quilt)without a hole)
So, do you think having it a little higher is ok? Do you stand up when it's sideways?
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