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04-08-2012, 07:27 AM
#21
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Raleigh NC
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I do my FMQ on a Singer Quilter's Confidence and it works out fine. One thing I do is not drop my feed dogs. I know this is controversial but it works for me. I leave my feed dogs up and change my stitch length to "0". This has cleared up all tension issues and makes a more even and cleaner looking stitch.
04-08-2012, 08:32 AM
#22
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Location: Woodmere, NY
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It's funny that I was getting frustrated with the FMQ that I was doing, and took a break to read the board.. and this is what I ended up going on to.. I'm using a Singer 66 where the feed dogs don't drop.. I put something over them, but I'm thinking of taking it off, and trying without..
04-08-2012, 08:50 AM
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Location: Mableton, GA
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Originally Posted by barri1
It's funny that I was getting frustrated with the FMQ that I was doing, and took a break to read the board.. and this is what I ended up going on to.. I'm using a Singer 66 where the feed dogs don't drop.. I put something over them, but I'm thinking of taking it off, and trying without..
07-26-2014, 01:55 PM
#24
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Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Tennessee
Posts: 17
Mystery Machine
I have found this lovely pink Western Super Deluxe Sewing Machine. It is a straight stitch. I think it was made by Toyota. Can anyone tell me anything about it. I cant find it on the web at all. I would like to FMQ with it. So I wonder how big is the throat space is and it it would lend itself to FMQ?
Thank you sooo much. This is my first vintage machine. (a newbie)
Sherri
Thank you sooo much. This is my first vintage machine. (a newbie)
Sherri
07-28-2014, 10:21 PM
#27
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Fletcher NC(cool, green mountains)
Posts: 646
I love your little pink machine...very pretty and it looks like it has been cared for ...
I learned to do FMQ on a regular machine too.......I did a lot of practice by making pot holders......doing FMQ on a pot holder is an easy way to learn how and be making something useful at the same time........place mats would be ok too as they are also smaller and easier to manage than something as large as a quilt.....just dont give up on it when you first start trying it...it does take practice ......
I learned to do FMQ on a regular machine too.......I did a lot of practice by making pot holders......doing FMQ on a pot holder is an easy way to learn how and be making something useful at the same time........place mats would be ok too as they are also smaller and easier to manage than something as large as a quilt.....just dont give up on it when you first start trying it...it does take practice ......
07-28-2014, 11:02 PM
#28
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: east kilbride Scotland
Posts: 1,330
I FMQ on my trusty janome mc4000, which was one of their first computerised machines, its now over 20 years old and does just fine. I have also FMQ on a cheap toyota I bought while my janome was being repaired. I don't know of any long armers in Scotland I dont have the space or the cash for one so doing my own on a domestic is my only choice. I am hoping to get a machine witha bigger throat sometime in the future .
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