Machine quilting on an older machine
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tortoisethreads , 12-02-2010 06:58 PM
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How many of you FMQ on an older "vintage" machine? I was really just curious! I have an older Kenmore Ultra Stitch that I love and I'm tempted to try some free motion quilting with it!
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Basically, you need to have the ability to drop your feed dogs, or cover them and set your stitch width and length to zero. Then, you should have a darning foot to quilt with. Hopefully you'll be able to do this with your machine! Happy Quilting!
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Get an embroidery foot for your machine and have fun! the only hang up might be the feed dogs, and I have not had good luck just putting a card over the feed dogs, but you might fare better <wave>Originally Posted by tortoisethreads
How many of you FMQ on an older "vintage" machine? I was really just curious! I have an older Kenmore Ultra Stitch that I love and I'm tempted to try some free motion quilting with it!
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Annaquilts , 12-02-2010 10:53 PM
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Can you manually remove them? DH and I have looked at tha toption.Originally Posted by omak
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Get an embroidery foot for your machine and have fun! the only hang up might be the feed dogs, and I have not had good luck just putting a card over the feed dogs, but you might fare better <wave>
Originally Posted by tortoisethreads
How many of you FMQ on an older "vintage" machine? I was really just curious! I have an older Kenmore Ultra Stitch that I love and I'm tempted to try some free motion quilting with it!
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vintagemotif , 12-02-2010 10:57 PM
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I use my Singer 15-90 treadle to free motion and my Singer 201 treadle to straight stitch quilt. sorry don't know anything about vintage Kenmore machines. Have fun!