The biggest I've done is 75x85 on my little Brother machine.

i send the big ones out

Ditto :thumbup:

What do you mean by "puddle" the quilt on the machine. I use a Brother too, and you have piqued my curiosity. :D

Do you have a darning foot for your machine? If so, you can cover the feed dogs with a postcard (don't forget to add a needle hole) and tape it down. That way you can use the machine to do free motion work.

I have done Stitch-in-the-ditch on a regular machine using the walking foot but I have since upgraded to a sewing machine with a larger throat.

Puddling means that the bulk of the quilt lays all around the back of the machine and you focus on the small part under the needle/throat. FYI, the machines with the larger throat opening also have a larger worktable. Hm, upgrading may not be such a bad idea.

Puddle = scrunch up. If you imagine the quilt divided into 9 squares, start with the middle first. then do the bottom middle. then go to the top middle and then work your way down the right top, middle, bottom. Then turn the quilt around and do the first column.
There are a lot of great tutorials on Leah Day's site.
www.freemotionquilting.blogspot.com
She does all her quilts on a domestic machine. So you can too!

Well, I will have to go to the quilt show in Paducah this April and look for some special feet.

My hat's off to you ladies who quilt a queen size or bigger on a regular machine. When I've quilted a throw size on my machine I feel like I'm wrestling an elephant!

I have a Juki TL98Q and I machine quilted a few kings and many queens. I puddle the quilt and start in the middle and go around. It gets easier as you move away from the middle.

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