Dorothy, how have you done the quilting?? Do you send the big ones out or what? Tks

Yes. The largest I have done so far was 104" square. And I did it all free motion. Did I mention that is was my second quilt ever? The first was a crib quilt. Uh huh. Crazy! Just accordian the fabric by pulling it under the needle and into the throat before you start and work your way toward the edge.

From what I have seen and read, you should not roll the quilt but stuff it in and around as you move thru the quilt. I have done two queen size on my domestic machine but I quilted the center section, then add the outter sections and quilted them. Not so much under the needle that way. This makes the back pieced so I can use different matching fabrics on the back for another design. I also spray basted which works wonderfully.

I made a full size quilt and did FMQ on it.

I posted it here: http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-34866-1.htm

WOW that is a gorgeous quilt! And I love the FMQ too.

I just took a FMQ class from Jill Schumacher, who has quilted large quilts on her little Bernina. She recommends "smushing" the quilt rather than rolling it and working on a fist sized area at a time when doing a large quilt. Her work was amazing! My work looked like I had hit the bottle before taking the class! Here is a link to see some of her award winning quilts:
http://www.quiltmakertothequeen.com/QUILTS.HTM

Lilacris, Wow, you are giving me confidence!!! What a beautiful quilt.
I love your baby too :)

Hi there, I am sorry I didn't respond to your question. All I know how to do is straight stitch near the seam lines between the blocks or pick out a design in the quilt and straight stitch around it. I have learned from the Quiltingboard it is called stitch in the ditch but I didn't know that is what I was doing. Before the Quiltingboard I thought stitch in the ditch was only used to top stitch the binding down. /Regards, Dorothy

I have done FMQ on a queen and ONE king on DM. Would depend on the size of your machine throat, I did mine on the Brother 1500, large table around the machine especially to the left and behind. I also like a chair next to me on the left to hold part of the quilt.
I would take blue painters tape and mark off the quilt in 4 or 5 sections and work from the center out. I would attach my binding before I quilted the borders. It was what worked for me. Now I load the frame and away I go...

I'm finishing up the FMQ on a king size quilt. My two tips -- I accordian fold the quilt rather than rolling it. I find that easier to manipulate.
-- I set my machine (Bernina 440) on the dining table, with a large folding table set to my left, and an ironing board next to the table on my right to extend the surface area. You do not want to be fighting with all that weight as you stitch.

Oh-- make it 4 tips.

Use your needle down feature, if you have one. And a teflon sheet is nice too, but I didn't have one until this project was 90 % done, so it's not necessary.

Wind as many bobbins in advance as possible, so you don't have to stop and deal with the bobbin nonsense.

It's definitely do-able -- though challenging. If you do a crib quilt right after, it will feel ridiculously easy ; )