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cjaneky 11-10-2014 05:26 AM

I have a Lund and love it...works just like a long arm... I use my Janome 7700 with an 11 inch throat, which does work better than my smaller machine....also use a Singer Quintet that has a deeper throat... I have found I am able to be more creative with my designs. My grandfather made my grand mother a quilting rack, took that and set the Lund up on it making my design area 8 feet across...would recommend it for anyone like myself that can't afford an expensive long arm.

twinkie 11-11-2014 04:09 AM

I haven't made my own frame but my DH made this set up for me and it works well. We probably have about $400 in this set up. Good luck to you.
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oldtisme 11-11-2014 06:41 PM


Originally Posted by Prism99 (Post 6962396)
How big is your home machine? As soon as you use a frame with a domestic sewing machine, you have the issue of the take-up roller occupying some of the space under the arm of the machine.

Also, are you talking about moving the machine on a frame? Or on moving the frame?

Here is a link to a video about Ken Lund's quilting frame kits, which are designed to sit on a table while you move the machine:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F24UUQdBW5I
He has lots of videos on Youtube showing various aspects of his frames. Also, if you do a search on the QB for Ken Lund, you will find several threads about these frames and modifications users have made to them.

For the type of frame in which you move the frame, I think the Flynn frame is the most well-known. Many people have difficulty learning how to use it, though.

Edit: I just checked out the links posted by kindleaddict above, and I believe they are for hand quilting.

Oh No! Yikes you just reminded me I bought this set up 2 years ago and put it in the shed until I got to the point where I could start learning to quilt, since then I bought a used Long Arm & frame! Ken's box is still in the shed UNOPENED! How could I have forgotten about that??? Looks like I'm going to be doing a posting on Craigslist and anywhere else I can, I am still amazed at myself how am I going to tell DH about this?
Jeri

Prism99 11-11-2014 06:47 PM

oldtisme, You might want to list the unused Ken Lund frame on the QB as I'm sure someone here would be interested in buying it. I would myself, except I already bought a used longarm setup for myself a couple of years ago.......

Kassaundra 11-11-2014 07:57 PM

[QUOTE=twinkie;6964330]I haven't made my own frame but my DH made this set up for me and it works well. We probably have about $400 in this set up. Good luck to you.
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That is awesome!!!

Feathers-N-Fur 11-11-2014 08:12 PM

http://buildaquiltingframe.weebly.com
my DH made this for me. We spent about $200 in supplies. I've quilted 3 quilts on it. I prefer to just quilt at my desk. My 9" DSM just doesn't give me enough space to do anything except a narrow pantograph or stipple.

kristijoy 11-11-2014 09:05 PM

Amazing gals. Gives me hope that if I ever wanted to do something bigger I could try this out!

My time 11-11-2014 09:40 PM


Originally Posted by kindleaddict63 (Post 6962356)
Once you have made the boards you may prefer this method to baste a quilt?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcF0_hqbOrk

Wow this was painful to watch! Talk about making a mountain out of a mole hill.

lwbuchholz 11-14-2014 07:50 AM

My computer got invaded by an encryption virus or I would put in a link I found for directions and parts for a do it yourself quilting frame. It looks like one of these a hubby made in a message above. Just search and maybe you will find it. It used your own machine. I have pictures I printed off the site and will look again as I want to make one.
Lynda

lwbuchholz 11-14-2014 07:52 AM

I just went to the link for the weebly frame and that is the one I had a link to.


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