There is no reason that you cannot machine quilt on your regular machine. I have done so for years, first on my Bernina 830 Record (the old one) and now my Janome 6500. I have always used a walking foot and either did SITD or echo quilting around motifs. Just lately I have tried FM quilting and using a stencil to transfer quilting patterns to my borders. I have done everything from placemats to King sized quilts. The larger harp on my Janome 6500 does make it much easier to push a King Sized quilt through the space. The secret to all of this is to pin or baste your sandwich well and take breaks. Sewing until your arms and shoulders are aching makes your reluctant to start the next time. Machine quilting takes practice and the type of batting selected does matter. A fluffy polyester batting will not produce an absolutely flat quilt no matter how you quilt it. Start with a small quilt and work up to the larger ones. As my daughter often reminds me "Mom, the baby won't care if your quilting is not perfect!" Start quilting and enjoy this new skill.

Regular Viking...usually SID but I've been working and practicing my FM...on small pieces

I use my regular singer. nothing fancy here. It takes patience to pin it all down without any puckers on the backing. Start in the middle of the quilt and wrk out. I roll up the remainder and put clips on it to easily get it thru the throat of the machine. I would also love a longarm but cost is an issue and also I am tooooo old to learn or master such a complicted machine.

Agree 100%.

I do this also, although I'm very new at it. As I was working on a quilt today, I kept thinking of a quote from this QB, that quilting on a regular machine is rather like pushing an elephant through a doggie door! I thought that was hilarious, but so appropriate!

I use my domestic machine for quilting. I love what the LA can do, but I'm too cheap to spend money on that kind of quilting.
It takes practice, especially if you are working on bed size quilts. The maneuvering is one of the toughest parts. If I ever make a king size quilt, I'll probably bite the bullet and pay to have someone do it on their long arm.
But, for now, I have fun practicing free motion and using my walking foot. I've even done some quilting in the hoop which is fun too!

I'm pretty darn good at practice sandwiches and placemats, but the first time I tried a crib quilt ... instantly it got caught on the lip of my plexiglass sewing extension. I saw it coming: I would rearrange more than I would quilt. So I did stitch in the ditch instead. I see a QAYG in my future because I love meandering and block motifs!

I do a little, smaller things...Some stitch in the ditch, but haven't attempted anything large yet..

I watch this one to the other night, she a good teacher..

I use a viking rose with a stitch regulator & my embroidery module with quilting designs