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I'm a fan of "fluff and stuff" myself. To me, and it's only my opinion, it's just easier all around than trying to roll and clip.
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Congraulations Gayle... Two kids to be so very proud of. I am extremely happy with you for the coming home of your daughter, I will keep her in my prayers that she is not pulled back into a second tour anywhere over there. bluestarmom and proud of it.
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Originally Posted by ssendelbach
I was having the same trouble as you, but here is what I did: I make the quilt sandwich and then cut away the right hand third of the batting only. Use a wavy cut lineand label the top of both pieces of batting. That way you can easily replace the cutout batting when its time. Meanwhile, quilt the center third. You will not have the batting in the throat of your machine as you have cut it out. Turn around and quilt the right side of the quilt. Now, replace the cutaway batting. Whip stitch it exactly in the same place it was before you cut it away. Now you can quilt this third. Easy peasy!
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kids quilts are great with a walking foot and the serpentine
stitch (wavy). you can adjust stitch length and width to what you like. very forgiving to just go along the seams like stitch-in-ditch. even bindings look great with this stitch. |
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A twin size quilt shuld not be a problem I just finished a king sixe quilt for my bed I did it in several pieces, I did the 12 squares first then added the three borders, I have since bought the 830 bernina , very large arm then just this week finished a kingsize all in one piece
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I havent done it yet, but hopefully I will soon. sorry Penny
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I have two ironing boards, one to iron, and one that I put at table level on my left side while quilting. It really comes in handy to help hold the weight of the quilt. My machine and table are level (flat bed to sew on) so I slide the board down to fit just under my table.
I to am a scruncher, fluffler, smoosher LOl I bought the bicycle clips and tried rolling, but it just reatrained my movement too much. You will be fine, i have a Janome 1600 P-QC and it has a 9 inch throat, plenty of room for almost anything. |
Sounds like you are starting out right by doing small quilts first. Twin is the size you should try next, so go for it, be brave. Always start in the middle and move toward the edges. I do free motion. Drop the feed dogs and use the darning foot. Another thing I always do it a practice piece. I layer up some extra blocks or just some ugly or plain fabric and practice on it first so I get the feel of the quilting design first. For example I wanted to do grass and I practiced that motion before I did it on my real quilt. Have fun, every quilt is a learning experience.
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Just thought of another thing I do when quilting a bed size quilt. My machine is in a table top so I have a lot of space on the table at the same level as the machine. If my quilt is large and heavy I put a small same heighth table at my left to help hold up the quilt.
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absolutely stunning, and both of them just yell out loud that they are comfortable, cheerful and what a treat either for yourself or a family member.
Yes, practice, practice, practice. Have a very sunny and georgious Easter Sunday.. |
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