When quilting by machine do you start in the middle and work your way out like you do when you hand quilt? I'm going to use 505 Adhesive Spray and depending on how comfortable I am with that will dictate whether I also pin it. This is my first time machine quilting.
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Yep!
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Originally Posted by okiepastor
Yep!
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Originally Posted by KimS
When quilting by machine do you start in the middle and work your way out like you do when you hand quilt? I'm going to use 505 Adhesive Spray and depending on how comfortable I am with that will dictate whether I also pin it. This is my first time machine quilting.
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I always start from the center. When I spray baste I use a few pins too. It makes me feel more secure. :)
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I usually still put a few pins around the edges, just to be sure. :D:D:D
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Start in the middle.
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Sharon Schamber says if you baste the quilt her way it doesn't matter where you start...
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Originally Posted by virtualbernie
Sharon Schamber says if you baste the quilt her way it doesn't matter where you start...
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Originally Posted by KimS
Originally Posted by virtualbernie
Sharon Schamber says if you baste the quilt her way it doesn't matter where you start...
DUH! Never mind ... I was spelling "basting" wrong!! Yeah - had Schambers right - basting was wrong! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhwNylePFAA |
Originally Posted by DogHouseMom
Originally Posted by KimS
Originally Posted by virtualbernie
Sharon Schamber says if you baste the quilt her way it doesn't matter where you start...
DUH! Never mind ... I was spelling "basting" wrong!! Yeah - had Schambers right - basting was wrong! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhwNylePFAA |
I start in the middle unless I have block or seams where I can stitch in the ditch in which case after I SID I take out all the pins which lightens the quilt and enables me to do the fancy FMQ in blocks or sections.
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I always was told to start in the middle
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Originally Posted by DogHouseMom
Originally Posted by KimS
Originally Posted by virtualbernie
Sharon Schamber says if you baste the quilt her way it doesn't matter where you start...
DUH! Never mind ... I was spelling "basting" wrong!! Yeah - had Schambers right - basting was wrong! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhwNylePFAA I did use her tip to starch the backing and I'll continue doing that in the future, but I didn't like her basting method one little bit. I mean it just plain made me mad. :P |
Originally Posted by SparkMonkey
Originally Posted by DogHouseMom
Originally Posted by KimS
Originally Posted by virtualbernie
Sharon Schamber says if you baste the quilt her way it doesn't matter where you start...
DUH! Never mind ... I was spelling "basting" wrong!! Yeah - had Schambers right - basting was wrong! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhwNylePFAA I did use her tip to starch the backing and I'll continue doing that in the future, but I didn't like her basting method one little bit. I mean it just plain made me mad. :P |
Originally Posted by SparkMonkey
Originally Posted by DogHouseMom
Originally Posted by KimS
Originally Posted by virtualbernie
Sharon Schamber says if you baste the quilt her way it doesn't matter where you start...
DUH! Never mind ... I was spelling "basting" wrong!! Yeah - had Schambers right - basting was wrong! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhwNylePFAA I did use her tip to starch the backing and I'll continue doing that in the future, but I didn't like her basting method one little bit. I mean it just plain made me mad. :P |
Originally Posted by virtualbernie
I think it's what you get used to. I've tried other people's methods for doing things that looked a lot easier than what I was doing but I had been doing my method so long it wouldn't work. I think it has a lot to do with muscle memory. I won't even begin to talk about fmq that I've been trying for years to do... :cry: I will admit that I found the longer the boards you use the harder it was for me.
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Originally Posted by SparkMonkey
Originally Posted by virtualbernie
I think it's what you get used to. I've tried other people's methods for doing things that looked a lot easier than what I was doing but I had been doing my method so long it wouldn't work. I think it has a lot to do with muscle memory. I won't even begin to talk about fmq that I've been trying for years to do... :cry: I will admit that I found the longer the boards you use the harder it was for me.
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Originally Posted by virtualbernie
It's the same way with knitting... I don't care if picking is faster than throwing, I don't like it and I don't want to get better at it. Excellent attitude, I know, but oh well. :roll:
Ok - I'm a knitter ... what's picking and throwing? I have NO idea which one I am. Speaking of new methods, once I found that video it led to a few others (you know how that goes) and I found her "magic triangle" method. My one and only quilting friend who live at the other end of a neighboring state tried to explain it to me once OVER THE PHONE and it went clear over my head. now that I see it, I get it. Not sure I like the method as it seems to take lots of time and there is lots of waste as well. But it sure was nice to see it. |
Originally Posted by DogHouseMom
Originally Posted by virtualbernie
It's the same way with knitting... I don't care if picking is faster than throwing, I don't like it and I don't want to get better at it. Excellent attitude, I know, but oh well. :roll:
Speaking of new methods, once I found that video it led to a few others (you know how that goes) and I found her "magic triangle" method. My one and only quilting friend who live at the other end of a neighboring state tried to explain it to me once OVER THE PHONE and it went clear over my head. now that I see it, I get it. Not sure I like the method as it seems to take lots of time and there is lots of waste as well. But it sure was nice to see it.[/quote] It's the method you use to wrap the yarn around the needle to make the stitch. Some people can knit with the yarn wrapped around their left finger and use the needle to pick up the yarn and put it over. I think it's called the Continental style? It's faster. I have to use my right hand to physically wrap the yarn around--thus throwing. I think once you learn one way it's not easy to do it differently. |
I am wondering if the standard practice of quilt from the center out also applies to quilt as you go method? Any input?
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I try to quilt evenly over the surface. So if there is one motif repeated over the quilt, I will do all of those, then move on to the next motif. That way it is secured all the way around and less likely to pucker.
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Originally Posted by SparkMonkey
You know, I tried her method on my last quilt and I hated it so hard. Every time I tried to shift the quilt in my lap my fingers got caught in those huge strands and I'd yank it all out of whack. I spent more time swearing at it than I spent stitching it. I picked the whole freaking thing out the next day and re-basted the way I usually do (flat on the floor, starting at the middle, 6-inch grid with inch-long running stitches). My way may be overkill and it takes longer, but I can turn and pull and snap it like a towel and there is no fear that it'll shift.
I did use her tip to starch the backing and I'll continue doing that in the future, but I didn't like her basting method one little bit. I mean it just plain made me mad. :P THANK YOU>....I did not like it either...now I pay a longarmer to baste it for me....I bring my own poly thread(stronger for basting) and it costs me $10 for a queen...I LOVE it... Then you can hand, machine, FM..anything you want... |
I always go right around the outside first and then work my way in.No puckers,flat,stable quilt results except when I put a bit of trapunto in them.
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I start in the middle.I roll the quilt up to center of the quilt and quilt it with the walking foot.I made 11 that way on a reguler sewing machine.
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I started as a sewer & crocheter with my grandmother so I could hand stitch with her but not piecing now I know why I wasn't that picky on my stitching if I could do it fast on the treadle. She did not knit so when I started knitting I had trouble throwing so I quit then I saw someone on TV doing it like you hold the crochet thread I tried that. I still do it that way. Also I am going to try doing my own quilting on the machine I have only done small wall hangings & twin size but I pin also. not sure I like her method. But I might try it on a small one first. Thank you for all the good info.
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hmmm, i never start in the middle. some do though.
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Thanks for posting, I always wondered, too! :mrgreen:
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I spray baste, use some pins & start in the middle OR do it in sections- I usually divide the quilt into quarters & do a section at a time, still starting in the middle. When I am done machine quilting I re-pin the borders, quilt then bind.
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Kim where in southeast mo do you live ? I do machine quilting & live in Cape area, Shirley
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Originally Posted by KimS
When quilting by machine do you start in the middle and work your way out like you do when you hand quilt? I'm going to use 505 Adhesive Spray and depending on how comfortable I am with that will dictate whether I also pin it. This is my first time machine quilting.
As I said I have a lot to learn but this works for me. |
Originally Posted by jitkaau
I always go right around the outside first and then work my way in.No puckers,flat,stable quilt results except when I put a bit of trapunto in them.
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I don't always start in the middle on small quilts. In fact I LIKE starting in one corner for anything twin size or smaller. For me the important thing is to smooth and adjust from the same point all the time. I usually start in the left top corner and smooth out and down. And I don't baste (too time consuming); I pin every 2-3 inches with quilters safety pins. Try different ways and do what works for you.
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When you machine quilt you never use that spray. You start in the middle, but before that you pin with safety pins . And I mean pin. Always check on the back to see if it is smooth. Their alot of free short things to watch on the computer . Just type in machine quilting and watch how to do it. They really helped me and I never get a pucker. I have only been doing this sense Janruary and if I can do it you can do it. Look up my quilts they are all machine quilted. Josie
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I use spray basting on smaller quilts/wall hangings, and I've never had to pin them. I do pin larger quilts however.
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I always start in the middle too. One thing I discovered is when I sandwich it, I put the quilt top upside down on the floor, then the batting and the backing on top. Then pin and flip over and pin the top and take the pins out from the back. A little more work but I don't get as many wrinkles on the backing!
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Originally Posted by ajohn52
I use spray basting on smaller quilts/wall hangings, and I've never had to pin them. I do pin larger quilts however.
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Originally Posted by SparkMonkey
Originally Posted by DogHouseMom
Originally Posted by KimS
Originally Posted by virtualbernie
Sharon Schamber says if you baste the quilt her way it doesn't matter where you start...
DUH! Never mind ... I was spelling "basting" wrong!! Yeah - had Schambers right - basting was wrong! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhwNylePFAA I did use her tip to starch the backing and I'll continue doing that in the future, but I didn't like her basting method one little bit. I mean it just plain made me mad. :P I found it took londer her way than to spray baste with a few pins |
Originally Posted by oldcottontop
Originally Posted by SparkMonkey
Originally Posted by DogHouseMom
Originally Posted by KimS
Originally Posted by virtualbernie
Sharon Schamber says if you baste the quilt her way it doesn't matter where you start...
DUH! Never mind ... I was spelling "basting" wrong!! Yeah - had Schambers right - basting was wrong! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhwNylePFAA I did use her tip to starch the backing and I'll continue doing that in the future, but I didn't like her basting method one little bit. I mean it just plain made me mad. :P I found it took longer her way than to spray baste with a few pins |
Originally Posted by oldcottontop
Originally Posted by oldcottontop
Originally Posted by SparkMonkey
Originally Posted by DogHouseMom
Originally Posted by KimS
Originally Posted by virtualbernie
Sharon Schamber says if you baste the quilt her way it doesn't matter where you start...
DUH! Never mind ... I was spelling "basting" wrong!! Yeah - had Schambers right - basting was wrong! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhwNylePFAA I did use her tip to starch the backing and I'll continue doing that in the future, but I didn't like her basting method one little bit. I mean it just plain made me mad. :P I found it took longer her way than to spray baste with a few pins Dang this new laptop....still didn't get it right. I takes me longer using her way than to pin |
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