Quilting with Embroidery Machine?
 

Does anyone quilt with their embroidery machine? I have tons of designs, but I've never used them. They either seem too busy or the quilt blocks are too large for my 5x7 machine. Maybe I should just forget about it, but I don't want to.

yep I did turned out great
hope to do another

Gale

I would think it would take forever. Maybe try it on a block and see how you feel about the outcome.

I have, but it did take a long time, all that hooping and hooping.......

[ATTACH=CONFIG]540048[/ATTACH]This is my king size quilt that won 1st place at my local guild show and was accepted in an exhibit at the Houston Festival last year. Except for the stabilizing it was completely quilted by my embroidery machine. I used some purchased digital designs and some custom designs I created in EQStitch to quilt it. I didn't use an all over design.

Sheri... I can see why you won first place! Do you have a close up of the quikting?

Grma33.... That is awesome! Looks like a long arm quilted it. Love your quikt!

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Sheri... Thank you! It is absolutely BEAUTIFUL! I embroider alot, but haven't tackled this. I need a class lol!

I have done it. As others said, it does take a lot of time but the biggest struggle for me was keeping the weight of the quilt from pulling. I used a design from Emblibrary.

Beautiful work. I'm doing a table runner now with a Celtic design. Not sure I love it, but will post pix when it's done.

Yes, several quilts. It takes a lot of time but worth it.

I've done 3 so far. yes it takes time, but not really anymore time than FMQ does, at least for me. I set up on the dining room table so there is plenty of room to support the rest of the quilt. I'm working on one right now that is 120x120 and it's a combination of crosshatching with embroidered feathers in the solid blocks. I have more time than money so this gives me custom LA look for less.

I was laying in bed last night thinking about this! I have an older Brother Innovis (1200?) I use it for my labels and embroidery names on things for family and friends. I was thinking of doing it block by block with me stitching in the ditch first. I have baby blanket ready to quilt. You have given me the encouragement!

When I worked at the casket company, I had a Tajima professional machine. I used it for quilts and tablerunners. I was able to use great designs on that big machine. Go for it!

I can't imagine how to get the quilt in the hoop and handle the rest of the quilt. I bought some quilting embroidery designs, but think I might have to do a quilt as you go techinque.

Krystna, I look forward to seeing your pictures.

Could someone who has quilted with their embroidery machine explain the process. I've tried a few times with very mixed results so obviously not quite got the method correct. TIA

just do a search for single run embroidery designs or quilting embroidery designs. I have feathers and hearts....lots of different quilting motifs and my biggest hoop is a 5 x 7

My thoughts exactly! I like the idea someone else mentioned about quilting embroidery designs on a table runner to decide if you like the process.

I use my embroidery machine and Edge-to-Edge Quilting designed by Amelie Scott Designs for most of my baby quilts. Her book has really great instructions for doing this. I have downloaded a picture which hopefully shows the quilting on one of my quilts. The book includes a CD with 10 quilting designs, and then I think she has 3 more CD's with additional designs. I have never been happy with my free motion quilting but I love quilting with my embroidery machine.

I suggest you consider trying a small project first, such as a mini quilt.

I've done it. It does take time. I don't have a pic since it was a charity quilt but some of the pieces were larger than my 5x7 hoop. I found by using my 5x12 hoop and flipping the design I could do the whole piece. Of course, it would probably depend on the design you were using also.

Yes, I have designer diamond I purchased a magnetic hoop this keeps you from have to un-hoop each time the magnetic just pick it up rearrange to the next section and replace the inner hoop and touch start.

Since I don't have an embroidery machine, I have not tried to quilt on one. But, I do have a question about machines for quilting. My BFF in TX has the top-of-the-line Brother embroidery machine (I can't recall which one because she has Brother embroidery machines) and the retail cost of her machine was around $12k. She also has a (used) Gammill that she paid about $11k for. So - my question is - would purchasing (some) LA quilting machines be just about the same price as purchasing an embroidery machine to use for quilting?

A year or so ago Georgia Bonesteel had a quilting show on PBS, and in one segment she demonstrated how she quilted a quilt on her embroidery machine, and the quilting was very nice, she did it one block at a time; while cooking dinner apparently, set her machine up, fixed dinner, then came back to a finished block, sounds terrific to me, however, I don't have an embroidery machine.

I have quilted with my embroidery machine. I use the same thread in the bobbin. Bring bobbin thread to the top when you start, leave tails and bury end with needle into batting. I love the snap hoop (magnetic hoop) for placement, holds it nicely and no hoop marks/burn.

Hi, I have been using my Pfaff 2170 for machine embroidery quilting for several years, not many designs out then, but now there are great designs. Just used a simple star design from Embroidery Library for a lap size quilt for the 90th birthday of a war veteran. It had an aged look center panel of red, white, and blue with small stars, did not want to just stitch the stripes, so did the stars in a random mode. The back was a dark blue, with white stars here and there. So called it "Stars in the Night". The borders were just straight line stitching. Can't do FMQ and prefer not an all over design, so machine embroidery works for me. Just remember no stabilizer needed. Try it you'll like it!

Oh my goodness that is so pretty, I guess I may try and use my embroider machine to quilt too.. Thanks for the heads up on this.. Love you quilt and the colors are great so bright ..

Your quilt is a real beauty!

Sometimes I use the embroidery when I am doing something small although this quilt was a bit bigger. I fit in the designs in a few blocks and then just stipple or do straight lines on the rest. Hope this picture comes on.

I am still on the fence on if I really want an embroidery machine. I have wondered if I could use it for quilting my quilts with it. I haven't convinced myself of it yet. Anyway, I saw this 'Edge to Edge Quilting by Amelie Scott on an embroidery machine: demonstrations: //search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?...&hsimp=yhs-004Double ' a while back and thought it looked interesting. Maybe someday I will give in and by a machine.

I did a king sized quilt with a jumbo hoop and still felt like it took forever and way too much hooping and centering. The look is fantastic, but I had to watch it constantly to be sure the weight of the quilt didn't pull or bind the mechanism. I love it for smaller quilts.

You don't have to have a top of the line machine. My Brother PE-770 cost about $600 online. I can quilt with it if I want/need to. The only drawback is the largest design you can do without re-hooping is 5x7. You can do larger designs you just have to re-hoop and make sure it's aligned properly.

Here's a table runner that I just finished using my Brother PE 770. I haven't ironed it and it's sort of puffy on the back so I might actually add more stitching. At least SID. But maybe not.

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Thank you everyone for sharing your tips and pics! I'm so excited to try it now.