I bought a slider, found for me it was a total waste of money! I would suggest you can do FM. Here are some tips that worked for me.
!. Take your time and don't rush 2. buy some felt and practice on this. You will find it is much easier on felt, til your ready to move to your quilt. 3. Make sure you use a size 16 needle. 4. cut the finger tips out of your gloves, this allows you to move the quilt easy and thread needle, etc 5. start with bigger movement, not too close. practice C's and U's. 6. practice, practice, practice. You CAN DO IT. |
I bought one and found it made no difference, so I changed my style. I couldn't do it using whole hands or finger tips on the surface of the piece. So now I roll or bunch my piece so I can rest my wrists on the surface of the machine table and using only my finger and thumb I pinch the pinch. All my movements are as easy as moving my fingers.
It's not orthodox I know and if you have and stiffness it might not work. Yes I need to reposition a lot but it works for me. MaryKatherine |
i bought the slider but it didn't make a difference for me.
i don't think that was the slider's fault, though. i have tried many times but can never get my sandwiches to flow smoothly under the needle using the "hands flat" method. i can't even do it using small practice pieces. the only way i can achieve any degree of success is to grab bunches of it on the left and right, and lift it ever so slightly off the machine bed. the part under the needle remains flat against the machine. |
I love my slider!!
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Originally Posted by katier825
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Me too...I actually got it caught up and sewed it to the quilt. Taping didn't work for me either...the tape would catch on the quilt.
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Originally Posted by LivelyLady
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I removed my slider for the exact same reason.
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Originally Posted by nativetexan
(Post 6552892)
one of these days I will buy some silicone spray but I do have the supreme slider, which if you don't tape the thing down, gets caught up under your quilt as you move it. most frustrating. I removed mine!
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Originally Posted by nativetexan
(Post 6552892)
one of these days I will buy some silicone spray but I do have the supreme slider, which if you don't tape the thing down, gets caught up under your quilt as you move it. most frustrating. I removed mine!
A lot of people have bought the silicone oven liners, which are larger, and seem to have better luck with those. I don't know about the pricing. |
My supreme slider and machingers gloves were some of my best investments I have ever made for quilting. I would like to buy one of the larger sliders next.
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Originally Posted by Candace
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The Supreme Slider was some of the best money I've spent.
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