Supreme Slider Free Motion Machine Quilting Mat
 

Has anyone ever used the Supreme Slider Free Motion Machine Quilting Mat? I've seen it mentioned on a few different free motion quilting instructional sites. Users claim it makes for easier movement of the quilt while free motion quilting on your home machine. A queen size costs about $46.00. If anyone has used this I would appreciate your thoughts.

I used it and it worked well. Some have had problems with it shifting so they tape it down. I rinsed mine occasionally according the instructions and didn't have that problem. Don't use the domestic machine for FMQ anymore since I recently got a Sweet Sixteen.

There's actually a giant size one now available for midarms . . .i have one on my Babylock Tiara because I don't think the optional mat I bought gives enough "slide" . . .its about $150 but worth every penny.

I have the queensize to use with my DSM, and actually ruined my first one when I sewed thru it . . .but wouldn't want to be without it.

I gave up on mine. Didn't seem to help. Use the search function above. I just put in supreme slider and there are a bunch of threads where we discussed this.

I use the large size also. I do use painters tape on mine...not around the entire thing but basically on the corners. It really helps and is well worth the effort to remove the front part to change the bobbin. Another reason to just put tape on small areas. After a couple of uses I do rinse off the underside with water so it keeps clean to hold in place. I thought it was expensive but I like it. It is still important for there not to be a lot of drag on your quilts. I have a recessed machine in a large Horn table but I still bunch up my quilt top around my machine. Hope this helps

It does seem to help some. I have the standard size on my Bernina. It's the same size as my extension table. It doesn't help nearly as much as the Machinger's gloves so if you don't have those (or something similar that is grippy), I would invest in grips first.

I have the large size and love it. Recently I forgot to use it. I had been sewing, then switched to FMQ. Wondering why there was a drag. It does make a difference. Do not use with SID. Ask me how I know. Had to cut the opening bigger.😒. I also bought a pack of gardening gloves at Costco. The kind that has the rubber coating on the palm side. Costs about $8 for many pairs. I cut off the tips on the thumb and next two fingers. Works great for FMQ.

I use one. I've never had it move on me and I don't tape it down. I rinse it in tap water and let dry and that brings back the adhesive if not sticking. I keep it on my Brother 1500 all the time. I like it.

Since I got my Bernina in the 90s setting into a Singer desk with a huge L shape table top that I made out of wood, I never needed anything else for doing FMQ. If you are not battling the weight of the quilt having proper support for the quilt, one should have no problem with FMQ.

I use one. I got it for Christmas a couple of years ago. I love it.

I "roller it" (lint roller) when it gets unsticky due to a lot of threads, etc. It works well.

I bought one last year when my LQS was having a 25% off sale. And, I love it. I have one machine that I have set up all the time just for FMQ so that's where it lives, ready for use.

I have used it and it does make moving the quilt a lot better

It does help. I think the new ones have a stickier back. I had an old one and didn't tape it down. It shifted and I sewed it to my quilt... Gotta love those seam rippers!

If you want to save money try using a non-stick oven liner. You can cut it to fit your area. (Don't forget to cut a hole for the needle.) I just tape the outside edges down with blue painters tape, and it works just as good as my Supreme Slider did.

http://www.amazon.com/Handy-Gourmet-JB6154-Stick-Liner/dp/B005M2D5BW/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1444306677&sr=8-3&keywords=oven+liner

Where did you get this giant size? I have been looking for one and had no luck.

Does anyone have the slider on a Brother Dreamweaver 6200D? The machine has an 11in throat so wondering if the 'standard' size slider would be too small. I recently found this http://www.worldweidner.com/Brother-...tor-Sheet.aspx but have not found it a Brother Dealer. I will definitely be looking for it at the Houston Quilt Show later this month ... I have another excuse to go!!

I bought the regular sized one and it worked well enough, except for the nuisance of having to tape it occasionally. then I bought my Brother PQ1500s and it was only a nuisance on this one as the surface of the machine and the extension table is so smooth and slick that no mat is needed at all to FMQ.

I would be lost without mine, I love it. I usually also tape the corners down to make sure they don't get caught under my quilting. The one time I forgot to do this I sewed right through the mat which left it ripped.

Because of the high cost of buying another I just put tape on the backside to hold the two pieces together, put that end to the top, taped down the 4 corners and it's still working fine but I might put it on a wish list for a special occasion, like a Wednesday :-)

I also found that it made no difference whatsoever. I took it off my machine. I seem to be one who buys gadgets and find I don't like them. I hadn't bought a new gadget in a long time, but the supreme slider sounded like it would work well, especially with a flannel backing.....NOT! :thumbdown:

I used one and my machine chewed it up -

I like it and always use it when FMQ with my Bernina. I tape it down to make sure it doesn't move. I rinse it occasionally and consider it a good purchase.

I love mine. Tried to FMQ without it for just a small project and had to stop and go get it. My DSM sits on a table, not set into a sewing table, so, may be that's why it seems so valuable to me.

Well, I have one but sewed it to my quilt several times, even though I used masking tape to hold it down.