Thanks in advance all you experts. I have yet another question.

We mounted a quilt on the frame and quilted the body of it using a swirly FMQ pattern. We started quilting the borders, but were not able to finish because I didn't pin very well and I started quilting the quilt to the leader cloths. I thought I could quilt the borders on the machine, but now that I have it in my hands I'm finding that difficult as well.

Can someone tell me how to finish this? When I try to use the machine I keep getting jammed up. I know I need to use another foot, but I don't know which one. Should I try to re-pin it to the frame and do it on the quilter?

Thanks,

Darren

The person who does the LA quilting for me requires an extra 6" of background fabric and batting for this very reason. Is there any way you can add some extra to it now, then cut it away after?

thats a good idea quilter7x

i was wondering why does it jam if your using a darning foot it should be ok
memathomas

Baste a 4" strip to all sides of the backing fabric and reload it on the frame. An embroidery foot or darning foot is what I use. The ones I don't like though are the embroidery feet that have the plastic over them with a hole poked through it. I hate those! You're looking for a circular shaped foot that probably has a spring on it and attaches like the walking foot--not a snap on type foot.

No help on the quilting part, but I LOVE your quilt! Just wanted to hijack and say that!

7x, mema and BKrenning - Thanks for the suggestions.

I'm seeing now that my original post may not have been clear. I have taken it off the quilting frame and thought I could quilt the borders on a regular sewing machine. When I tried to run it through the machine it kept jamming up, even though I had the feed dogs down (I was using a regular foot). I have a foot that has an "arm" and a clear, square hole, but I must have not installed it correctly because the machine wouldn't sew when I had it on.

BKinCO - Thanks for the encouragement. This is for our "honorary" nephew whose grandparents live on a farm. He loves to ride the tractor!

Darren

What we can see of the front it looks so cute!!!! Can we please see the rest of the front????????????? thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!

To free motion quilt with the feed dogs down, you must use a "hopping" foot. This is a foot with a spring in it. (You can test this by pushing down on the foot while it is in your hand; a hopping foot will push down and spring back up.) A darning foot is a type of hopping foot and is what most quilters use for FMQ.

I'm not sure what kind of clear foot you have. A walking foot has an "arm" that rides on the screw that holds the needle in place on the shaft. A walking foot requires that the feed dogs be up when used.

There may be some machines that use an arm to "hop" rather than a spring, but I'm not sure. You may need to post the brand and model of sewing machine you are using to get expert advice.

Try Googling for a darning foot for your machine. You may find some good pictures of the correct foot for your machine that way and can compare to what you have on hand.

Prism -

Duh! I am Mr. Look-it-up-on-the-internet and it never occured to me to actually do the work myself. My first thought was, "Oh, I can post a question and all those smart quilters will know exactly what I should do." That will be my next stop - thanks for the suggestion. Somewhere around here there is a manual for that machine and maybe I can find it also.

Peach -

I really wanted to wait until it is finished, but I am really pleased that we have gotten this far so I'm posting some more pics. This is the first quilt we've done on our Grand Quilter and it has been a learning experience. It isn't perfect, but we're proud that we've gotten this far with it.

Thanks for asking.

Darren

Are you sure the pressure foot lever was lowered?