turning machine around?
05-23-2010, 09:50 AM
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Originally Posted by dar627742
don't mean to be a pest,but am hoping tofind a tuteon adding a table of foam board before i go to menards on monday HELP!!!!
05-23-2010, 10:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Panther Creek Quilting
Okay I read this somewhere on this site before I started FMQing. I tried FMQing with traditional machine placement, but I was always running out of room for my right hand and could only do small (close togther) designs, since I was limited on the movement of my right hand. So I thought I would try turning the left side to face me.
I LOVE IT! It gave me totally free areas to move the quilt when I needed. I mean it made a difference to where I wouldn't FMQ anymore if I couldn't do it this way. I will tell you that on my machine I had to put a book under the front and raise the machine so that I could see what I was doing, but really it works like a dream.
If you need help with this just shoot me a pm.
and if you haven't already tried it, give it a whirl!
Sheila
I LOVE IT! It gave me totally free areas to move the quilt when I needed. I mean it made a difference to where I wouldn't FMQ anymore if I couldn't do it this way. I will tell you that on my machine I had to put a book under the front and raise the machine so that I could see what I was doing, but really it works like a dream.
If you need help with this just shoot me a pm.
and if you haven't already tried it, give it a whirl!
Sheila
I'm definitely going to try this!
05-23-2010, 10:30 AM
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Now mind you, I haven't tried this trick of turning my machine (yet) but I don't think it would be any harder to have your rolled side at the *top* of the machine as to the *side*. Seems like you would just FMQ side to side vs up and down.
05-23-2010, 12:11 PM
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Hi,
Any ideas how to do this with a machine mounted in an old style cabinet with the drop down leaf? I don't want to remove leaf and cant use machine as a portable due to neck and shoulder issues is machine sits too high.
Any ideas how to do this with a machine mounted in an old style cabinet with the drop down leaf? I don't want to remove leaf and cant use machine as a portable due to neck and shoulder issues is machine sits too high.
05-23-2010, 01:16 PM
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Last year on some tv program I saw a gentleman quilter doing this but he had also designed a contraption (?) which was made out of conduant pipe (that light weight plumbing stuff I think) and the pipe rolled back and forth support the quilt top. Seemed pretty easy to me but doubt that I could have mastered the constant rolling. I have tried this with my little machine and dropping feet and using darning foot but have not given it a try with my free motion on the Bernina820. It fits down into a table but imagine it would work like a charm on automatic. I would have to reach around to stop it however and that might be a concern as fast and hard as this machine goes. LOL
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