UFO Help (pics added )
#1
Well I'm working on one of my UFOS . It's a queen and I'm doing it on my Viking Freesia 415 (small). What a work out. Is there an easier way to do this. I've only did this ounce before. Now I know why I did not go back to it until now.
#2
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 906
Your quilt top looks beautiful, love the colors. Good luck and hope someone can give you some advice....need help also. Have my County Line queen size to do and it just scares me to even think about putting all that material under the machine arm to quilt it. :roll:
#4
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Missouri
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Yes, you need to roll your sides up...put a table on the other side of your machines so the quilt won't drop over the edge and I keep a chair beside me on my right to hold the access on my side. I also splurged for the fons and porter quilting gloves and so love them. And I detest wearing gloves:))The palms on them have these little rubber bumps to be able to put your hands down flat around your quilt and the rubber bumps help give it grip to hold on and move the quilt easier. If I am doing a straight line quilting I remove my basic foot and add the stitch regulator to mine and it has a bar to move to where you want to use as a guide. Just some tidbits for you..Skeat...who uses and open toe w/feed dogs down when stippling, etc.
#6
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: FL
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Speaking for myself, it is easier not to roll it.
I start in the middle and work my way out to the sides if I am meandering. Otherwise, I go very slow and keep fluffing the quilt to keep the underside from bunching up.
Your quilt is very pretty!
I start in the middle and work my way out to the sides if I am meandering. Otherwise, I go very slow and keep fluffing the quilt to keep the underside from bunching up.
Your quilt is very pretty!
#7
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: currently central new jersey
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roll up your quilt from both sides until you get to the middle. that's where you'll begin. work your way out from there to one end that's under the machine, unrolling as you go. when you fiinish one side, roll it up again and turn it around and start from the middle again and work toward the other end. that way you'll never have more than 1/2 of the quilt under your machine at any time. you still need some support for the length, but the width is taken care of. believe me, it works.
#8
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 144
girls, girls, girls!!
I know it is daunting! A tight roll is what is needed here. I use "BananaClips" for rolling my quilts to get them as close as I can to the "wall" on my machine. these can be found in all sizes, suitible for small quilts to big quilts
they are available in the hair care section of most drug and variety stores.
They are much cheaper than the bicycle clips sold for this purpose
let me know what you think or if they work for you!!
froggy
I know it is daunting! A tight roll is what is needed here. I use "BananaClips" for rolling my quilts to get them as close as I can to the "wall" on my machine. these can be found in all sizes, suitible for small quilts to big quilts
they are available in the hair care section of most drug and variety stores.
They are much cheaper than the bicycle clips sold for this purpose
let me know what you think or if they work for you!!
froggy
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