What kind of quilter are you?
#91
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Join Date: Mar 2009
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Originally Posted by Monika
Where are you taking your class?
#92
I love FMQ. One tip that I got from leah Day's web site was to use a "supreme slider." It's a fantastic tool.. It's a sheet about 8 1/2" x 11" of a rubbery material that has a teflon coating on top. The rubbery side clings to your machine's flatbed and the teflon side is under your fabric. There is even a premade hole for the needle to go through. This little gadget reduces the friction from the weight of your quilt. It was a life saver for me.
That, and practise. For practise, I use small quilt sandwiches that I make out of scrap. Then I just practise writing my name with thread! after a while the shoulders relax because after all, it's only my name - how intimidating can that be! My avatar is a quilt that I did micro stippling in every block on the cream part. The leaf and heart are minimally stitched.
That, and practise. For practise, I use small quilt sandwiches that I make out of scrap. Then I just practise writing my name with thread! after a while the shoulders relax because after all, it's only my name - how intimidating can that be! My avatar is a quilt that I did micro stippling in every block on the cream part. The leaf and heart are minimally stitched.
#94
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Sacramento, CA
Posts: 2,033
Originally Posted by MadQuilter
Originally Posted by Monika
Where are you taking your class?
#95
Originally Posted by tjradj
I love FMQ. One tip that I got from leah Day's web site was to use a "supreme slider." It's a fantastic tool.. It's a sheet about 8 1/2" x 11" of a rubbery material that has a teflon coating on top. The rubbery side clings to your machine's flatbed and the teflon side is under your fabric. There is even a premade hole for the needle to go through. This little gadget reduces the friction from the weight of your quilt. It was a life saver for me.
That, and practise. For practise, I use small quilt sandwiches that I make out of scrap. Then I just practise writing my name with thread! after a while the shoulders relax because after all, it's only my name - how intimidating can that be! My avatar is a quilt that I did micro stippling in every block on the cream part. The leaf and heart are minimally stitched.
That, and practise. For practise, I use small quilt sandwiches that I make out of scrap. Then I just practise writing my name with thread! after a while the shoulders relax because after all, it's only my name - how intimidating can that be! My avatar is a quilt that I did micro stippling in every block on the cream part. The leaf and heart are minimally stitched.
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#96
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 56
I am a straight line quilter and use various stitches to stitch in the ditch. For example, the scallop stitch creates a great quilted look when the quilt is complete. I think the large quilting machines are great, but I prefer the quilted, coverlet look. If you are new at quilting, make a kid's quilt in squares using a kid's pattern with a solid square in between. It's a great start! Make one large enough, 40 inches by 50, so that the child can use it in day care, napping, and wrapping up. The double stitching, basic and quilting, creates a LASTING one until the child grows out of it. God bless your new adventure. Joan
#98
Most of the time, I just bow to the inevitable and SID everywhere. But every so often I get a wild hair and do some simple stippling.
As long as I remember to wear my quilter's gloves (the ones with the little sticky dots on the palm-sides), to look ahead of where I'm stitching (rather than where the needle is), and to move the foot pedal a tiny bit faster than I might think comfortable for me -- it works! Just be sure that there's nothing for your quilt to snag on, that you've got good ergonomics (neck and shoulders relaxed, forearms level, jaw unclenched). Then you can just let your mind "zone out" -- i.e., do a "zen" thing and get in touch with the stitching. Sounds kooky, but it helps!
And most of all -- don't sweat it. It's just a quilt after all! :lol:
Oh, yeah -- that slick slider doohicky is fabulous!! Well worth the money..........
As long as I remember to wear my quilter's gloves (the ones with the little sticky dots on the palm-sides), to look ahead of where I'm stitching (rather than where the needle is), and to move the foot pedal a tiny bit faster than I might think comfortable for me -- it works! Just be sure that there's nothing for your quilt to snag on, that you've got good ergonomics (neck and shoulders relaxed, forearms level, jaw unclenched). Then you can just let your mind "zone out" -- i.e., do a "zen" thing and get in touch with the stitching. Sounds kooky, but it helps!
And most of all -- don't sweat it. It's just a quilt after all! :lol:
Oh, yeah -- that slick slider doohicky is fabulous!! Well worth the money..........
#99
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: San Antonio, TX
Posts: 66
I like to do my own quilting so I can say I did that quilt! So I have been anchoring the quilt with some SID and then meandering. As a result, I have had to have my Elna 6003 worked on and the timing fixed three times in about 10 months. As a result, I've decided to do only SID on my Elna using the walking foot. I think I'll look for an older machine on which the feed dogs will lower so I don't risk messing up my good machine any more. I think I'll look for an older machine that does straight stiches, will use a darning foot and is not computerized. This is my plan now. Who knows what I'll do a month or two down the road? I ordered the pattern for the home-built quilting table. Now I just need to get DH to built it and to convince him I need a mid or long arm machine. I'll sleep on these ideas a few nights and then see what happens.
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