I am interested in quilting using a pantograph & pounce. Where is the best place to buy pantographs? I know you wonderful ladies and gents will have good info!

Okay, I could be wrong here but I think a pantograph is a design printed on paper that is used on a longarm with a laser light to follow the design. Do you by chance mean a stencil to use with the pounce?

Suzy

pantographs are usually paper that you spread out on your table and follow with a laser stylis---pounce powder is used with stencils-
both are available at quilt shops, places like joanne fabrics- and on line---keepsake quilting, nancy's notions, clotildes, connecting threads (and hundreds of others) all carry a variety.

I make my own. I bought a couple of books with continuous lines quilting designs and a roll of paper that was thin enough to see through to trace the pattern, then I go over it with a thin line sharpie so I can see them better. Then I bought a sheet of very thin wood, my sweetie cut it into strips for me and I glue the paper to them, a different design on each side.

I make my own pantograph's too from a continuous line book I purchased. I copy the pattern onto
clear acetate. Then line them up to the right length of my quilt- a friend gave me long pieces of accetate
from her school- they were used for overhead projectors.

I have a mirror under my machine so I can see the stitching and with the acetate it doesn't block
my view of my work . It would be another story if I had a paper pattern it would obscure the stitching

Love www.goldenthreads.com for pantos, stencils motifs, and dont forget their tissue paper that comes on a roll, its awesum stuff. happy huntin!
katz

I make mine as well but if one is looking to buy there are some on ebay
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pantograph-L...72321343607687

The source I like on-line is Digi-Tech Patterns http://stores.digitechpatterns.com/StoreFront.bok . They have patterns for free motion quilting as embroidery also. They offer sale items as well as freebies. You can just download the pattern you purchase.

Another site I like site I like for a multitude of free block patterns is Quilters Cache. http://www.quilterscache.com/index.html

I've still got soooo much to learn. Pantagraphs, pounce method of transfer and any other methods that'll work. Oh, yeah. I love the Golden Threads paper too. Turns out I might be able to get it cheaper by placing an order with a landscaper designer at work. They use the same paper to create landscape plans - and it's much wider!

I like digitech, urban elementz and intelligentquilting.com for pantographs

Oh and Anne bright