My First Quilt on Long Arm Tin Lizzie
03-27-2011, 04:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Jan T
Oh, by the way, the bottom of the quilt should be pinned to the bottom rail in the picture. You will get a much straighter result. Batting in between the layers just hangs, but both top and bottom of the front and back of the quilt should be anchored. I knowm, I know, lots of rolling and pinning. The results will show it is worth it.
The feathers are freehand but not without help from a great book, Hooked on Feathers. I have been cleaning out closets this weekend and can't find it right now to give the author, but I think it is Sally Terry. I am still working on the heirloom/traditional feathers.
I do have one tip, when buying quilting yardage (42 inches wide) I need to start buying a little more because I only had just under 4" on the sides for my clamps, another thing I will be upgrading.
Thank you everyone for looking, I really appreciate the help I get from this board. It's like a little (big) family. :)
04-03-2011, 09:55 PM
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you mentioned a tension problem?
One of the things I learned from the Board is to slow down while quilting.
When I get a pattern down, I find myself starting to repeat it more rapidly - - comes from production sewing I learned at the factory, I am sure - - however, the quilting machine isn't really designed to do production quilting.
Your quilt work looked pretty good to me overall, though. It will always get better, the more time you invest into it - - and the more ideas you will get from working around the quilt world <wave>
One of the things I learned from the Board is to slow down while quilting.
When I get a pattern down, I find myself starting to repeat it more rapidly - - comes from production sewing I learned at the factory, I am sure - - however, the quilting machine isn't really designed to do production quilting.
Your quilt work looked pretty good to me overall, though. It will always get better, the more time you invest into it - - and the more ideas you will get from working around the quilt world <wave>
04-04-2011, 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted by karla
Beautiful quilt and quilting too .....Is it difficult quilting with a LA ??? Mine LA will just arrive on Thursday April 7th !!!!
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