First LongArm quilted project.
 

I bought a used - new adventure to me - Longarm quilting machine a little over a month ago. I praticed quilting on just large pieces of muslin until I felt comfortable with the machine. I got tired of doing that so I decided to make a 36" x 36" table topper to quilt on. When I had the topper pieced and loaded on the longarm it sat for 2 days trying to get my nerve up to quilt it. Then I told myself "It's just fabric, so go for it". Here is how it came out. If you don't look too close it looks okay. LOL

PS. by the way the pattern for the topper is a free one at Fabric Buffet :

http://www.fabricbuffet.com/cgi-bin/Store/store.cgi

Now onto doing a little larger quilt - I'm getting a lap quilt ready to load and see how I can do on it.

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Just beautiful, you did a great job and thank you for sharing Have a Blessed day Ellen

I think it looks great! I'm glad you took the plunge and tried it. You never know how well you will do if you never try!

It looks wonderful, from here!!!

Congratulations!! There's nothing like that feeling from doing your first quilt on your longarm - and you did a wonderful job!!

The pattern is cute, thanks for posting the link...love the quilt! (I'm not looking for mistakes...it's perfect simply because that's all I see! lol)

Beautiful, you did a wonderful job!!!!!!

Looks good to me *Ü*

Very nice table topper!! You don't have to worry about your quilting skills. :thumbup:

You go, girl. That looks great. Soon we will be all drooling over your work as well. A long journey starts with one step and you are on the way!

That looks great!!!! I think with anything we do, we are our own worst critic!! You did a great job!!!!

I looked close and you did a wonderful job. Your table runner is beautiful, love the colors.

Great job!

Oh, I love your quilt & think it looks perfect! I really love the fabrics! Amd thank you so much for the link to the pattern (which I also love)!

Looks great to me!

Looks alot better than what I can do.

Looks good to me!

Looks great. You will have a lot of fun with that.

Good for you! I would love to have a long arm!

I like that pattern - thanks for the link. And your colors and quilting look just great. You'll get more comfortable - trust me!

Nice Quilting!!!! Beautiful table topper!

Beautiful job, on the piecing and the quilting!

U did a great job, wished I have a quilting machine and learn to do as good as u did.

It turned out beautifully. You do a better job, I am told, if you have a real quilt rather than a muslin. Have you noticed how nice and even your quilting looks.

That is so very pretty,you are doing a great job.

Great job!

You did a great job! Thanks for posting and thanks for the website!

Congratulations on your "new" machine. You did a great job.

Kudos to you for taking the plunge! It looks fabulous. Thanks for sharing and for being an inspiration to we who have not yet braved the storm!

Very nice! Good work!!

Well done! Enjoy your new machine. There are a lot of you tube videos out there that I found very helpful when I first started. Love your quilt :)

Wonderful to hear that you have taken the plunge! Looking good!!

LOVE this! :D

You did a great job, glad you shared....

Congratulations on overcoming your fear and jumping in! I like the mantra "I have a longarm and I'm not afraid to use it!" You are so right it is, after all, "just fabric" but we do grow so emotionally attached to our quilts. Heck I grow emotionally attached to other people's quilts! LOL

I find drawing and doodling helps a ton. Some people like erasable whiteboards but I like good old fasioned paper and pencil so I can hang on to the drawings that turn out really well and keep them for reference. I am acquiring quite the pile of drawings. I bought a bunch of pads of newsprint when it was on close out and I doodle away. I wanted to be able to do feathers so I drew them and drew them and drew them until I could practically draw them in my sleep and now I can LA quilt them just as quick and easy as you please so give that a try to. I recently discovered Zentangling, a form of doodling that is so relaxing and fun to do. And it really helps me come up with quilting ideas. There are loads of websites about it, I have never taken a tangling class.

Edited to ask... What kind of machine did you get? Do you have a stitch regulator? I have one and I have yet to get up the nerve to try and quilt without it.

Beautiful, great quilting too........keep up the good work

You did a great job! I'm in the same boat as you. I just got a used longarm & still practicing. I'm about to put my first real quilt on it & give it a go. I've used longarms before, but this one is mine! I'll also post a picture when it's off the frame. Let the fun begin!

Looks great!

Looks good to me! You're practice has worked. Keep up the good work and expand into other designs. Loops, leaves, hearts, and more. Also practice just on paper to get the feel of a design. I even just draw with my finger on tables or the air, just to get the feel of motion working the machine as well as perfecting free motion quilting.
I have a computer system with mine, so do a lot of mixing free motion with the computer designs.

Phyllis
QuiltingGrannie
Quilter's Pantry

Well done at least you took the courage and won I am still thinking about it and have just bought a Singer Quantum Long Arm I will be doing lots of small project for a long time, your quilt looks great :)