are you putting all your 56 squares together?? after you quilted them or before?? i can't tell looking at the picture. i just got a quilt frame and it is not that easy to follow the pattern. yours looks great. any tips??
Jeanne

My white quilt is a whole cloth. I just used the machine to make sections. What system did you get? All I can say is, practice and practice some more. That's what I'm doing. Pretty soon, I'll have pletny of small quilts to take the to pound for dogs and cats. I know, first hand, that cats love them. What machine are you using?

it's the pfaff hobby 1200.
do you mean that you marked off squares and then tried a pattern in each square for practice? this sounds like a good idea and i think i'll try it. i can do the free handing much more easily than following the pantograph.
jeanne

I think it is gorgeous & still think that is what I want on a quilt top!!! karen

After all the quilting systems I looked for, I don't remember the Pfaff Hobby 1200. Does it have a fairly large sewing area? I could send some sites to you that carry pantographs in all sizes. If the pattern isn't too small, it's easy to follow.
When I did my quilt, I used my channel locks and just sewed a row of 10" squares across and then I started practicing in each square. I think I spent more time trying to decide what to try than I did sewing. I did a lot of freehand practice but I still need a lot more. I just now started a quilt top but I'd rather be top quilting. Enjoy your machine. I sure enjoy mine.
Jackie

Hi Karen,
I hope you're talking about the leaves and flowers pantograph. It's my favorite too. Thanks again for the compliment.
Jackie
P.S. The first quilt is being sent to me on Monday. Even with the baby-sitting and appointments, I don't plan on it taking me longer than two weeks. I did the white one in one week and the leaves pantograph in one day but it was baby quilt size. The white one is 73 x 73".

Gorgeous work! I look forward to the day when I can quilt so beautifully.