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02-28-2011, 09:15 PM
#115
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Originally Posted by thimblebug6000
Great job! To help with the drag of the quilt weight pull up an adjustable height ironing board along your left side and pile the quilt on it & then feed it onto the extension table. It's not perfect but it does help from catching & lifting the corner of the plastic.
02-28-2011, 09:18 PM
#116
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It also helps to tape plexiglass with masking tape when cutting it. I make lot of my own templates useing plexiglass,such as squares dimonds,triangles etc.[/quote]
Plexiglass templates! Amazing idea!
Plexiglass templates! Amazing idea!
03-01-2011, 05:36 AM
#120
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One way to help with the weight of the quilt when doing FM is to get a table set up to your left making an "L" off of your sewing table. If you can get it the same height of the extension for your sewing machine that helps even more. Then having a table in back of your machine to hold the quilt as it moves off of the sewing area also helps. The only way I can do this is to move slap dab in the middle of the largest room in the house. LOL Some libraries around here allow folks to use some of their meeting rooms and I'm in a quilting group that meets in one of these rooms. Have to make reservations. Of course if all of us were blessed with unlimited $$$$$$$$$$ we could have one of the tables like some of the TV quilters have where the sewing machine sets down into the table and the table is as large as a small room.
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