Originally Posted by Redhead
I do machine embroidery,and turn my finished pieces into quilts. The quilts I make are VERY large. The last one was the story of the night before Christmas, which measured 120" x 120". My problem is being able to quilt my quilts. They are too big to quilt them in the sewing machine. I've checked into having them professionally quilted, but was told the embroidery work would get into the way and would be too much trouble for them to do the quilting.. so I have to hand quilting them. Now here is my dilemma, should I invest in a long arm quilting machine? if so which one? Should I spend $ 15,00.00 on a fancy computer job or a basic model? Is hand guided with styus better than no lighted stylu? Every quilt shop I have called or visited has tried to sell me their top of the line models without giving me the answers to my problems. Any help and suggestions would be so very welcome and needed. :?:
You were (IMHO) not given good information!!! I have a 14' machine and can take up to 144" quilts (short side!). Those with 12' machines should be able to do 120". As for the embroidery, it's not a problem. Depending on the size of the throat of the machine, and they type of batting used, we can usually go larger on the long side of the quilts.
For this quilt, I stitched right through the embroidery. It does not detract from the embroidery at all. If it had been necessary, I could have gone around them.
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