Originally Posted by
Redsquirrel
REally, a hand crank?? Did your arm get sore? there is a lot of beautiful quilting on that. Do you have any comments or suggestions for HC quilting?
The part I quilted with the HC was the piano key borders. And, yes, my arm got tired at first. I worked on it till the arm was sore on the first day and the next day I could do more. I finished it in 3 days..... not quilting all day. But, I figured it was good exercise for my arm that I broke last year.
I should tell you that I LOVE quilting with vintage machines. I didn't even use a walking foot or darning foot with that 128HC..... it handled the thick sandwich just fine. And the 15-91 was also easy to use.... I did use a darning foot for the curved stitching. I've always had problems with the fabric shifting and getting tucks when I used my fancy Viking 1+..... so much that I didn't like machine quilting my stuff. But now I know, it's the machine, not me... Yeah!!