Originally Posted by
Farm Quilter
Be aware that you really don't have as much quilting space as the length of the throat...you have your roller there (take away about 2") and as you wind the quilt on the take-up roller, you lose inches. I have an 18" throat and even on the first pass, I cannot quilt a 12" block set on-point without rolling the quilt back and forth.
Of course you can't. That square set on point is 17.0 inches high. No 18 inch throat will handle that.
tim in san jose
Last edited by k_jupiter; 04-08-2015 at 11:10 AM.