Domestic machine on quilt frame?
#11
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Desert Hot Springs, CA
Posts: 304
I have the same setup. I found the Janome too heavy to work well so got a Juki. I have lots of trouble with tension. I read that you need to be sure it is exactly level and I am trying. I also saw a tutorial where they "floated the top as well as the battng" (did not roll the bottom). I am going to try that. Thanks for starting this discussion.
#13
I have a Janome 6500, for about 13 yrs, and a longarm Innova 26 in. Having a regular machine on the frame would leave a very small opening. Have you considered dropping the feed dogs or if you already did NOT dropping the feed dogs? I have done many quilts on the Janome 6500 and still do small quilts but only as a sit down machine, not on a frame because I felt the opening would be way too small. I found quilting with the feed dogs UP worked better then with them down. Also use a 90/14 top stitch needle, https://www.walmart.com/ip/Schmetz-T...&wl13=&veh=sem and thread like Aurafil. Also be sure not to outrun the machine or jerk it.
Please feel free to pm me. I find the Janome 6500 a bit of a thread snob and I went through a learning curve with using it for quilting. I used it exclusively for piecing and sit down quilting for nearly 10 yrs. I did many very large quilts on it like 10 ft x 10 ft. Yes, that is feet. They were all done in sit down mode, not on frame, but I think your issues might be more the machine then the frame.
Please feel free to pm me. I find the Janome 6500 a bit of a thread snob and I went through a learning curve with using it for quilting. I used it exclusively for piecing and sit down quilting for nearly 10 yrs. I did many very large quilts on it like 10 ft x 10 ft. Yes, that is feet. They were all done in sit down mode, not on frame, but I think your issues might be more the machine then the frame.
Last edited by Annaquilts; 08-20-2017 at 01:54 PM.
#14
Super Member
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Central Texas
Posts: 1,310
Quilter 53 - you are right; I have a handi quilter frame (that I'd LOVE to get rid of;sell). I had that same issue; once you roll it up you really can't do anything but straight line stitching as there is no place to 'move' the machine. No room. A total waste of $500.00. Made me sad. Still in the original box!
Love my longarm though.
Love my longarm though.
#15
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Augusta, Maine
Posts: 363
i used to use the Juki on a frame. yes, the max space at the end is only 4-5". so you have to get creative with the designs in the block. i used to do the bottom 2 corners, then the middle, then the top 2 corners [or the other direction]. it took more time, but definitely worked.
#16
I used to mount a Janome1600P on a New Joy frame, which worked with crib size quilts. Last year I bought a Janome Artistic Design sit-down quilting machine with 18" of quilting space. It came with a table large enough to hold a king-size quilt. It works great; wish I had bought one sooner. I still have some of my quilts done by a professional quilter who uses a Gammill, but for all the charity quilts I make I use the Artistic Design quilter.
#20
Super Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Round Rock,Texas
Posts: 6,135
Cindyb,
The John Flynn frame is a pain to use, too much juggling. My friend had one and she tried to convince me that I needed to buy it from her. She didn't like it.
I quilt my own quilts with domestic machines. The one I use the most is a Pfaff 4.2 with a 10" throat space(when she's not being a drama queen), Pfaff 1222e and Bernina 1031.
Sharon
The John Flynn frame is a pain to use, too much juggling. My friend had one and she tried to convince me that I needed to buy it from her. She didn't like it.
I quilt my own quilts with domestic machines. The one I use the most is a Pfaff 4.2 with a 10" throat space(when she's not being a drama queen), Pfaff 1222e and Bernina 1031.
Sharon
Last edited by purplefiend; 08-21-2017 at 07:44 AM.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Onebyone
Links and Resources
16
01-24-2016 01:34 PM
quiltorpainthorse
Introduce Yourself
23
01-04-2011 01:32 PM