Does it really just take practice to LA?
#41
Oh Pam! I know you will master it eventually. From what I've seen, I know you are a piecing perfectionist, and I'm sure you are the same way about your quilting. The samples you show sure look good for a beginner! At least your curves are curvy. I paid good money to have a professional do a quilt top that I thought was a real piece of art, and I think her work was inferior -- not at all what I was lead to expect.
I hope someday I get the opportunity to join the longarming club myself! Hang in there, kiddo!
I hope someday I get the opportunity to join the longarming club myself! Hang in there, kiddo!
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Thanks for the links, I've been looking at them. I really like crosshatching so I want to learn that.
The part I had the most problem is going from front to back and can't see where the line of quilting that I need to meet is. Another reason to get micro handles and come down closer to the work.
I did two quilts in the last couple of days and I feel better about them. Overall, from loading on, it was easier to do. They were pantos.
I do my best in piecing and try to get all the seams to match where they should. It wasn't always that way and I guess I need to remember that. I have to start somewhere.
jdavis, I am so sorry to hear that your work of art didn't get the quilting you thought it would, and should, have. I have one being quilted right now by Green Fairy. I didn't have a LA yet when I sent it to her at the beginning of January but, I still wouldn't be doing it myself yet and ruining a quilt that I love.
The part I had the most problem is going from front to back and can't see where the line of quilting that I need to meet is. Another reason to get micro handles and come down closer to the work.
I did two quilts in the last couple of days and I feel better about them. Overall, from loading on, it was easier to do. They were pantos.
I do my best in piecing and try to get all the seams to match where they should. It wasn't always that way and I guess I need to remember that. I have to start somewhere.
jdavis, I am so sorry to hear that your work of art didn't get the quilting you thought it would, and should, have. I have one being quilted right now by Green Fairy. I didn't have a LA yet when I sent it to her at the beginning of January but, I still wouldn't be doing it myself yet and ruining a quilt that I love.
#43
I am still trying to make a perfect quilt, DD says there is no such thing. I do FMQ on my regular machine and find if I tense up I don't do such a good job. Keep telling yourself to relax. Mine aren't perfect but, everyone I given a quilt loves them. Washing and drying makes a big difference. I wash & dry them before giving them away. Colors and patterns detract from the quilting also.
#46
There are many sites to get rulers. thegadgetgirls.com, quiltersrule.com are just a couple. Just make sure that you get 1/4 thick and not 1/8 thick. With the nesting ones all you need is some blue painters tape to tape them together as you use them you don't want to just use one section alone.
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