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07-17-2010, 09:48 PM

#201

Brenda Retzlaff

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Join Date: Mar 2007

Location: Snowbird: WI & FL

Posts: 313

Domestic Viking.

07-18-2010, 03:15 AM

#202

leatheflea

Super Member

Join Date: Jul 2010

Location: martinsville Indiana

Posts: 4,461

No longarm here, a 30 year old singer most of the time, and a embroidery machine for detail sometimes. I too use the scrunch and flatten method.

07-18-2010, 03:45 AM

#203

Stitchalong

Senior Member

Join Date: Apr 2010

Location: Battle Creek, Michigan

Posts: 375

Iam using my 40 year old Viking on a grace frame. My dream is a longarm.

07-18-2010, 05:16 AM

#204

Ann S.

Junior Member

Join Date: Jun 2010

Location: Cairo, GA

Posts: 154

No long arm for me--maybe in the future. I machine quilt, including stipling, on my Husqvarna. I always have one quilt on my Grace frame for hand quilting--usually a queen or king.

07-18-2010, 05:54 AM

#205

martha jo

Senior Member

Join Date: Nov 2009

Location: Texas

Posts: 607

I don't have room for long arm if I could buy one. I have an older 1500 model commercial straight stitch Brother that has a longer throat. Queen size, i sent out. The Quilt Haus in New Braunfels, Texas rents out time on their long arm for those that want. Maybe more quilt shops will start doing this.

07-18-2010, 12:56 PM

#206

josi49

Junior Member

Join Date: Jun 2010

Location: Central FL

Posts: 187

No long arm here either. I machine quilt on 2 machines...Viking Des. SE and my new HORIZON 7700!

07-18-2010, 03:56 PM

#207

pennyswings

Super Member

Join Date: Nov 2008

Location: Originally from NY, now retired in Argentina. Miss the USA!!! :-(

Posts: 1,577

This year my sister brought a long arm on Craig's List and got a fantastic buy. Me, I do my FMQ'ing on my sewing machine.
I heard a tip that if you could not drop your feed dogs then tape a piece of plastic, like an old credit card over the feed dogs. Never tried it because I can drop mine.

07-18-2010, 06:31 PM

#208

crazicorn

Junior Member

Join Date: Jan 2007

Location: Tacoma, WA

Posts: 124

Quote:

Originally Posted by rexie

If you are using a regular machine, how do you scrunch a whole quilt up under it?

I use the "pull and tug" technique. Works great for me!

07-18-2010, 06:37 PM

#209

crazicorn

Junior Member

Join Date: Jan 2007

Location: Tacoma, WA

Posts: 124

Quote:

Originally Posted by betc

I have a long arm Insprira frame with a Husky Mega quilter.Got it at the Big E good deal.

The Big E is a huge New England Fair that comes around every Sept/Oct.

Wow! I totally forgot about the Big E. I remember going when I was a kid growing up in New England. We used to have so much fun.