Longarm quilting is not cheating
03-16-2012, 06:05 AM
#63
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Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Illinois
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I'm glad you just let it go. Quilting definitely allows different strokes for different folks, so best to ignore the quilt police.
Personally, I prefer doing LA quilting to home machine quilting (I tend to do large quilts, don't like fighting all the fabric layers, and was lucky to be able to afford to buy one after years of renting) and I prefer using pantographs to computerized quilting (feels more handmade to me).
That being said, I have taken several quilt classes from award winning teachers that sew large quilts on home machines (Diane Gaudynski and Susan Rasmussen) and enjoyed them immensely. Some of their tips also carry over to LA use. I have also seen computerized quilts that are lovely. I also admire handquilting, but I also tried that and my hands don't like it.
Personally, I prefer doing LA quilting to home machine quilting (I tend to do large quilts, don't like fighting all the fabric layers, and was lucky to be able to afford to buy one after years of renting) and I prefer using pantographs to computerized quilting (feels more handmade to me).
That being said, I have taken several quilt classes from award winning teachers that sew large quilts on home machines (Diane Gaudynski and Susan Rasmussen) and enjoyed them immensely. Some of their tips also carry over to LA use. I have also seen computerized quilts that are lovely. I also admire handquilting, but I also tried that and my hands don't like it.
03-16-2012, 06:11 AM
#64
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Posts: 345
WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can you say keep your negative oppinions to yourself. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No excuse for rudeness. You qualify for sainthood, as I would have been sorely tempted to ask her if she had left her good manners at home. lol
03-16-2012, 06:32 AM
#66
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Suring, Wisconsin
Posts: 15,364
You did great in not saying anything. Each person choses the method of quilting that works best for her. Not everyone is a good hand quilter and not everyone can machine quilt. So if my quilt is larger than a baby quilt it has to go to LAQ.
03-16-2012, 06:36 AM
#67
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Gainesville, fl
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Let it go in one ear and out the other. I have a long arm quilting machine, I can do one in about 5-6 days depending on how much I work on it. I don't try to hurry. I have done hand quilting and it takes a long time. That is why I decided to buy my long arm. I didn't get too expensive, I have a 15" Bailely Longarm. I plan to invest in a stitch regulator soon. I don't regret buying it, only wish I would have gotten a different quilting frame, I guess I will have to deal with this one. I would have liked to have more space to quilt and have it a little wider. I'm enjoying it anyway.
03-16-2012, 06:52 AM
#68
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
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I rent a longarm at my LQS and was quilting today (I.e. with headphones and tuned out to the world). A customer comes into the classroom where the longarms are and gets my attention and proclaims that what I am doing "is cheating, and defiling my quilt". I literally stood there speechless. She was in her 80's (I'm guessing) and has probably only ever hand quilted, but her total lack of filter just baffled me.
I had to get that off my chest
I am so glad we all do our own thing on the Board and respect each other's amazing work!
I had to get that off my chest
I am so glad we all do our own thing on the Board and respect each other's amazing work!
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