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Old 04-29-2011, 04:22 PM
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Whats the largest king size quilt that you have machine quilted using your regular sewing machine.
I'm making a king storm at sea, and right now it is 105x105. If I add an additional pieced border it will be 114x114. I really want to add this border, because I'm thinking after machine quilting if I leave it at 105 the stitching will make it shrink up too much.
I am only stitching in the ditch with my running foot on this one, because Its too large to free motion quilt. Was wondering if anyone has tackled this here?
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Old 04-29-2011, 04:26 PM
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I haven't ever done this. But I'm sure someone has.
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Old 04-29-2011, 04:28 PM
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i use my regular ol' sewing machine to quilt my quilts. the largest i have ever done is 120" x 120"
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I have done several king size quilts on my regular sewing machine. You just have to take it slow and have a bit of patience but it can be done.
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Funny you said this. I am giving my cousin a quilt that is 98 x 108 and thought that was a "generous queen" Now that i think about it, it is probably much closer to a king. I quilted it with a walking foot on my Quilter's Choice regular machine. Not easy but not too hard to do...
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Thank you, I'm going ahead and adding the borders! Just needed someone to agree it was possible! Yes, I realize I'll need some patience!
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Old 04-29-2011, 04:54 PM
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Originally Posted by happyscrappy
i use my regular ol' sewing machine to quilt my quilts. the largest i have ever done is 120" x 120"
wow.just thinking about that. just wow.
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I quilted quite a few extra large queens and a couple kings on my regular sewing machine. I did find that quilting gloves helped a lot.
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Originally Posted by littlehud
I quilted quite a few extra large queens and a couple kings on my regular sewing machine. I did find that quilting gloves helped a lot.
Thank you, I will definitly use my gloves, in fact I don't enjoy quilting without them!
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The largest one I've done was 120x130 on my home machine. I did it as a quilt as you go, FM. Believe me, it WAS NOT easy. LOL
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