quilting with embroidery machine
#52
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Join Date: Feb 2013
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I am working on my first attempt at this (for quite a while, stop and go LOL). I am working on a Christmas throw and quilting feathers that are built in the machine. It has been great to be able to change the size and orientation of the feathers and using different hoops to get different sizes exactly where I want them (scattered randomly). I hope someday I get it done!
#53
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Michigan
Posts: 402
I have used this method numerous times. I weigh the 1:1 hooping:block ratio against the time it will take me to FMQ. I like both methods and I think there is an advantage to each. I've only used the embroidery machine to quilt motifs in the center of blocks type of quilting. Does anyone do all over quilting with their embroidery machine??? I'm thinking like a stipple or line quilting. Is it difficult to keep it straight??
#56
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Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Tri-Cities, Washington
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I just love this thread. I don't have an embroidery machine YET. And honestly I don't know enough about them. So laugh if you must but I just have to ask dumb questions here... You hook it up to your computer and program in the design right? And hoop the fabric with the appropriate hoop for the design right? And from reading this thread I'm learning you have to have the right thickness of a hoop to quilt down the 3 layers. So in picking out an emb machine are there several brands to choose from or would I need to go to my Bernina dealer (I have a slightly older model that DH bought for me through EBay) and get one specific for my machine? I don't even know what I don't know but I want to quilt my quilts with an emb machine so bad! These designs look great and you can't imagine how bad I am at FMQ (oh I can stipple, but that's it LoL). Thanks for the advise!!!
#57
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Aberdeen, Scotland
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I just love this thread. I don't have an embroidery machine YET. And honestly I don't know enough about them. So laugh if you must but I just have to ask dumb questions here... You hook it up to your computer and program in the design right? And hoop the fabric with the appropriate hoop for the design right? And from reading this thread I'm learning you have to have the right thickness of a hoop to quilt down the 3 layers. So in picking out an emb machine are there several brands to choose from or would I need to go to my Bernina dealer (I have a slightly older model that DH bought for me through EBay) and get one specific for my machine? I don't even know what I don't know but I want to quilt my quilts with an emb machine so bad! These designs look great and you can't imagine how bad I am at FMQ (oh I can stipple, but that's it LoL). Thanks for the advise!!!
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