Rhonda Lee

I've experimented with this a bit but have not found a comfort zone for me yet. I've mostly hooped my completed quilt and then quilted the selected design within a given area. I've seen video's with the quilt clipped in place on top of the hoop with large office clips but have not tried it. Also, I've "quilted" individual blocks and then pieced everything together but I'm not too fond on this method.

My question is: What has worked for you when you use your embroidery machine to do the quilting for you? And is there a different method that you use than the ones I've suggested above. Thanks in advance for your replies! Love this place.

Weezy Rider

You don't really need stabilizer, but you can hoop just the stabilizer or maybe the backing, and use your hoop basting stitches to hold the quilt down. My Pfaff will baste around the interior of the hoop.

If you want stabilizer, there is stickyback.

SittingPretty

I just hoop my quilt, load my design into the machine and start quilting. I recently got the "Edge to Edge Quilting on Your Embroidery Machine", by Amelie Scott Designs, and I like her method. She uses double-sided basting tape on the back of her inner hoop, and this really helps to keep the area of the quilt where you want it. When I did a different design, I just hooped it and tried to keep it straight, but it always went off-kilter for me. This method makes it much more accurate.

Rhonda Lee

Weezy Rider, I've not used stabilizer with my quilting. I have found the quilt sandwich is sufficient. But maybe if I was just embroidering each block I might, but that would be without the batting. Thanks for your response on this one. It has me thinking.

SittingPretty, I googled Edge to Edge Quilting on Your Embroidery Machine and watched the video. I found it very informative. Thanks for the information.

Maggie_Sue

What a clever idea. Must take a look at that book. Than you for this information.

justflyingin

I've only done a couple, but I did find that if I used a design that was the same from any direction, it helped because it was less noticeable if it was off a bit.

alleyoop1

I've tried it but usually it's "off". Maybe I'll give it a try again using some of these suggestions.

nabobw

I do it all the time. I do not do quilt blocks but digitize outlines of a design. The sandwich quilt is thick enough and do not need stabilizer. It is hard t times to hoop and at times to line my design up I hoop it while the hoop is attached to the machine. That way I get it to line up.

ManiacQuilter2

I can't figure this out since the hoops are so small when quilting a lap size quilt or larger.

Rhonda Lee

I use the largest size hoop my machine has and only do one design at a time. This takes a lot of hooping to get the job done. I start in the middle of the quilt and work my way out. I'm finding the designs that work the best for me are the ones that stitch one time and do not repeat or go back over the design again.
Is this the way most of you quilt your quilts with your embroidery machine?