NZquilter

I'm thinking of gifting my MIL a quilting class from Craftsy as part of a Christmas gift. She has been sewing all her life but just took up quilting this past year. Her piecing skills are spot-on, so I don't think a class focusing on that would be needed. Her quilting is really good, but I know she sometimes feels overwhelmed with the thought of shoving a queen-size quilt through her tiny Walmart Brother machine. Are there any really good Craftsy classes that focus on that? Or any class that you found really helpful? I want to give her something that she will love and hopefully turn to again and again. (Her style is very traditional, btw) Thanks for any tips and reviews!

sewbizgirl

I love "Machine Quilting in Sections: Strategies for Any Quilt" with Marti Michell. The name says it all... lots of ways to quilt on your domestic machine.

She really does need to upgrade that Walmart Brother, tho!

Dolphyngyrl

Ann Peterson has 2 classes on doing large quilts on a small machine, she offers several methods

NZquilter

I know Both her and I have the same model Brother machines. I have quilted all my quilts with it but at last had enough of the small harp space. My "upgrade" was a Singer 15-91. I'm rewriting her grandmother's 201 so I'm hoping she'll use it as her "upgrade"!

NZquilter

Thanks for the class suggestions! I'll look into them and maybe ask my DH for one for myself for Christmas too.

Mkotch

I loved a class with Anita Grossman Soloman (Traditional Blocks Made Simple) - it's a step beyond making the basic blocks and includes lots of shortcuts. I also loved the two quilting classes by Jacquie Gehring. She has such a nice, calm, encouraging attitude for using the walking foot. But I wonder if Craftsy wouldn't sell you a gift certificate so she could pick out her own class?

SusieQOH

I bought Ann Peterson's class and really like it.

bkay

I took Jacquie Gehring's classes on the "free" day (Labor Day?) at Craftsy. They were great classes. It never occurred to me that you could do so much with a walking foot. It doesn't cover shoving a big quilt through a small machine though. She has a shorter tutorial on Youtube, so you get the feel of her classes.

bkay

Jennifer23

Small Machine, Big Quilts, Better Results with Ann Petersen is a great class on exactly this subject. It might be my favourite Craftsy class so far.

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