quilter girl

oh now thats what i wanted to hear- which ones don't you care for?

AliKat

I have tried them and liked them. But ... they cost too much for me.

One of my quilting acquaintences DH made hers using a composite wood and his router. Those were longer and more efficient too.

ali

0tis

I haven't found one yet that I do not like - I have an assortment of them and pick them up when I can - its important to have 3 or 4 boards to cover the width of the quilt - I love them.

dmyers

I use the circle lord boards and love them. Yes you do need to pay attention to the backtracking parts, but I find them fun. I like them better than do a panto, but I've only done a panto once.

quilter girl

Can you just have two and then move the first - making it the third one and so on?

kydeb

You can but it's a lot of trouble. I purchased 2 EZ boards to do the baptist fan and found it really annoying to have to keep moving one of the boards to finish the line. I ended up buying an additional board. I figured I could move one if I needed 4 but just having 2, I was always having to move one!

barrelracer86

I get my boards from Ron at RNS Design. I absolutely love them. I do only have 2 of each pattern and leap-frog them across the table. I have put tape on them to mark my endings for certain quilts, I have leaped them 4 across for a king size quilt. I Taped an empty CD case to my table to make sure the beginning section was always in the same place. Works very well for me.
Amy

w7sue

I saw a circle one used in a shop recently - WOW! I want some! I am new to longarming and am having difficulty with smoothness in my pantograph quilting. I tell my husband that I have the "herky jerkies" - lol. I wish they weren't so expensive - but ... if you spend $500 for a king-size one, and you charge to do a king-size quilt, I imagine it wouldn't take long to pay for one ... or two ... or three.

An Arm Long

I find that the hardest thing for me to do with my laser are circles or concentric circles. I use rulers or groovey board for those. I also like the clamshell boards.

I find that designs with s-curves and c- curves such as some leaves and flowers are easiest for me to do free hand. I even found that hearts are easy now.

MaryLane

I love my groovy boards and the RNS design boards. I only have two of each of them. That is plenty. I don't mind the leap frogging. It helps keep me loose.

My current favorite is Hearts A Flutter from RNS but the Baptist fan is a great gender neutral and allows you to catch a lot of seams.