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Machine quilting hints from Susan Cleveland that appeared in the AQS magazine for Nov 2012.

Started by Janet/MO. Last reply by Sandra Commins Nov 11, 2013. 16 Replies 0 Favorites

These are hints that were in a very informative article in it about machine quilting by Susan Cleveland.She says we should be doing stitch in the ditch on every quilt we machine quilt and after…Continue

Free motion vs. "In the ditch" quilting

Started by Quilt Man. Last reply by Janet/MO Jul 23, 2013. 34 Replies 0 Favorites

Hey Y'all,Who prefers free motion quilting vs. in the ditch on your HSM? I prefer in the ditch just because it is easier to handle the massive quilt. I have done free motion on one quilt and it was a…Continue

Tips on using Invisible Thread

Started by Cat Lady--MO. Last reply by Linda A Feb 14, 2013. 9 Replies 0 Favorites

I would like to know if you have any tips on using "invisible thread" in quilting.

What machine do you use for home quilting?

Started by AidaCJ/NH. Last reply by Ann Bowman Jan 8, 2013. 16 Replies 1 Favorite

I have a Janome 1600P which came with a New Joy frame. It's fantastic for free motion quilting. However, I notice that when I do an upward stitch, the stitches skip, although the speed has been set…Continue

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Comment by Janet/MO 5 hours ago: Cat Lady, your right about how difficult it would be to do feathers on a space that small. You would be pulling your hair out before you were finished! One thing I like about the Craftsy classes compared to other internet "schools" is the fact that once you pay for it, you have it "for life". I'm not quite sure how this is going to work down the road considering the teachers will have changes in their lives, etc., but it is nice to know that I can continue to go back as often as I like and review the material. Yesterday I went to my mailbox and there was a pkg from them I was not expecting. It was a canvas tote bag with their name on it and a nice thank you note thanking me for being a good customer. To be honest I have signed up for more of their free classes than I have paid for, but I thought that was nice. Of course, it is advertising for them as well. Another thing like is how they will refund your money if you are not happy with a class. I took Wendy Butler Berns' machine quilting class and it was a total waste of time. I commented on how disappointed I was and they refunded my money w/out me even asking them to. That is good customer service in my book.

Comment by Gayle/La. 5 hours ago: Ann your quilt is gorgeous! I am going to learn some different types of quilting soon, I hope. I have bought 2 different quilting classes from Craftybut haven't had time to sit thru them. This last one I bought was Angela Waters Feathers for a longarm machine. I am anxious to get to the feathers but I want to finish this one last quilt in my challenge that I signed up for.

I really haven't tried doing a lot of different things in the different squares on/in my quilting. I just do a meandering stitch for the most part.

Comment by Cat Lady--MO 9 hours ago: I am in the process of quilting a top that consists of different sizes of pinwheels. I drew out the blades for some, and the whole pinwheel for those that would fit on my paper. After sketching some of my ideas for how I want to quilt them, I looked at what I had drawn and decided that what my pencil can do might be a little bit too tiny for my domestic machine. I had sketched out the blades of a 3" finished block and filled the larger HST triangles with feathers. Then I remembered that whole blade is only 1-1/2" there is no way I could get feathers in that HST.

Think I have come up with a compromise that will work. At least it looks good next to the other sizes on my notepaper.

Janet, I have purchased a couple of the Crafty classes but have yet had time to sit through them.

Comment by Janet/MO 15 hours ago: I am taking 2 different machine quilting classes through Craftsy. One of them is Leah Day's 1st class on the various quilting designs you can use and the other is Ann Peterson's Continuous Line quilting class. Both of them have been good classes. Craftsy gave me a gift certificate for a class of my choice so that is how I paid for the class with Ann Peterson. Now I just need to set aside some time to practice what these ladies teach!

Comment by Janet/MO 15 hours ago: Your quilt is wonderful Ann. I much prefer to pre-wash my fabric as I don't really like all those chemicals in my sewing room. Plus I like to hand quilt occasionally and find it easier to do that with pre-washed fabric. I do find if I use 100% cotton batting, it still shrinks up a bit after I wash the finished quilt and I like that look.

Comment by Pam/NY 17 hours ago: Beautiful quilting Ann..

Comment by ann/LA 17 hours ago: Finished my quilt was able to us rulers for the first time .I likes the look of the quilt before I washed it the crisp look but I had some marks that need to be washed off. I think the quilting shows up better before they are washed .Maybe should have prewashed fabric? How do you feel about the look before you wash a quilt or after ?

Comment by Gayle/La. on February 23, 2014 at 2:59am: First thank you Ann for the link and I will be putting that in my faves so that I can get a couple of rulers to use at the longarm. I just think it will be nice to be able to do something besides meander. I have had to get my stuff together to use this longarm since the machine that I was using for domestic let me down. It was an old Janome that I bought at the thrift store for $20.00 and it had the nerve to quit on me. Oh well I needed to get this longarm going.
Cat Lady I clicked on the pic and could actually see the feathers and roses all over that quilt. It is very nice and I think you should just enjoy it and be proud of yourself. It is a good job. you did.
Mary S. I think that if I do about 40 or 50 more little projects that I might get the hang of the feathers but I get impatient with myself and want to do them yesterday. LOLOL
Erin if you ever get a chance go to a BabyLock dealer and see their Tiara. It is their sit-down model that I wish I had. It is only about half of what I paid for my Tin Lizzie and when you have the hang of moving the fabric already down pat you would be right where you want to be. I have a very small room and a big machine. If I knew then what I know now I would have gotten that machine from BabyLock.

Comment by ann/LA on February 21, 2014 at 5:45pm: Gayle this is link where i got the rulers http://www.accentsindesign.com/fineline.html

I got sew -steady to make a slide on table to be able to do ruler work ,could'nt find a hopping foot for my bernina so I 'm using the BSR and being very slow and carefull with so for only broke 2 needles .I called the lady that selles these rulers and she said you could use them a Dom machine doing FM I tryed it and you can but it takes getting use to them.

Comment by Mary S. on February 21, 2014 at 4:32pm: I am always ripping something out...I guess that makes the project last longer! Now I feel an excuse coming on here...I would not have such a large stash IF I did not spend twice as long finishing each one! Cat Lady, the roses quilt is really nice! Very pretty! Gayle,I am determined to learn to make feathers also. So far I am not ready to actually use them on anything besides scraps of muslin.