Domestic (Home) Machine Quilters

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This group is for people who quilt using their regular home machine to share their knowledge and/or ask for help to improve their skills.

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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. 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. 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. 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. 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 Debbi Lamb/AZ on Tuesday: Cat Lady - the video clip with your DH was fun! The ornaments you and your DH have in your store are beautiful! I also love the quilting on your quilt! You've done a beautiful job! Good luck with the rest of your outer border!

Comment by Janet/MO on Monday: The quilting is looking great. I tried to view the video, but it just kept spinning. I think it is just about time to upgrade from Windows XP as it is getting harder & harder to view videos online.

Comment by Cat Lady--MO on Monday: Note, if you click on the pictures they should enlarge to see them better.

Comment by Cat Lady--MO on Monday: Have a little time to do some quilting today because it is too cold and icy to run errands. (Funny how age life's experiences have changed my mind about acceptable weather for errand driving.)

Finished the last of my four outer cornerstones.

This is the design I drafted for the outer cornerstones that required three starts and stops.

This photo is a little harder to see, but shows where I was changing thread colors in the sashing and inner borders. The "roses" are all pink, the leaves are green, and the feathers in the border are wine colored. I have always liked my quilting threads to blend with the fabric so that you see shadowy illusions rather than "in your face" designs.

The name of the quilt is "Wind Tossed Roses" The blocks are all custom quilted with rose motifs. (You can see a portion in the above photo.)

Now to get the rest of that outer border quilted!

Comment by Cat Lady--MO on Monday: Just wanted to share with you all a video clip of my dear Husband that aired on our local television station.

http://fox4kc.com/2013/12/08/holiday-ornaments-from-tiny-bear-wild-...

It was a early (and cold!) Saturday morning when we made our trek to the station for this live interview.

Hope you enjoy. And if you are so inclined, please visit our website and see all of the beautiful ornaments we have to offer.

Comment by Cat Lady--MO on December 7, 2013 at 7:57am: Gayle, yes I am doing this on my domestic machine. It is a twin size, and seems to be taking forever. Usually when I know I will be changing colors of thread I try to quilt everything I can with one color then go back and do the next color. I find as long as I have pin basted well and then have some stabilizing quilting done, I can leave areas unquilted. I often leave the safety pins in those areas so I know I need to get back to them.

Comment by Janet/MO on December 7, 2013 at 7:33am: Gayle, I have made a total of 4 hats in the last couple of weeks and have the 5th one about half finished. It is for my DH so I put it aside to finish the ones that have to go out in Monday's mail. I finally bought some needles to get started knitting socks. They are teeny tiny so I hope I can see well enough to use them. For a long time I didn't want to knit socks as I thought it would be a lot of work for something that would wear out eventually, but some of the ladies at the yarn shop talked me in to it. There are definitely some gorgeous patterns for them available.

Comment by Gayle/La. on December 7, 2013 at 2:38am: Car Lady I am getting anxious to see that quilt when you get thru with it. I hate securing the tails of thread so that I don't even want to have to start a new space with my quilting. I surely wouldn't want to have to change threads, rethreading that longarm is a bit aggravating to me. lol Are you doing free motion with your domestic machine?

Janet I just never tried to do knitting, crocheting was tough enough. I have always wanted a pair of home knitted socks. I am not sure that I could wear them because I have such sensitive feet but I just think they are beautiful.

Comment by Janet/MO on November 29, 2013 at 11:51am: You are really moving along on that quilt. I'm looking forward to seeing a pic of it once it has been finished.

Comment by Cat Lady--MO on November 29, 2013 at 7:14am: I drafted the design and now have two corner stones finished. This one only takes three starts and stops.