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beginning machine quilting
Hullo Martha
Yes, it most certainly is realistic. Most of us at least started that way! There are *many* books out there on machine quilting. Two small ones I have are by Maurine Noble and Marti Michell. I also have the Heirloom Machine Quilting book by Harriet Hargrave, which covers pretty much everything you want to know. One thing to note, when you are looking for quilting designs, to make your work easier, try to eliminate stops and starts as far as possible. For this you will need to look for designs which are labelled as *continuous*; or specifically for machine quilting. Other designs (that you might have been using for hand-quilting) are fine and lovely, when you want to use them for something special, and if you are prepared to deal with the threads at beginning and end of pattern lines (in whichever way appeals to you). .. In article m, Martha writes Hello! I can no longer handquilt. I have a Bernina 135. Would anyone have a recommendation on a book or two, or websites, or anything else, to help someone start machine quilting? But I don't want to spend a lot of money on another machine. Yes, I could send projects out to a longarm, and probably will if they are big, but for lap quilt and smaller, I'd like to learn to Do It Myself. Is this realistic? best Martha -- Best Regards pat on the hill |
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Martha wrote:
Hello! I can no longer handquilt. I have a Bernina 135. Would anyone have a recommendation on a book or two, or websites, or anything else, to help someone start machine quilting? But I don't want to spend a lot of money on another machine. Heirloom Machine Quilting by Harriet HArgrave. It's possible. You should be able to drop your feeddogs ok. -georg |
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Maurine Noble's book "Machine Quilting made Easy" is a perfect starting
place: it's inexpensive, has a great set of lessons to introduce techniques. Start at lesson one, and work your way through to the end...I can practically guarantee you'll feel like you've got a good basic understanding. This is the "textbook" I use to teach. Of course, Hargrave's Heirloom Machine Quilting is also wonderful, albeit way way more expensive. -- Kim Graham http://members.shaw.ca/kigraham Nanaimo, BC, Canada THE WORD IN PATCHWORK "Martha" wrote in message m... Hello! I can no longer handquilt. I have a Bernina 135. Would anyone have a recommendation on a book or two, or websites, or anything else, to help someone start machine quilting? But I don't want to spend a lot of money on another machine. Yes, I could send projects out to a longarm, and probably will if they are big, but for lap quilt and smaller, I'd like to learn to Do It Myself. Is this realistic? best Martha |
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Yes, very realistic!!
I can't help much with the books, but I can give a three words of advice. They are Practice, Practice, Practice. Books and websites (and even teachers) can get you started on the right foot (so to speak!), but you also need to give yourself permission to practice a lot on scraps before you move to a quilt. Kathy A. (Woodland, CA) Longarm Machine Quilting, Queen of Fabric Tramps (remove the obvious to reply) Martha wrote: Hello! I can no longer handquilt. I have a Bernina 135. Would anyone have a recommendation on a book or two, or websites, or anything else, to help someone start machine quilting? But I don't want to spend a lot of money on another machine. Yes, I could send projects out to a longarm, and probably will if they are big, but for lap quilt and smaller, I'd like to learn to Do It Myself. Is this realistic? best Martha |
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heh heh, I gave myself permission to practice on a quilt. A little ugly one.
The quilting on it, compared to what I can do now, is atrocious. Meg loves it in the car to put over her legs in the winter. Practice can be done on potholders as well, make a sandwich large enough to make 4 or 6 pot holders and practice on that. Cut them apart. Bind. I dont like practice. Its like exersize. Seems to much like work. ;-) Diana "Kathy Applebaum" wrote in message . .. Yes, very realistic!! I can't help much with the books, but I can give a three words of advice. They are Practice, Practice, Practice. Books and websites (and even teachers) can get you started on the right foot (so to speak!), but you also need to give yourself permission to practice a lot on scraps before you move to a quilt. Kathy A. (Woodland, CA) Longarm Machine Quilting, Queen of Fabric Tramps (remove the obvious to reply) Martha wrote: Hello! I can no longer handquilt. I have a Bernina 135. Would anyone have a recommendation on a book or two, or websites, or anything else, to help someone start machine quilting? But I don't want to spend a lot of money on another machine. Yes, I could send projects out to a longarm, and probably will if they are big, but for lap quilt and smaller, I'd like to learn to Do It Myself. Is this realistic? best Martha |
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Diana Curtis wrote: I dont like practice. Its like exersize. Seems to much like work. ;-) Diana Then the trick to both practice and exercise is to make them as enjoyable as possible. Followed, of course, by a big piece of chocolate as a reward for a job well done. *big grin* (Got the Dr's clearance to get back on the bike today. Yippee!!!) Kathy A. (Woodland, CA) Longarm Machine Quilting, Queen of Fabric Tramps (remove the obvious to reply) |
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I do all my own quilting on the sewing machine (only started
piecing/quilting in Jan 2003). I learned by just doing it. Quilt something small like a runner/mat/wall hanging. My first big quilted item was a 4 patch lap quilt--I just stitched in diagonal line across the sqs and it came out great. I still do a lot of that and stitch in the ditch. I am slowly branching out into motifs using templates. I have never even considered sending it to someone--probably more than I can afford anyway--and it would'nt feel like MY quilt if someoone else quilted it even if they could do a much better job than me at quilting it--just my personal feelings. -- Kathy in CA Quilting Stuff: http://community.webshots.com/user/kathys1068 "Martha" wrote in message m... Hello! I can no longer handquilt. I have a Bernina 135. Would anyone have a recommendation on a book or two, or websites, or anything else, to help someone start machine quilting? But I don't want to spend a lot of money on another machine. Yes, I could send projects out to a longarm, and probably will if they are big, but for lap quilt and smaller, I'd like to learn to Do It Myself. Is this realistic? best Martha |
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One very useful tip that I got was to use a square of craft felt for a
practise/warmup square. They don't cost much but have a similar feel to a quilt sandwich. I like experimenting with new designs with them. (to give credit where credit is due - I got this idea when talking with Robbi Joy Ecklow after a trunk show she gave recently. She does lovely machine quilting to along with her original applique designs) Allison Kathy Applebaum wrote: Yes, very realistic!! I can't help much with the books, but I can give a three words of advice. They are Practice, Practice, Practice. Books and websites (and even teachers) can get you started on the right foot (so to speak!), but you also need to give yourself permission to practice a lot on scraps before you move to a quilt. Kathy A. (Woodland, CA) Longarm Machine Quilting, Queen of Fabric Tramps (remove the obvious to reply) Martha wrote: Hello! I can no longer handquilt. I have a Bernina 135. Would anyone have a recommendation on a book or two, or websites, or anything else, to help someone start machine quilting? But I don't want to spend a lot of money on another machine. Yes, I could send projects out to a longarm, and probably will if they are big, but for lap quilt and smaller, I'd like to learn to Do It Myself. Is this realistic? best Martha |
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I've never heard that before, Allison. It's definitely worth thinking
about - would be much quicker to get started, so it might make me do it more. Thanks for passing on the idea. .. In article , Allison writes One very useful tip that I got was to use a square of craft felt for a practise/warmup square. They don't cost much but have a similar feel to a quilt sandwich. I like experimenting with new designs with them. (to give credit where credit is due - I got this idea when talking with Robbi Joy Ecklow after a trunk show she gave recently. She does lovely machine quilting to along with her original applique designs) Allison -- Best Regards pat on the hill |
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I like that idea! Thanks for sharing it -- I think I'll pick up some squares
this weekend. -- Louise in Iowa nieland4 at mchsi dot com http://community.webshots.com/user/louiseiniowa "Allison" wrote in message ... One very useful tip that I got was to use a square of craft felt for a practise/warmup square. They don't cost much but have a similar feel to a quilt sandwich. I like experimenting with new designs with them. (to give credit where credit is due - I got this idea when talking with Robbi Joy Ecklow after a trunk show she gave recently. She does lovely machine quilting to along with her original applique designs) Allison Kathy Applebaum wrote: Yes, very realistic!! I can't help much with the books, but I can give a three words of advice. They are Practice, Practice, Practice. Books and websites (and even teachers) can get you started on the right foot (so to speak!), but you also need to give yourself permission to practice a lot on scraps before you move to a quilt. Kathy A. (Woodland, CA) Longarm Machine Quilting, Queen of Fabric Tramps (remove the obvious to reply) Martha wrote: Hello! I can no longer handquilt. I have a Bernina 135. Would anyone have a recommendation on a book or two, or websites, or anything else, to help someone start machine quilting? But I don't want to spend a lot of money on another machine. Yes, I could send projects out to a longarm, and probably will if they are big, but for lap quilt and smaller, I'd like to learn to Do It Myself. Is this realistic? best Martha |
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