Re: quilting machine

Don't you have to worry about it poofing in the center when you start from both ends? (I'm not a MQer) I know you have to baste good, but would still thing basting would 'push' the quilt out (in this case, toward the center).

Since the quilt top and backing are on (separate) rollers, the (light) tension on the top and backing take care of this.

btw, with the HQ or similar baby quilting machines, no basting is required because of the rollers.

There are two good books out there about l>Don't you have to worry about it poofing in the center when you start from

Gotcha! Thanks for the clarification.

You're welcome. And thanks for the thank you. I've gotten a little discouraged lately.

I have replied helpfully to all lot of threads here recently with no acknowledgement or thank you. I know not to expect and to give freely but it is nice to know that people appreciate one spending their time helping when they could (should) be quilting.

I always try to remember to thanks other's efforts to help me.

Sorry for the m>Gotcha! Thanks for the clarification.

Different strokes.

While I wouldn't tell anyone NOT to say thank you, I prefer it when they don't. It gets boring. Questions are interesting. Seeing all the different answers is interesting. Learning why the original poster decided to choose a particular method or solution to a challenge (even if it is not the one I suggested) is interesting. Getting a follow-up on how my advice turned out (whether good or bad) is interesting. Reading 20 messages a day that all say thank you is boring.

I usually post a single follow-up message with a "thanks to everyone who wrote" at the bottom. That's as personal as I get. And everyone keeps jumping in to help me anyway. Go figure. Quilters!

--Lia

rjwhite6 wrote:

I am also interested in this. I have seen ads for a Grace sewing maching frame, and for a John (last name?) frame. The Grace one looks like you either move your machine (on some sort of wheels?) around the stationary frame, or the frame is on wheels. The John Whosit frame looks like you need five or six arms to coordinate frame and machine. Please educate me along with Arline.

Nell in Austin

Hi All, I don't expect everyone to thank me every single time I type something. I agree with Pat, Julia, etc.... When people ask advice, I prefer that they send a big "thanks" to all those that posted advice ( instead of typing about 30 replys, all saying "thank you" individually). Not me, but a lot of the people around the world ( on this newsgroup) have to pay for the messages individually. I can't begin to imagine how fast this would add up. So, saying that, I big "thank you" goes out to all that posted advice I found helpful.

Kris ( in northern Virignia)

The Grace frame moves the machine and in my NSHO I think the Grace frame looks to be one of the best. I found in my research that the quilting limitations come from the machine and not the frame. If you want to quilt a 12" motif then the neck of the machine needs to be able to accomodate 12" plus the rolled up edges. That eliminates the standard home quilting machines that are being sold these days. The Nolting is just one of the machines sold that has an opening large enough to accomodate almost any kind of quilting.

Now, having said that, can the Grace Machine Quilter sm base accomodate a machine with a larger footprint? That is something I haven't looked into yet. Maybe someone else can help with that?

The Grace I tried out at the show had a Brother 1500, which has a somewhat larger throat. Not anything like a longarm, but noticeably larger than the average machine. It moved very easily -you could steer it with 1 finger. Didn't Frank buy that setup for Brenda? Brenda, have you tried it out enough to tell us about it? Roberta in D

What is a "short arm machine"? I haven't heard of that yet! I've looked at the Handi Quilter & the Grace & so far the Grace has my vote, but I'm not anywhere ready for one yet. I'm looking forward to the big quilt show in October to see what frames are shown & demonstrated.

Short arm is just the regular home sewing machine that we all have. Roberta in D