Joined
·
165 Posts
A question for you quilters. Do you use your regular sewing machine or do you use a quilting machine?
quilting machine
-
Show off your completed knitting, crochet or other project by adding it to the Completed Project Gallery.
1 - 20 of 23 Posts
Joined
·
11,925 Posts
I use my regular sewing machine.
Joined
·
1,336 Posts
Regular sewing machine. I even quilted a king size quit on my Bernina.
Joined
·
259 Posts
It depends on the quilt and its end purpose. The quilt that I made for my son and DIL for their wedding was machine quilted on my friend's long arm machine. The quilt that my daughter took to college and the one my granddaughter drags around was quilted by me on my Juki. Long arm quilting is rather expensive (can't blame them for the price as those machines are pricey and it takes skill, time and patience to do a great job) so I tend to save it for extra special quilts.
Joined
·
5,640 Posts
domestic---I quilt for a living on a Juki....best 890.00 I ever spent in 1995....probabley quilted 700 quilts on it---9" harp/throat :idea: :!: :thumbup:
Joined
·
5,640 Posts
...dunno if you can see the quilted facespleezed2pleez said:
Attachments
Joined
·
3,738 Posts
I use one of my sewing machines for smaller projects and my long arm for larger projects.
Quiltdaze, I love your faces. And on a regular machine, too. I'm impressed!
Quiltdaze, I love your faces. And on a regular machine, too. I'm impressed!
Joined
·
1,834 Posts
I just bought a new sit down quilting machine and hope I get enough use from it to justify the price! I have quilted on a "Super Quilter" and also on my regular machine, which my arms can't do any more.
Joined
·
12,411 Posts
Since I just started I'm using my singer sewing machine. It's plain Jane type. No frills. I did by a walker foot and a darning foot to make my quilting easier. I'm having so much fun quilting on it. The project I'm working on now is a old jeans quilt with flannel. So far it has worked for me.
Joined
·
1,954 Posts
I use my regular Bernina for most of my quilts - even queen sized quilts. But I have sent out some to be professionally quilted. We also have long arms available to be rented in some quilt stores in our area. You have to take a class to learn how to use them and then you rent them by the hour. A lot of people do this, but I don't live close enough to take advantage of this opportunity.
Joined
·
348 Posts
I have quilted by hand in the past and love that - but it requires a lot of time and a lot of room. I have done some quilting on my Baby Lock regular sewing machine and I have decided NEVER to do that again. (I would also NEVER recommend that anyone by a Babylock sewing machine in the first place!)
Every time I quilt anything bed sized using my Babylock machine, it has to go into the shop for expensive repairs.
I save up until I can pay for someone to use a long arm to do my quilting. Here the going rate is about two cents per square inch. It is still less expensive than my sewing machine repairs.
Every time I quilt anything bed sized using my Babylock machine, it has to go into the shop for expensive repairs.
I save up until I can pay for someone to use a long arm to do my quilting. Here the going rate is about two cents per square inch. It is still less expensive than my sewing machine repairs.
1 - 20 of 23 Posts
