The Generations Machine Quilting Forum is all about quilters helping quilters. Sharing both our problems and our successes.
You know how it goes...
The quilt top is done...all that's left is quilting the quilt. You know, it's not a quilt until it's quilted, right?
And then the darned quilt pattern innocently instructs with those dreaded words...QUILT AS DESIRED!!!!
What's a quilter to do?
If you've got machine quilting questions, you've come to the right place.
If you need:
Help deciding how to quilt your quilt, or....
A recommendation on batting or thread, or...
Your tension is a mess, or...
...whatever your quilting question may be. Just ask. And remember, the only "dumb" question is the one that doesn't get asked!
Best of all, you—our wonderful readers and quilting friends—can ask, as well as, answer your fellow quilters' questions.
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Reminder:
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Layering and Basting a Quilt
I've finished quilt tops for my sisters (3) Christmas gifts for 2010. I'm trying to machine quilt them...is there a secret to keeping your sandwich taunt ...
Bamboo Quilt Batting for Hand Quilting
I recently have seen bamboo batting, it mentions machine quilting but not hand quilting, I do mainly hand quilting and would like to know if the bamboo ...
How do I start and end a line of quilting. I'd like to do a large amount of echo quilting on my current ...
Quilting Foot - Which one do I need?
What is the best type of machine quilt presser foot to use for "stitch in the ditch"? I bought a "Big Foot" but couldn't figure out how to install it on ...
When cutting triangles from a square, you add 7/8" to insure that ...
Free Motion Machine Quilting Tools
I tried to stipple a medium size blanket. I just couldn't get the quilt to glide over the machine bed, so the stitches were all different sizes. I know ...
The front of my work looks great, but the back is a mess. I get "eyelashes"...
Quilt Batting
I am interested to know your opinion and how you feel about 100 % wool, 50% cotton/50% bamboo batting compared to 100% cotton from a feel and hand point ...
Machine Quilting with Multiple Threads
I want a heavier look to the machine quilting. Can you have 2 threads go through one needle? If not, what kind of thread will give a heavier look to ...
Machine Quilting Over the Same Place Twice?
I would like to machine quilt between the applique butterfly wings and it would be easier to go over a section more than once...I have been out of quilting ...
