What a great job with handling such a challenging quilt. I have quilted other people's quilts that aren't flat but never as bad as yours looked. I suffered anxiety just watching. 😅♥️🇦🇺
Amazing to hear your thought process and how to handle the various issues you encounter. I'm learning soooo much!! I would never have known that I could absorb all that extra fullness on the edge of a quilt without having to chop it off. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I'm looking forwardto your master class to learn so much more!!
I wish I had seen this video awhile ago when a customer brought me a quilt with a wavy border that was more than a quarter of an inch off. I tried easing it in but I ultimately put in two pleats or that quilt would have been frowning at the end. Lol😂 Thank you for all of your videos! Enjoy a cup of coffee on me! ☕
Hello from France, Europe. Chanced upon this live show yesterday. Found it very interesting and am in awe of your skills - the fixing of the problem areas in the quilt top, your freehand quilting and the way you share your process with us. Thank you! PS and my thanks go to Dave too. Great team work! Have already watched another of your videos (the blue scrap quilt with the Mod boxes quilting). Am definitely stay-stiching my next quilt top if it doesn't have any borders! I don't have a long-arm but I'm definite your videos help us, quilt top makers, to improve our relationship with our long-armers. And who doesn't want a happy long-armer? Off to buy you a coffee ;-)
I will sure try the pinning when I am dealing with a customer’s quilt . I have used the pressure method in front of my machine, but it isn’t always enough. I have fount this video very helpful. Thank you.
“It’ll all come out in the wash.” I’m new to longarming-2 years in with a full time job. But that quote is one I’ve hoped to be true with my many foibles!
The last quilt I just finished was 8 inches difference from one side to the other. The most challenging I have ever done. It did turn out beautifully. Was pieced by customer’s grandmother.
WOW! You are a master. I am so glad I happened upon your channel. I have worked with quilts like this and they are not easy. Listening to you talk it through from loading to pinning to basting (with channel locks) and quilting is so very helpful. Just a couple of questions: #1. Is there ever an instance in which you would take the borders off and reattach them? #2. Would you every contact the quilter and sweetly give them a lesson in attaching borders? I did this once and she was extremely appreciative. She had never been taught to measure and cut, only to sew it on and cut off the excess. She continues to bring me her quilt tops and they are lovely and square now! #3. How do you attach your tape measure? I LOVE LOVE LOVE your "live and unscripted" lessons.
1. Yes, I’ve re-done borders on vintage quilts of my own. I don’t for clients, I do the best I can with what I’m given. 2. Again yes, I’ve given tips and also recommended other’s tutorials, but veeeery gently😉 3. I have it looped around the frame and pinched with office spring clips.
Oh gosh, Kelli! It's been a couple of years😄 You might try searching social media around the same date the episode was published...but I'm not 100% certain I posted any.
I’m about to start the sandwich process on a large 81x81 quilt that I pieced. Simply because I don’t terribly care for patterns as opposed to winging it and trying to be artistic, it’s rife with potential struggles. Too many random angles perhaps, too many seams perhaps, too many blocks with seams going every which way perhaps….but very Nicely starched and pressed. It’s as flat as I can currently make it before sandwiching. The backing bolt should be here in the next couple days, and it’ll be pinning, smoothing, bitching, perhaps trimming and hope I don’t let this get the best of me. I’m due for a win. Perhaps I shouldn’t have gone so big so immediately. But I have a theory: I’m not a table runner, wall hanging, placemats type girl. I usually tackle large, probably pretty grandiose ideas in hindsight, projects with the same purpose as someone who chooses baby step accomplishments. But two very different approaches. So we shall see if I can get her trained nice and gentle with a dose of stoic workhorseness kind of
I know it’s not live now but I just found your channel about a week ago…. But in case the horizontal channel locks don’t work again, you can “ride the bar”. Push the long arm all the way to the back (we’ll lose camera view but we’ll be ok) and ride the bar across. A small tip I learned when renting a long arm before purchasing my own. Also, why did you tear the small piece of batting at the beginning?
I use whatever I’m stitching with, for the perimeter. And only for convenience, there’s not a big reason for it. But I DO use a much large stitch, about an inch, if I’m basting within the quilt, so that it’s easy to undo as I come to it in my quilting.
Shhhhh! Yes I am. Don’t tell the quilt police😆But yes, I do it all the time, carefully and at low speed, and I’ve never had a problem in over 1000 quilts.
I’m not sure exactly what you mean. I do have zipper leaders, but on my machine I only use the zippers after a quilt is loaded, if I need to pull it off my longarm and work on another quilt. I’m able to leave the quilt loaded, and leader and quilt zip off together. Hope that answers the question.
@@StitchedBySusan The way that you were working with the wonky quilt when loading. Maybe my question should be, how could the quilt be loaded if I were to stitch my backing to the take up leader and the back leader as the quilt is wonky? I'm fairly new working with my longarm. I'm left handed and my quilt tends to shift.
I think stitching to the leaders would work fine. I feel like you’d want a pretty square and flat backing so you could focus all your attention on dealing with the wonky quilt😉
I do it all the time (don’t tell the quilt police!). I do slow down, but don’t have any trouble. I’ve never broken a pin or needle doing it, so I’ll likely keep on😉
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Wow! Now that’s talent when you can take a quilt that’s that out of whack and make it look as good as you did, absolutely amazing!
My specialty - wonky quilts 😁
So helpful on so many levels. Thank you!
I really needed to see this episode, thanks. Now I need to see how you quilt an appliqued quilt, please, please.
That would be fun! They take so long that they don’t lend themselves to live streams…but maybe some day a small one will cross my path👍🏻
What a great job with handling such a challenging quilt. I have quilted other people's quilts that aren't flat but never as bad as yours looked. I suffered anxiety just watching. 😅♥️🇦🇺
Seriously, I think this is my gift😂 I receive quilts in ALL sorts of states, and I’ve learned to enjoy the challenge of making them look sharp.
Amazing to hear your thought process and how to handle the various issues you encounter. I'm learning soooo much!! I would never have known that I could absorb all that extra fullness on the edge of a quilt without having to chop it off. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I'm looking forwardto your master class to learn so much more!!
I'm so thankful I found you. Appreciate all I'm learning from your expertise.
I wish I had seen this video awhile ago when a customer brought me a quilt with a wavy border that was more than a quarter of an inch off. I tried easing it in but I ultimately put in two pleats or that quilt would have been frowning at the end. Lol😂
Thank you for all of your videos! Enjoy a cup of coffee on me! ☕
Thank you for thinking out loud in your handling of the issues. I’m a new long arm quilter and love this channel 🤗
I’m so glad!
Hello from France, Europe. Chanced upon this live show yesterday. Found it very interesting and am in awe of your skills - the fixing of the problem areas in the quilt top, your freehand quilting and the way you share your process with us. Thank you! PS and my thanks go to Dave too. Great team work!
Have already watched another of your videos (the blue scrap quilt with the Mod boxes quilting). Am definitely stay-stiching my next quilt top if it doesn't have any borders!
I don't have a long-arm but I'm definite your videos help us, quilt top makers, to improve our relationship with our long-armers. And who doesn't want a happy long-armer?
Off to buy you a coffee ;-)
Thank you so much for the kind words! It’s a pleasure to share with other quilt makers♥️
I will sure try the pinning when I am dealing with a customer’s quilt . I have used the pressure method in front of my machine, but it isn’t always enough. I have fount this video very helpful. Thank you.
I have learned soooo much practical info from your programs. Thanks a much. Bonnie from Louisiana.
“It’ll all come out in the wash.” I’m new to longarming-2 years in with a full time job. But that quote is one I’ve hoped to be true with my many foibles!
Fortunately, it IS true in a good many quilting situations🤣 Also there’s always “can you see it from a galloping horse?”
Hello from Tennessee, 7 inches of snow here. I love your teaching style, thanks you for sharing your knowledge with us.
You’re so welcome!
Really enjoy watching your videos!
The last quilt I just finished was 8 inches difference from one side to the other. The most challenging I have ever done. It did turn out beautifully. Was pieced by customer’s grandmother.
And it’s pretty worthwhile when it’s all done, isn’t it?❤️
WOW! You are a master. I am so glad I happened upon your channel. I have worked with quilts like this and they are not easy. Listening to you talk it through from loading to pinning to basting (with channel locks) and quilting is so very helpful. Just a couple of questions:
#1. Is there ever an instance in which you would take the borders off and reattach them?
#2. Would you every contact the quilter and sweetly give them a lesson in attaching borders? I did this once and she was extremely appreciative. She had never been taught to measure and cut, only to sew it on and cut off the excess. She continues to bring me her quilt tops and they are lovely and square now!
#3. How do you attach your tape measure?
I LOVE LOVE LOVE your "live and unscripted" lessons.
1. Yes, I’ve re-done borders on vintage quilts of my own. I don’t for clients, I do the best I can with what I’m given.
2. Again yes, I’ve given tips and also recommended other’s tutorials, but veeeery gently😉
3. I have it looped around the frame and pinched with office spring clips.
Love this. Where can I see the finished quilt? I have searched and can't find it. Thank you for sharing your wealth of information!
Oh gosh, Kelli! It's been a couple of years😄 You might try searching social media around the same date the episode was published...but I'm not 100% certain I posted any.
Thanks!
I’m about to start the sandwich process on a large 81x81 quilt that I pieced. Simply because I don’t terribly care for patterns as opposed to winging it and trying to be artistic, it’s rife with potential struggles. Too many random angles perhaps, too many seams perhaps, too many blocks with seams going every which way perhaps….but very Nicely starched and pressed. It’s as flat as I can currently make it before sandwiching. The backing bolt should be here in the next couple days, and it’ll be pinning, smoothing, bitching, perhaps trimming and hope I don’t let this get the best of me. I’m due for a win. Perhaps I shouldn’t have gone so big so immediately. But I have a theory: I’m not a table runner, wall hanging, placemats type girl. I usually tackle large, probably pretty grandiose ideas in hindsight, projects with the same purpose as someone who chooses baby step accomplishments. But two very different approaches.
So we shall see if I can get her trained nice and gentle with a dose of stoic workhorseness kind of
Approach. See how that works. Progress photos and resolutions will be posted when it’s done.
Hi from Maryland. We have some snow.
I know it’s not live now but I just found your channel about a week ago…. But in case the horizontal channel locks don’t work again, you can “ride the bar”. Push the long arm all the way to the back (we’ll lose camera view but we’ll be ok) and ride the bar across. A small tip I learned when renting a long arm before purchasing my own.
Also, why did you tear the small piece of batting at the beginning?
I have a Gammill classic plus. love it. my question is what stitch length do you use when basting the quilt top on? Thanks, Carol in Bend, Oregon
I use whatever I’m stitching with, for the perimeter. And only for convenience, there’s not a big reason for it. But I DO use a much large stitch, about an inch, if I’m basting within the quilt, so that it’s easy to undo as I come to it in my quilting.
Looking at how you adjust for fullness.....wondering if sewing a basting stitch across the top and gathering it would also help on a wonky quilt
Yes, it likely would. I prefer to see the entire quilt flat so I can decide where to distribute the fullness, but that’s just my way😄
Are you sewing over pins?
Shhhhh! Yes I am. Don’t tell the quilt police😆But yes, I do it all the time, carefully and at low speed, and I’ve never had a problem in over 1000 quilts.
Another great video. What is on / over your thread cone?
Beautiful quilt in the background, looks like some gorgeous custom quilting.
You know I’m the queen of frugal, yes? My fancy thread net is a lonely sock with both ends cut off😄
@@StitchedBySusan great idea!
When you use starch to take up fabric do you worry about colors (esp red) running onto white fabric?
Frankly, I have not used it in such a situation, but yes, I recommend extreme caution. I think I’d avoid the moisture, myself. Just to be safe.
When you have a cranky quilt it takes a lot more time. Do you adjust the cost of the quilt because of it. Or do you use your same base cost?
If I think the increased time is a significant percentage, I do adjust.
is there a reason you placed the pins at an angle along the lower edge, or is that just due to the belly bar?
No major reason - it’s just a more natural angle for my hand.
Is there a way to work with quilt in this manner with zipper leaders?
I’m not sure exactly what you mean. I do have zipper leaders, but on my machine I only use the zippers after a quilt is loaded, if I need to pull it off my longarm and work on another quilt. I’m able to leave the quilt loaded, and leader and quilt zip off together. Hope that answers the question.
@@StitchedBySusan The way that you were working with the wonky quilt when loading. Maybe my question should be, how could the quilt be loaded if I were to stitch my backing to the take up leader and the back leader as the quilt is wonky? I'm fairly new working with my longarm. I'm left handed and my quilt tends to shift.
I think stitching to the leaders would work fine. I feel like you’d want a pretty square and flat backing so you could focus all your attention on dealing with the wonky quilt😉
What color thread did you end up using?
I used an olive green, lighter than the green in the quilt.
I want to do this free motion design on an alphabet quilt. On paper I can doodle the design but I can't make it flow.
Did you start w a gammill or something else…
My first machine was a used Gammill, yes.
I see you are sewing over the pins. Your Longarm doesn’t sew on them?
I do it all the time (don’t tell the quilt police!). I do slow down, but don’t have any trouble. I’ve never broken a pin or needle doing it, so I’ll likely keep on😉
Q. What is the weight of your thread?
It’s 40.
@@StitchedBySusan thanks so much. You are an inspiration and wonderful to watch. I have learned so much from you.