free motion quilting
Practice runs on the HQ16 mid-arm quilting machine.
16/05/08 14:24 Filed in: HQ16
Here are some pics from last week, we had such a good week . We spent alot of time offline playing with the HQ16. Here are a few pics of some of the practice runs we made. Bradie was so happy when I came home with a bolt of ikea Muslin to practice on. At $3.99/M you can't go wrong.
Here is a pattern we followed with the laser stylus. It was really easy to use and if this is how good it looks first run, wait till we get good at it. I tried some micro stippling of sorts as well.
Before long patterns just sort of flow on to your textile canvas. This one turned out a little aztec or egyptian.
Here's a shot of what the kids see as Marching Elephants. I see it a bit but am going to mess around with the number of legs and size of ears. This would be a really fun pattern to try on a kids jungle quilt.
Bradie's playing with the idea of blistery breeze.
Second Oldest daughters first attempt at Graffiti slye writing. She wants to practice with different colour threads. I think it will look great in orange red and yellow
I couldn't believe when Bradie whipped this off. She's such a natural at quilting, I 'm happy to have some one to learn from and with. What a great flower. Again, can't wait to see it in color. or on a quilt.
Some of Bradie's first McCtavishing on the longarm.
We had originally picked out a bunch of different templates for the machine, but weren't happy with the way they looked on fabric. We traded them in for these great templates. They are ideal for blocks up to 12.5 inches. We got both squares and circles. As you can see my stylus wasn't quite low enough and some of the lines are little wavy.
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How to pass the day thinking about a long arm machine.
23/01/08 23:25 Filed in: long arm
I'm sure you all have a wish list of things you'll probably never get,
but what if someone you love wins the lottery and asks you what you would like?
You better have an answer ready!
Here is my WishList!
Juki 30" long arm quilting machine
16/01/08 23:45 Filed in: sewing
machine
While I am talking about dreaming, here is my dream machine.
I know I know I love it too...
Juki LU-158 Very Heavy Duty 30" Long Arm Walking Foot
Industrial Sewing Machine LU158 - FREE 100 Organ
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