I am limited to straight line quilting on my machine. I have a Bernina Bernette which I love, but it was not meant for quilting. This is my first attempt at any quilting that has starts and stops within the quilt.
Can you see the quilting?
I am using a light grey on the top.
The back is a light blue thread. I wish I had a better photo, but the shadow actually helps you to see the quilting on the back. My pattern is showing up on the back because of the quilting! I am so excited.
There will be no close ups due to poor stitches, but you cant see them from this far away!!
I am starting to think about upgrading to a machine that I could free motion on. Anyone have any suggestions? I like the Bernina's with the free motion control but they are so expensive!!
Linking up with Freshly Pieced for WIP!
I just did a piece with start and stops with my walking foot. Glad it was small. I am learning FMQ but need more practice. I thought you could do it on any machine--surprised you can't on your Bernina.
ReplyDeletewell you can on the bernette, but mine is so basic that they don't make a free motion foot for it. I have to put a darning plate over the feet dogs and take the foot off. So it is a relative "can't"
DeleteCute quilt!
ReplyDeleteHehe I can see the quilting but not the stitches - the texture is what's important! :) If you are looking for a good reliable quilting machine that is somewhere just below a high end machine I truly reccomend Juki. I have a Juki TL 2010 Q - it's a semi industrial machine that is intended for free motion quilting - extended bed, second tensioner, all metal, no computer, straight stitch machine with lever to drop feed, speed control, and stitches up to 1500 stitches per minute. (Do I sound like a salesperson? LOL Not affiliated, I just love mine!)
ReplyDeleteOh thats the one that i want! It is on sale at my local quilt shop for 899 but i still wish i could find it for 100 bucks less.
DeleteYour stitching looks great! Starting and stopping in the middle of quilt adds that extra bit of trickiness, but it looks like you nailed it! I'm a huge fan of straight-line quilting, so it doesn't matter if your machine doesn't do other things :)
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