Dense Quilting on a Longarm Machine – Sit Down Quilting Sunday #7

LeahDay

Leah Day has been teaching online since 2009. She's the creator of the Free Motion Quilting Project, a blog filled with thousands of quilting tutorial videos. Leah has written several books including 365 Free Motion Quilting Designs, Explore Walking Foot Quilting with Leah Day, and Mally the Maker and the Queen in the Quilt.

8 Responses

  1. Laura says:

    Leah, your talent just amazes me. I love the designs you are showing us. I am enjoying this series very much and am excited to see some large scale quilting next. I am retiring in June and am eager to start finishing the many tops hanging in my closet. I'm interested in open, edge-to-edge type designs, the kind you would probably find boring! 🙂 I would love to see/hear some ideas for pretty designs to give my quilts nice texture without being so detailed. Thank you!

  2. Leah Day says:

    Great suggestion! I honestly don't find any type or style of quilting boring. It's all a challenge to learn and then learn how to teach well on video. I'm actually interested in that type of design too because I'm also getting a dangerously huge stack of unfinished quilt tops in my closet!

  3. Unknown says:

    My question is about the Qnique machine. When I read the information about the sit down machine it isn't really clear if it is or has the stitch regulation. The information on line tends lead you believe that it does have stitch regulation. Could you clarify this for me?
    Barbara from MN.

  4. Leah Day says:

    No, the sit down model of the Grace Qnique 14+ machine does not have a stitch regulator, nor does it have any ability to have a stitch regulator. This machine will only have a stitch regulator after you've upgraded it to quilt on a frame with a monitor and wheels.

  5. dsantora says:

    Hi Leah, thanks for this great series! I have the handiquilter sweet sixteen in it's original table and have struggled using rulers due to the little height discrepancy between the machine bed and the table. My question is, how would your machine, with the acrylic insert do with using a ruler for designs? Is the machine bed/arm flush with the insert? I'm thinking of getting a quilt table…….thanks! Dina from NY

  6. Leah Day says:

    Great question! I'm planning a video on ruler quilting in a few weeks. I've sorted out the subtle height difference between the machine and the insert (just a lot of different surfaces right around the needle) by using a Queen Supreme Slider. It just seems to even everything out so the little lips and bumps aren't so noticeable and shouldn't be an issue for ruler foot quilting.

  7. Karen Harvey says:

    I'd like to see a workshop or video in how to plan out quilting something. I am getting better at quilting, but struggle knowing how to best quilt something. Example, today I am going to quilt a baby quilt for a new grandson. I'll do something, but need more help in actually planning a good and appropriate design.

  8. Leah Day says:

    That's a great suggestion Karen! Thank you!

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