Quilting Crown of Scraps on a New Style of Sit Down Longarm

I’m quilting my Crown of Scraps quilt block a second time this week and using a new style of sit down longarm to do it! The Q-Zone Hoop Frame can be set up low so you can sit and quilt. But this is so much easier than quilting on a typical sit down / table mounted longarm because the machine is moving! See what I mean in this video:

Click Here to check out this Q-Zone Frame and Qnique 14+ / 15R longarm. I can also set up this frame taller and stand and quilt too. Lately I’ve been building new skills for travel stitching and precision quilting so sitting down feels a bit easier for these finer movements.

Click Here to find the pattern for the Crown of Scraps Quilt Block. This is the 9th block for the Friendship Quilt Along, but it’s just fine to jump in late. The videos and tutorials I’ve shared will remain online indefinitely!

Quilting on a New Style of Sit Down Longarm

I quilted my Crown of Scraps quilt block with a combination of Sharp Stippling and ruler quilting using the Slice quilting ruler. I love the effect of echo ditching the scrappy pieced border of this quilt block.

Quilting Crown of Scraps on a Sit Down Longarm Machine

There is about 10 inches of quilting space with the Qnique 15R / 14+ on the Q-Zone Frame. This means I had to advance the quilt block twice through the frame in order to quilt the entire block and border. Make sure to watch the video to get an idea of what advancing a quilt through the hoop frame is like. The advantage of this style of frame is you can quilt any size of quilt and the frame is only 4 1/2 feet long!

With block 9 complete, we only have 3 blocks to go to finish our Friendship Sampler Quilts! Well, 4 blocks if you’re making a Queen or King! Come check out this project and see all the beautiful blocks you can piece and quilt with me.

Let’s go quilt,

Leah Day

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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.

4 Responses

  1. This looked fairly easy. I have been wanting a long arm machine but have not seen anyone sitting using one. I can’t stand for long periods so this would work for me. So this is a basic one?

  2. Alfa Binkley says:

    Dear Leah I have
    Purchased a Grace 21 longarm. Now that I ve made this choice I am feeling that maybe I should have looked at the reviews. There are not any on the net. Would you please help me. Now that I’ve found you on u tube I
    Wish I had made my purchase thru you. I have not
    Gotten the computer part yet and it looks like I need the clamp you use on the rail

    Please take a moment to answer me about your review on the 21

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