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How has the hq16 changed my life?
GAMundstock
Joined: Nov. 26, 2008
Posted: Nov. 23, 2009, 1:24 PM
I never was very good at machine quilting with my ordinary sewing machine. I could not see enough of the top to anticipate where I wanted to move my stitches into. I always ended up in a corner with no way out. And while I could see my quilting designs in my mind, but couldn't get them onto the quilt. I doodle as if I am making quilting patterns and have done that for years before I started quilting.

With my Hq 16 I can see everything! I am at last HOME! I feel so comfortable doing free motion as I can plan my pathways and end up in the right spot. I still have problems getting my tops loaded but after that I just quilt happily away.
Re: How has the hq16 changed my life?
SabrinaQuilts
Joined: Nov. 16, 2009
Posted: Jan. 6, 2010, 2:51 PM
My jumping up and down moment was that I don't have to use the table or be on the floor to pin the layers together. I don't mind free motion quilting as much as you did. However, I really get frustrated when I did not do a good job of sandwiching the layers together. Using the rails for the layers was heaven sent! I almost thought of just buying the rails and the table top just so I can load the layers on them and then safety pin the layers to machine quilt it later. I almost.