Machine Quilters
April 27 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Rotating location at different member’s homes
Machine quilters, using longarms and/or domestic sewing machines, gather monthly for:
- sharing simple and complex free motion designs
- compiling sketchbooks of designs
- sharing tips and tools to make the job easier
- discussing how to choose a quilting plan that enhances the quilt top rather than distracting
- brainstorming quilting ideas to assist members
- sharing recommendations of books and teachers and classes to improve skills
- fun and encouragement
Resources:
Tools
- Supreme Slider
- Gardening gloves with grip dots
- Pen taped to needle bar for practicing
- General sketch and wash pencils
- Black and white drawings and photos for designing
- Irena Bluhm feather practice write-on board
- White board with wipe off pen for designing
- Plexiglass square with taped edges
- Dissolving stabilizer (heat or water soluble types) for sewing designs
- Sew Clean spot remover for oil spots on fabric
- Renaissance wax polish for maintaining frame rails and machine body
- White board liquid cleaner for cleaning residue from frame, carriage
- SimFlex expanding sewing gauge for spacing designs without measuring
Websites
- Angela Walters
- Lori Kennedy
- Jamie Wallen
- Irena Bluhm
- Sew Cal Gal blog
Books
- Doodle Quilting by Cheryl Malkowski
- 180 Doodle Quilting Designs by Cheryl Malkowski
- Books by Judy Irish
- Walk by Jaquie Gehring
- 250 Continuous Quilting Designs by Laura Lee Fritz
- Step by Step Free Motion Quilting, Christina Cameli
- Quilting Inside the Lines by Pam Clarke
- Mix and Match Quilting Patterns by Helen Squire
- Free Motion Machine Quilting 1-2-3 by Lori Kennedy
- Wholecloth Linen Quilts Patterns and Designs by Cindy Needham
- Quilts of a Different Color by Irena Bluhm
- RulersSweet Set Rulers by Pat Barry
- Westalee rulers and ruler foot