eula Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 I'm thinking about ordering CL Basic. I see the Large Circle & Baptist Fan Blade is included. Does that mean that I will be able to do Baptist Fans by only purchasing the CL Basic or will I also have to buy a template to do the Baptist Fan? I'm confused because I also see Baptist Fan listed under the Templates. I also looked at a sample quilt on their website & it does not show the Baptist Fan as one of the patterns included with CL Basic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Beth Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 Hi Eula, You cannot go wrong with the Circle Lord. With the basic set you will get a "blade" type thing that does a Baptist Fan. I have it, but have never used it. It does come with several circle maker templates that can make a ton of different size circles. There are templates to make other designs that are sold seperatly. You should give Michael a call and ask him questions. He is very user friendly He will not try to pressure you into buying and he will help you decide what you need for now. Good luck. Let us know what you decide. You will love it!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmcclannan Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 Hey, Mary Beth, I thought I was the only one who hadn't used the Baptist fan blade. I decided a template looked easier. You sold me on CL quite a while ago. You really should get a percentage of all the sales you have encouraged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Beth Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 I just love a product that actually works - or that I can use. I have spent way too much money in the past on tools that claimed to do something that I felt they did not. That is not so with the Circle Lord....it actually works and I can use it...so word of mouth!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramona-quilter Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 Hey, wait a minute, Julie. Who do you think sold the Circle Lord to Mary Beth? Yes, it was me. I stood right outside that CL booth at MQS 2007 and wouldn't let her get away until she signed up I have never used my single blade either. But I have used my giant Baptist Fans many times. It is the perfect pattern for traditional quilts. And now the new ones come with clams, I believe. Yippee. a 2-fer. I am using my basic circle right now on a king-size. I'm doing concentric circles that overlap like bunting. The CL 12-inch circle (or half-circle or 3.4 circles which I am using) make perfect circles. No wobbles, ruler slips or hassles with the expanded base. You will love the CL, Eula. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Beth Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 Yep, Linda gets the credit for me being a blabber mouth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eula Posted January 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 Just curious. How come no one uses the Baptist Fan blade? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Beth Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 I bought the King Baptist Fan Template so I just always use that one. The blade would probably be good if you wanted to do a smaller size or whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandraC Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 I've never used it either...love my giant BF template, though. I imagine with the blade that comes with the basic CL you would be doing a BF that involves a lot of stops and starts...where the giant BF is done using one continuous line. I'm sure that if you wanted the effect of the BF using the blade it would be beautiful just more time-consuming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njquiltergirl Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 Hi. Have any of you CL experts ever taken a class in it...MQX offers a class with Linda Mae Diny teaching it. Any one ever take it? Thanks! Lisa APQS Liberty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathyA Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 I took Linda's class and also purchased her book - quilting in circles. it really inspired me - and I then did a concentric circle pattern on one of my quilts. It's alot of starting and stopping though and I decided I would not offer it to customers. Love the CL but don't use it as often as I probably should. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PATST Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 Wait a minute -- hard to keep up with you ladies! Where does one find the Circle Lord? Love this forum -- learn so much each time I log on. Patsy in NE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eula Posted January 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 Circle Lord's website is http://www.loriclesquilting.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eula Posted January 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 "It's alot of starting and stopping though and I decided I would not offer it to customers. Love the CL but don't use it as often as I probably should. " That's the part I'm wondering about. It's pricey if it's not something that you would use often. Guess I'll keep thinking about it for a while. Thanks for all the input. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
circlelord Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 Hi, For years, many did Baptist fans using a series of round templates, hand held on the front. With the Circle Lord you can do them more accurately from the back of the machine. With any of these methods, you will have trailing threads to cut - it's the nature of the pattern. It's the same as with concentric circles. This is why you use the spirals template. If you don't want trailing threads, you use the continuous templates that are mounted on the Circle Lord, like Featherz, or the Giant templates that do edge to edge work. Take a look at the king quilt done by Linda Mae Diny . It had a lot of trailing threads, but there is no other way to do this pattern. Go near the end of the blog to see the note and picture. Just like any tool, some use the CL more than others. Cheers, Michael P.S: if no one is using the large blade to do either the Baptist fans or, the large circles, up to 20 inches, I'll just leave it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 Love my CL use it often. I don't use the blade either because I'm kind of lazy and got the Giant Templates which don't need many brain cells to use and the quilts come out BEAUTIFUL!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Beth Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 Originally posted by eula "It's alot of starting and stopping though and I decided I would not offer it to customers. Love the CL but don't use it as often as I probably should. " That's the part I'm wondering about. It's pricey if it's not something that you would use often. Guess I'll keep thinking about it for a while. Thanks for all the input. Eula, No, that is not correct...I do use my Circle Lord all the time, I would say on 85% - 90% of my quilts have a CL eliment. I didn't think it would be worth the money at one time. I had purchased a different circle maker with my machine and never used it. I was so dissappointed in that tool that it almost burned me from buying any mothers. Then I snapped and bought the CL - Wow!! What a difference. It is easy to use and I use it often. I also did a quilt with concentric circles - full sized and had lots of starts and stops, but it went fast and clipping the threads was really no big deal. The quilt looked awesome! You will not be sorry you purchased the Circle Lord - trust me!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 Eula....I'm with Mary Beth, there aren't numberous starts and stops with a CL...just on each row as you go down your quilt....or unless your like me my thread sometimes breaks in the middle and you have to start over from that point. CL is one of the best products you can buy....me I don't have one yet, but its in my future....I personlly right now use something simliar, but when I get the money together you can be sure that I too will have the CL in my house and it will be used often. I love the designs that they have, I really like the boards and its not brain surgery to use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmoore1223 Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 Eula......The circle lord is a wonderful product. It helps you so things that would probably take a lot more time to do without it. Right now I'm doing stars and I love the template. I haven't used the baptist blade yet but I plan to soon. I love Baptist Fans and I just need a little time to play with it (So don't take it out Michael). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAQuilts Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 Eula...The worst LA decision I've ever made, was waiting 6 mo before finially deciding to go for it. The CL has made quilting so much easier, not to mention so much more FUN:) Very habit forming, with my next order I will have collected nearly the entire set. I use a CL element on about every quilt I do to some extent. For me this has been a very good investment beings I have no desire to go computerized. Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsbishwit Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 Here's my two cents (even though the others have already done a great job) I owned the CL and some large templates, LOVED THEM, anyways recently I had to sell my CL due to having to pay off a neccessary debt that was created when my old sewing machine needed to be replaced. But I fully intend to re-purchase another one in the future. Because right after I packed it up & mailed it off to it's new owner, I was already missing it....that is how great this tool is, pricey yes...excellent quality yes....one of those must have items in my honest opinon The only thing that I can ever imagine that would ever be able to take it's place would to have your longarm computerized. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Beth Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 Joann, I thought you had jumped ship and went computerized I'm sorry you had to sell your CL, but you have Michael's number!! You all are doing a fantastic job of selling You are starting to sound like me!! Now, you might want to think about that for a while :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 Well we have to sound like you silly.....your never around anymore...I SO MISS our telephone conversations....I MISS YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsbishwit Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 No can't afford to be computerized, not yet anyways. I will end up computerized just in time to stop quilting for others But I do miss my CL, but I had to replace my Bernina last year and I will be able to re-purchase the CL again..but instead of doing the payment plan as before I think I will buy it piece meal and pay as I buy. I also need to see how much DD's college will be above and beyond her scholarship for the fall of 2009. She plans on going down state to U of A so she will be in the dorms and have living expenses which fall above the scholarship she gets. She is planning on applying for student loans, but how much she will qualify is unknown right now do to the lending mess in this country. So if all works out hopefully by this time next year I will have a CL again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eula Posted January 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 You all have done a very good sales job. I'm convinced that I need one. I've had my Millie for less than 6 mos. When you all talk about the templates. are you talking about the ones that you don't even need the CL Basic? If I understand correctly, there are templates that sort of look like they work like pantos, but they are about $500 & you don't need the CL Basic. Since I've never even seen one, that sure seems like a lot of money. But it sounds like you all are glad you have made the investment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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