backporchquilts 0 Report post Posted February 19, 2009 I have a short arm machine and wondered if Darlene Epps Pocket Guides would be helpful? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DoryJM 76 Report post Posted February 19, 2009 I think they'd be helpful on any machine. She gives you so many ideas for quilting...they're wonderful books to have. Dorothy MillerAPQS Sales Representative Crazy Horse Quilting Sequim, WA http://www.crazyhors...g.blogspot.com/ To Ride or Not to Ride...what a stupid question!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bonnie 14 Report post Posted February 19, 2009 Most definitely....they will help with any make model or style...you are in total control of the size of the designs....so any sized machine will work. Even your regular DSM you can still get ideas, its just a bit harder on your shoulders when the day is done. Bonnie Botts APQS Sales Rep - Certified Service Technician APQS Millennium 2006---MJ APQS Millennium 2004---Lucy 405-533-1025 home 518-935-3832 cell "Absolute rules are about as useless in making quilts as they are in raising children" Carter Houck---1992 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Quilting Heidi 1,395 Report post Posted February 20, 2009 I agree 100% with Bonnie and Dory. These guides give you some wonderful ideas no matter what kind of machine you use. Quilting 4 U http://community.webshots.com/user/merrih2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quiltmonkey 410 Report post Posted February 20, 2009 Absolutely! These designs can work on any size machine. I love those little books... they live right on my quilting table and are always in hands reach. "Of all the things a woman's hands have made---The quilt so lightly thrown across her bed---The quilt that keeps her loved ones warm---Is woven of her love and dreams and thread." excerpt from The Romance of the Patchwork Quilt by Carrie A. Hall Shana in North Pole, Alaska ---- The Farthest North APQS Sales Rep Always quilting with her faithful friend, Mademoiselle Madeleine Millennium, Bliss-fully skating gracefully...and having lots of fun with IntelliQuilter Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
backporchquilts 0 Report post Posted February 20, 2009 Great!! Thanks, I'll make the pocket guides my next quilting purchase! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sandra Darlington 116 Report post Posted February 20, 2009 I agree, too. I bought them when I was quilting on a New Joy frame with a Brother 1500S. Now I use them with my Liberty. The type of machine doesn't matter. In fact, her ideas can be used with a domestic machine, too. Sandra Darlington Darlington Quilts 2005 APQS Liberty, Circle Lord Enhanced sandradarlington@aol.com or DarlingtonQuilts@Gmail.com Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boni 6 Report post Posted May 4, 2009 I just received Darlene Epp's Pocket Guide to Freehanding Heirloom Feathers, Freehand, Formal & Fanciful. WOW! What a lot of great techniques and ideas. I haven't even gotten into the workbook, and I can hardly wait. This is all about timing--I've been drooling over all the beautiful feathers out there, and I'm not very patient to sit and digitize feathers---What a chore! Besides, there are so many you can do freehand! Thank you Darlene for such excellent "pocket" books for us to use. Yes, of course I'll be posting pictures of PPP. Funny story: DH picked up the mail and on the UPS priority envelop (it went to our PO box) there was in red type "Extremely Urgent". He phoned me as he was on his way to Portland, "Honey, do you need this right away, or can I continue to Portland and bring it to you tonight?" You know how hard it was for me to not say yes? Boni Statler http://nabqc.com/ http://nabqc.blogspot.com/ http://picasaweb.google.com/bonniesews "Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content." Helen Keller Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
