Mercedes Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 Hi, When using the QZ, how do you do a design on your quilt on the left side by the border? Is this where you have to turn the quilt in order to do those last designs? And would this be the same for both the QZ and CL products? Thanks...Mercedes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandra Darlington Posted December 21, 2009 Report Share Posted December 21, 2009 If you can't slide the CL any farther to the left to do your last block, then I guess you would have to turn the quilt, if that would make it possible to do the quilting on that last block. I never had that problem, however. Perhaps the quilts I've done are smaller that what you are doing, although I only have an 11' frame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witha'K'quilting Posted December 21, 2009 Report Share Posted December 21, 2009 I have not had to turn a quilt either...but I have a 12' table. If your quilt runs to the very edge of your leaders on both sides...then you will probably have to turn the quilt to add the design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted December 21, 2009 Report Share Posted December 21, 2009 I too have not had to turn a quilt to stitch with the Quilatzoid on the border. Are you asking about keeping something continuous? I have used the cross hatching without turning and you could do block designs as you advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercedes Posted December 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2009 I was just wondering if you actually had to turn a quilt to get to the far left side. It sounds like, using the Tracing Templates that this would be a rare occurance and that's a good thing. Thanks....Mercedes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted December 21, 2009 Report Share Posted December 21, 2009 Mercedes, Because the arm of the quiltazoid is so flexible you really have a lot of flexibility for lining up the design. I've never had to turn the quilt just to stitch a design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Beth Posted December 21, 2009 Report Share Posted December 21, 2009 With the CL, I don't believe you would have to turn the quilt...holy cow...if that were the case, no one would have a CL. You turn the CL base unit around. However, I have never, ever had that kind of problem and I have used my CL on a lot of quilts. Here is a webshots folder of a lot of my CL work...take a peek.. http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/album/559786043wLmhOu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hollyrw Posted December 21, 2009 Report Share Posted December 21, 2009 Any gadget that takes up space (Hartley Fence, QZ, Topper, CL, etc.) could conceivably cause you an issue. This would only be if your quilt was taking up the entire length of your table however. I have the 14' table and just did an oversized queen quilt using the QZ from the front. I was able to quilt on the left side without a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Beth Posted December 21, 2009 Report Share Posted December 21, 2009 Mecedes, I thought you had already decided on the QZ. I know this is a huge decision to make. Look at everyone's web shots and pictures of quilts. Keep in mind which product has the patterns you like the most and go from there. If you see QZ designs on quilts and you like the looks and you already know how to easy it seems to be to use, then go with that one. Same with HF, CL or which ever device you might be considering. You are the one that has to live with the purchase you make. Check out the web sites for each tool. You make the decision for yourself. I had the HF and switched to CL because, for me, it was easier to use and had more design choiced, and I loved the way the quilts looked that the CL was being used on. But it was my decision, no one elses when I changed. Holly, That is what I was thinking too. It would depend on the size of your table and quilt. I too have a 14' table, and I have never had a customer quilt that goes all the way to the edge, therefore I have never had that problem with the CL. But, if you were having that problem, you can just turn the CL around on the table to accomodate the size and get those hard to reach edges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmoore1223 Posted December 21, 2009 Report Share Posted December 21, 2009 Hey, just noticed your titles MB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Beth Posted December 21, 2009 Report Share Posted December 21, 2009 Yes, I have a title! How about that!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgene Posted December 22, 2009 Report Share Posted December 22, 2009 When working from the front, it might be a little tight if you have a very large quilt or a smaller table, and thereby not much space to work. HOWEVER, the CL offers you two options......to work from the front or to work from the back. When working from the back there is no way you will run out of working space on either side of the quilt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witha'K'quilting Posted December 22, 2009 Report Share Posted December 22, 2009 The QZ has the option of being run from the rear as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgene Posted December 22, 2009 Report Share Posted December 22, 2009 I wasn't aware of that. I looked at their website and didn't see any pictures of it working from the back......except for the giant templates. But the verbage does mention that it can be run from the back or front. I guess there is a clamp to make it steadfast to the table on the back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witha'K'quilting Posted December 22, 2009 Report Share Posted December 22, 2009 Yes, there is. It clamps to the rear of the table in a similar manner as it does to the front of the rails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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