mcfay Posted August 13, 2012 Report Share Posted August 13, 2012 I have a 12' gammill table. The leaders measure 113". Will I be able to do a regular king size quilt on it. I don't have the long arm but a medium arm singer machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witha'K'quilting Posted August 13, 2012 Report Share Posted August 13, 2012 i would venture to say yes, for width, however...with a midarm machine...your quilting area will be limited near the bottom portion of the quilt...so plan accordingly. you might be able to quilt a 9-12 inch (?) width near the top...but it will be reduced as you reach the bottom of the quilt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcfay Posted August 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2012 Thanks, I would just do the smaller widths to start out with. I may have to upgrade to a larger one later on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oma Posted August 13, 2012 Report Share Posted August 13, 2012 Years ago I had a Juki on a 12' table and it had a 9-10" throat. I always did large quilts. By the time you get to the end of the quilt you really only have about a 6" working space if that. That's how and why I did SID on everything. I could quilt half of a 12" block, roll the quilt, then quilt the other half. You could also do any pantographs 6" or less. It was sort of like doing a border over and over. I used it for over 20 years. When I got my Liberty I felt like I had been given wings and the wide open sky to quilt on. One thing I did was always loaded the quilt with it's sides on the leaders because it would mean less bulk at the end. Now I always load the top and bottom of the quilt to my leaders. I like looking at my quilt upright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcfay Posted August 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2012 Thanks OMA I never thought about loading the sides of the quilt. My daughter has a quilt top almost finished that's a King. I'll try that on it. I just finished my very first quilt last week, it's a queen. I did it in a rose vine pattern. It was for practice and not a true pieced top, just one of the pre-printed jobs. But I think it turned out fair. If I can learn to post pictures on here I'll post a picture of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcfay Posted August 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2012 I hope these show up, it's my very first quilt ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyAboutQuilting Posted August 13, 2012 Report Share Posted August 13, 2012 Nice job! Looks like you have gotten the hang of it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oma Posted August 13, 2012 Report Share Posted August 13, 2012 Beautiful. You're going to do fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAQuilts Posted August 13, 2012 Report Share Posted August 13, 2012 On my 12' gammill table, using both my Premier 18-10 and 22-10 machines I have done King size and longer {so far up to 147" in length with wool batting without a problem. I was able to make it clear to the bottom using an 11" panto without needing to adjust the lazar light, figured I could easily do 2-4 more rows. I have a customer who always brings me these very long quilts. For the long one I use pantos from 9'-11" Your first quilt looks wonderful, your ready to roll. Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
queenie123 Posted August 13, 2012 Report Share Posted August 13, 2012 Holy Cow ,your first quilt ever , you are a pro already ,great quilting ,gotta just love them singers ,my first quilts were done on a singer older than myself and it quilts awesome stitches ,now I know why the ladies were studying my stitches so closely at the quilt shop when they ask what kind of machine I used they were stunned to learn it was a plain ole singer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bekah Posted August 13, 2012 Report Share Posted August 13, 2012 You did a great job! You should be very proud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne from Guam Posted August 14, 2012 Report Share Posted August 14, 2012 Nice quilting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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