JenniferBernard Posted April 8, 2013 Report Share Posted April 8, 2013 I picked up my Quiltazoid from Adam and Linda Saturday and had a play day. They have changed the way it rests and clamps to the rails and it is great! It is much more stable. I am doing some show quilting with it and need precise placement. We also decided I needed to use the new clamp in my classes at MQS in May. I will post some pictures tomorrow of the crazy things I am experimenting with. I am having lots of fun! I love quilting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisquilter Posted April 8, 2013 Report Share Posted April 8, 2013 Jennifer, I sure wish I could take a class from you. I really would like to utilize my Quitizoid more. I can't make it to MQS though. Dang! I'm looking forward to your pictures! I just wish I had more time to play. It would be great if you could put out a video. What do you think? Talk to Adam and Linda and see if they would be interested in a joint effort. It would surely help us all! I would buy one for me and one for my BFF! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norma H Posted April 8, 2013 Report Share Posted April 8, 2013 I'm anxiously waiting for MQS and your classes. I signed up for both so I can learn how to better us it and all the pieces I bought. Loved your beautiful jacket that won ribbons at last year's MQS, and very impressed at your use of the QZ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynne in Iowa Posted April 8, 2013 Report Share Posted April 8, 2013 Jennifer, do you ever do any classes locally? I am about an hour away from you and would love to be able to learn how to better use my quiltazoid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandmaLKB Posted April 8, 2013 Report Share Posted April 8, 2013 More DVDs on stuff like this would be wonderful! I am not conveniently located to be able to take classes, but I love the DVDs because I can go back and watch again and again instead of forgetting what I learned at a class before I get home! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JenniferBernard Posted April 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2013 So glad to hear that I actually have someone taking my classes. MQS doesn't tell you how your class sign up is coming so I am thrilled to know someone is taking my class! I do occasionally do lectures and trunk shows for yields here in Iowa. I have a trunk show with all my quilted garments that I have done once and will do again in November. I would have to talk to Linda and Adam about a DVD because they are more tech savy than I am! Lynn maybe we can work out a dry run of my classes. I am still working on all the timing and notes for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheri Butler Posted April 10, 2013 Report Share Posted April 10, 2013 Post a pic of this new mount! Love to see it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witha'K'quilting Posted April 10, 2013 Report Share Posted April 10, 2013 i wasn't aware that adam had changed the mount. can you please post pics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted April 10, 2013 Report Share Posted April 10, 2013 I want to see too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JenniferBernard Posted April 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2013 I finally got around to taking a picture of the improved Quiltazoid. It rests on the front bar and the leveler Bharat the back. They took the joint out of the back and put on a curved plate that curves around the back bar and clamps down tight. It is much more stable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JenniferBernard Posted April 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2013 Wow! Pictures are really easy to add using my I-pad! I will have to do it more often! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandmaLKB Posted April 12, 2013 Report Share Posted April 12, 2013 This looks more like the one I bought originally. After I bought mine, he came out with the other one and now it looks like he has gone back to the original with a few modifications. I'm happy with mine and the stability and ease of use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CindyT Posted April 12, 2013 Report Share Posted April 12, 2013 I didn't know they had changed the clamp design either. Looks like it would be very stable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mswings Posted April 19, 2013 Report Share Posted April 19, 2013 Don you have to buy a whole new QZ or can my existing QZ be upgraded? I love my QZ but the new arm looks really stable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LynnQuilts Posted April 19, 2013 Report Share Posted April 19, 2013 Good question, Virginia! I wonder the same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JenniferBernard Posted April 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2013 I will have to ask Linda and Adam about upgrades to the new clamp since I am sure I will get questions in class about it. I do like the new way. It is much more compact and lighter to move around. I have been working with my Quiltazoid everyday now to get ready. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted April 20, 2013 Report Share Posted April 20, 2013 Yup looks much more like the original design. Good luck with your classes. I think this is one of my most used tools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JenniferBernard Posted April 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2013 I got an answer back on upgrading a Quiltazoid to the new clamp. Yes, they can do it and are working on a price for the job. So contact them for a quote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donna sco Posted May 8, 2013 Report Share Posted May 8, 2013 Video or at least a booklet with pictures please. I wanted to go to MQS and take the Quiltazoid class but probably won't make it. My Quiltazoid is an expensive dust collector and I really would like to be able to use it more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynne in Iowa Posted May 9, 2013 Report Share Posted May 9, 2013 Video or at least a booklet with pictures please. I wanted to go to MQS and take the Quiltazoid class but probably won't make it. My Quiltazoid is an expensive dust collector and I really would like to be able to use it more. A book of picture ideas would be wonderful. I'm just not able to visualize something on a quilt unless I have seen it finished. No original designs coming here! I've used it for a baptist fan on a queen size quilt, tedious, but awesome results. Filled in blocks with spiros and quilted a top with all circles with not so awesome results (my circles were too big and I couldn't fit them in by the time I got to the bottom half of the quilt). I've got boards, but really no clue how to use them creatively on a quilt. Are all the old discussions and pictures still around on the forum? Maybe I should print some off and hang them up to inspire me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JenniferBernard Posted May 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2013 I'll post pictures of my samples after I get back from MQS. It is so easy to taken tires and post them with my I pad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimerickson Posted May 10, 2013 Report Share Posted May 10, 2013 I've never had a stability issue that I know of with my Quiltazoid, but then mine mounts differently than any of yours. My quilt top and back rollers are more like a Gammill's than APQS. (my top roller is below the back roller) With that configuration, the Quiltazoid has no place to clamp (the new system would have solved that problem for me). I mount a seperate rail on my machine when I use the Quiltazoid, and the QZ clamps to it. I have noticed that you have to be careful not to lean on the rail, as there is some flex in it. Leaning on a roller also flexes it, so the same caution would apply. Maybe since mine clamps to a bare 1.25" square tubing it is more secure than clamping to a fabric covered roller. Maybe that's the stability issue I'm unfamiliar with. I don't have to unclamp mine when I roll the quilt, and I think you all do. The new system would solve that as well. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JenniferBernard Posted May 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2013 Yes, I have found that you have to be careful of leaning on your rails. I have also accidentally stepper on my auto advance foot pedal! I said more than whoops!! I am doing some really detailed custom quilting with my Quiltazoid and I worry about every little wobble (or lean). Usually it is pretty stable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meg Posted May 16, 2013 Report Share Posted May 16, 2013 Ok...I got the skinny on upgrading the QZ to the curved base set up. The base has to be mailed back to Adam and Linda. The cost is $90. + shipping. I'm deciding if I think it's worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gail O Posted May 16, 2013 Report Share Posted May 16, 2013 Thanks for asking and reporting, Meg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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