annlittle1 Posted October 18, 2007 Report Share Posted October 18, 2007 Doodlebug, The cans of soup go on each side of the machine. You just have to keep them out of your way while you work. They help take up some of the fullness around the area where you are working. I used them while I was stabilizing the quilt. After that the fullness was confined to each block and I pulled and tugged with the left hand while I stitched with the right hand. I couldn't use a template since my left hand was busy, so everything was completely freehanded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltmonkey Posted October 18, 2007 Report Share Posted October 18, 2007 I remember one time a few years back, I was at a friends house using her Gammill and I was quilting one of my quilts. It was a row quilt and I think screwed up stitching the backer because it was a little wonky and had a C or D cup underneath on the backer right in the middle. Anywhoo, I was watching her and She used a soup can to manipulate the fabric so there weren't any pleats. I think it was a can of Campbells tomato soup. I was impressed because 1) Tomato soup is my favorite, and 2) she was able to fix it without quilting in a pleat in my backer fabric. ( insert extremely blushing smiley face here) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie Posted October 18, 2007 Report Share Posted October 18, 2007 Phyliss, When you need to do the soup thingy again....can you send pictures. That is a new one on me as well, and I'm having trouble picturing it. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Beth Posted October 18, 2007 Report Share Posted October 18, 2007 I have also heard of using a bag of rice or beans, you would need to move them, where as the soup canswould roll....but this topic makes me hungry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catsigler Posted October 18, 2007 Report Share Posted October 18, 2007 What an amazing job you did on this quilt, doodlebug! Turned lemons into lemonade and learned a lot too. I probably wouldn't have even tried before reading this thread, but now I will. I have a stack of ebay quilts, some just as bad, that I bought for practice. You are an inspiration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CucumberQuilting Posted October 19, 2007 Report Share Posted October 19, 2007 Oh Doodlebug! What a job. 20 blankety-blank inches!!! That\'s beyond me. And to think I was complaining the other day about a little B cup in just ONE block of an otherwise AA (still in the training bra) quilt. The only time I have actually sent a top back to a customer unquilted, she had somehow pieced the inside of her quilt six inches different from one area to another. HOW she managed to actually "stretch" the fabric to fit I\'ll never know. Anyway, it went back to her with an explanation of what I could possibly do to quilt it (pleat a huge hunk through the center panel) or she could re-piece it. It never came back to my studio, but then again, did I really want it to??? I\'ve never run out of quilts to quilt since the day I opened my studio. Life is short for all of us. I\'d LOVE to help everyone, but there is only so much of ME to go around! Gotta save some for the next one! ~~ Eva H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted October 19, 2007 Report Share Posted October 19, 2007 Sue Patten mentioned during class that she has used fishing weights and just lets them roll around to take up fullness. Heidi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltmonkey Posted October 19, 2007 Report Share Posted October 19, 2007 Lots of you here have "helper cats" that like to lay on the quilt hammock. Maybe when you encounter a D cup you could let your little kitty helper lay on the quilt as you stitch and that might work, too. Ya know, besides being cute, they really want to help you! Give \'em a chance to earn their keep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbm Posted October 19, 2007 Report Share Posted October 19, 2007 Ooooh, Shana! The image of a "helper cat" sitting anywhere near the working head of my Millie! Yikes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doodlebug Posted October 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2007 to borrow from an old addage: IF I CAN DO IT, YOU CAN DO IT i presonally believe that any quilt can be quilted....i wish i had pictures of the linen quilt i quilted in my first year of doing this :0....but then that\'s a story for another thread.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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