How to make Home Quilting look like Long-arm Quilting

Pantographs can be used for home quilting/ marking :)
Free ones here www.urbanelementz.com/quiltin... and www.urbanelementz.com/quiltin...
The pantographs in the video www.urbanelementz.com/fire-li... and www.urbanelementz.com/loose-l... and www.urbanelementz.com/parchme...
here is the link to the video of the quilt being made • Hour Glass Block Quilt

[@brendahunter7298]

Put this technique in your book. It has been a game changer for me. Thanks for this.

[@mrsscottdaniels]

That will make it easier. Thanks for all the tips and I LOVE your book!

[@stitchinginthebarn8307]

Wow! This just blew my mind! I'm having a serious "Why did I not think of that?" moment. Thank you so much for sharing this. I have a quilt I was just going to put together & I was wondering how I was going to quilt it. I'm going to use this method. I have some quilting pattern books I bought at a thrift store with tons of continuous quilting line patterns. I didn't know how I was going to use them before but you've given me the answer. It would be so much easier transferring and seeing the lines on the back of the quilt! Brilliant! Thank you!

[@dianen420]

Thank you, Laura. You make quilting so much easier. Love this idea.

[@Joy1957K]

Thank you Laura. 👏👏 Enjoyable and informative as usual. 👍🥰️💕😘❤️️🙏 Namaste

[@barbsutter4758]

An absolutely wonderful ❤️ idea! Thank you so much.

[@cindywatt9702]

Laura, as always I have learned another great technique from you. Thank you for sharing and your wonderful teaching. It is a joy to spend time with you!

[@libbybennett3067]

That looks amazing Laura. You make it look easy. Thanks

[@neldamachovsky2439]

Love it! At first I thought I have to trace pattern, but you’re right it will be practice before quilting! Awesome!

[@carolcampbell8955]

Thank you Laura. I love your videos. You give subscribers so many tips. Really appreciated and so useful!

[@Oceanskye11]

Love it! You make quilting look so easy. Have so many quilt tops waiting to be quilted-will try this method. Thanks!

[@albertaoconnor3346]

Thanks for sharing. Beautiful, you make it look so easy.

[@charsie3098]

Yes thank-you so much. I love the patterns. Can not wait to use them.

[@wilycat5290]

Great idea. I doubt I'd have ever thought of it without your video. Thank you! Beautiful quilt and quilting. 😊 👍 💕

[@maryannecadd796]

This idea of upside down quilting really does open up a lot of possibilities. Thanks for sharing

[@lisanowels9777]

I love your style of instruction. It is very thorough and easy to understand. Very inspiring too! Thank you!

[@lisamanning5187]

Wow, this is amazing, than you for showing this!!! Ive been drawing as I go on the front, but I will definitely try this way now

[@joannfoley1137]

I enjoyed your video so much. Your calm instructions are perfect. I have a long arm machine but this is good info for a smaller quilt. Thank you.

[@annetyszka6404]

I have been wondering if I could quilt my quilts this way, but never knew how to accomplish it. Thank you for showing that it can be done!

[@mamag9421]

Brilliant!! Simply brilliant!! Thank you for this

[@janesprague1]

Thank you so much for this tutorial and the links, Laura! I've just started quilting my own projects on my Bernina 830LE, and I've always wondered about using pantographs. You make it look completely do-able. I'm thinking it's time to give it a try!

[@belyndamulloy33]

I love this idea! Thank you

[@Kim.Artman]

Thanks for this great idea! I have a lot of Pantagraphs and I normally trace onto parchment paper and pin to the quilt to sew. It is easy to remove but time consuming. I love your method

[@carol1derful]

This tutorial came at just the right moment! Today I began using my new BabyLock Jazz 2, which I bought to begin long-arm quilting myself. Besides free-motion quilting, these ideas are just what I needed. 👍😃 Thank you!

[@melissasharp6895]

I love your videos. You explain everything and show how not to be afraid. I’m new to sewing and teaching my self to quilt. So thank you so much

[@lbaker4222]

Wow! That's a wonderful way to home machine quilt! Thank you for sharing ❤️

[@SewVeryEasy]

You are so welcome!

[@misottovoce]

So clever! Love your tips, thank you!

[@lanellehatcher561]

OK.... it's official! You have just ROCKED MY WORLD! I have been FMQ on a domestic machine for about 2 years...or learning too. You have just bumped me out of my meander and feather comfort zone into a completely different orbit! I have a couple of designs I have been playing around with all morning ( I ordered a couple of pantographs early on when I didn't know any better and didn't realize they weren't really for domestic machines) and have been having a BLAST! I discovered also that by going over the design in a very black marker (s-l-o-w-l-y) I can plainly see through many of the prints I use for backing fabric. I mostly do kids quilts so the sizing is very manageable for me. Additionally, your points about direction and size are spot on. One of my designs works beautifully; the other one, not so much. I cannot say THANK YOU enough! Thank you for opening up this whole new world for me! I just KNEW there had to be a way... and as usual... you took a complicated thing and simplified it so beautifully. You have a true talent for that! Have a Blessed Day!

[@ritaswenson1603]

Oh my gosh, you are brilliant! I wish I came up with this. Thanks for the video!

[@heidicook2395]

Thank you Laura. This is a very helpful video.

[@yvonnemacleod3205]

Hi Laura, i started making quilts about 4 years ago and have always struggled with free motion, I am so grateful for your informative video and I look forward to trying your suggested method. Once again thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and experience, you are an inspiration. Kind regards and keep safe. Yvonne from Scotland.

[@catkoe9321]

Laura, you’ve done it again ‼️ I was getting discouraged with my sloppy quilting and thinking of sending my “good” quilts out to a Longarmer! I was even getting embarrassed giving my free motion quilts to our Guild charity collections. This tutorial has given me new hope and encouragement ❣️ Thank you so very much!!! Hugs 🤗 Cathy

[@christineannematias5138]

Thank you so much in showing how quilting is actually done. After seeing you draw the pattern and then sewing the pattern, my brain clicked and I realize now it is not as hard as I thought ir would be, I understand fully now thanks to you about the Brain memory, I was moving my hands as you were quilting the pattern. Thank you once again for the wonderful tutorials, I have learned so much from you, You are such a kind-hearted lady

[@salliebeard1899]

Thank you for sharing ❤️💗❤️ I will have to give it a try..... Looks like it's so easy.....

[@sairascreations333]

Thank you so much for sharing this amazing tip. Big fan 💕

[@lizzicondon589]

Great way of quilting from the back and using a pantograph. Was wondering about using them and came up with taking a full page stamping design n using golden threads paper repeating the design to about 8 feet long. This is much simpler than making my own pantograph. Thanks for the video.

[@beloved4evr]

Thanks so much for making this video! I've learned so much!!!

[@janedoe4988]

Lots of good advice. Thank you.

[@lauriewilt2622]

Great idea! Thank you for sharing

[@cometahyakutake9375]

it is just like Lilian Hedley taught me, the old ways the hand quilters used in the North of England to transfer designs on their Northern Quilts! These ladies were so skilled!

[@alejandragalarraga5749]

Buenos días no entiendo inglés, pero me gusta mucho su canal. Muchas gracias por todo. 👏👏👏👏👏💐

[@susanaltman2048]

Wonderful idea! Thank you.

[@deborahfitzer6877]

Excellent idea!

[@Hiker_who_Sews]

Very nice tutorial. Thank you!

[@sharonw2719]

This is a wonderful tutorial. I'm not sure if I am ready for this skill set. However, once I gain more confident in my quilting this will provide me with options. Many thanks.

[@michellewhiting2164]

You are such a good teacher! I can't wait to try this method!

[@glendahumphrey4412]

So very easy love this

[@rachelkachun6063]

Brilliant! Thank you 😊

[@sonjadalglish6544]

Beautiful! Thank you.

[@lynnehrmantraut9167]

This is brilliant! I love my Q20...but had not even thought about pantographs as an option. I’ve used the blue mark b gone markers and they always spritz out just fine!

[@anabrown8646]

Amazing video thank you you are best !!!

[@leanndelaney7255]

Great idea! Thank you!!

[@kcquilting2006]

What a great idea!! Never thought of that before! I have some long arm patterns like that and I trace them onto Golden Threads Quilting Paper, then “sew” the design with an unthreaded needle you perforate the paper, then use pounce to transfer the design. It’s a bit of a long process but really only needs to be done once because you can reuse it many times afterwards.

[@TheMinot60]

KCQuilting that’s what I thought!

[@gailbrown6582]

I just pin the Golden Threads paper with the design onto the quilt & quilt over top, then tear the paper away.

[@patrician2524]

Merci pour cette démonstration pour faire un quilting parfait . À bientôt

[@lindadavis8082]

Very nice! Enjoy your informative Thursday posts.

[@GrrannyH1]

I make my own paper stencils, so I could do the same with these pantographs. I stitch through the design with a large needle on my domestic machine. Then I position the stencil/pantograph where I want the design on the right side of my quilt. I usually spray a section of the top of quilt sandwich lightly with water, pounce, quilt and repeat. Sometimes I spray again after I pounce if the chalk is still too "fly-away;" however, you don't want it too wet - just enough to make the chalk stick...and I NEVER iron over colored chalk - it just might become permanent.

[@ShoshyVeSumsum]

את המורה הטובה ביותר שפגשתי. יודעת הכל! מהממת!

[@Zaraalma2012]

Thank you, Laura!

[@patpalmer1337]

Very nice...Clever...

[@Treaclepuff]

I have done something similar, using a tear away design. I didn't want to use it and then have to buy it again, so I traced it onto a similar weight paper and used it in the same way as the tear away. It didn't occur to me to buy a pantograph to do that! Thanks for this idea!

[@marietteforget7804]

Thank you very much! 🌸🌸

[@marilynemarion100]

Awesome 👏

[@elsafischer3247]

Good idea thank you

[@debjacobson9800]

Thank you Laura.

[@bella-bee]

May I just warn, to check those water erasable pens on a scrap first. Sometimes they don’t budge at all with waters, or er, saliva on a finger. (I confess). Or sometimes they leave a grey shadow when wet. Or if you just wash the finished item with detergent and a little heat, it actually sets the mark as brown stain. We’ve all had it reappear as a halo when dry, because it wasn’t rinsed right out. Rinse again. This persistence varies between fabrics, not just between pens. Test. Some are very quick to fade, in a humid atmosphere. I’ve experienced the whole range!

[@georgiaatthelake8142]

I've had the blue reappear after the area is wet again, for the 2nd time. I use damp cloth to erase the marks completely. Then tested, after dry, with clean damp cloth. Back came the original marks. Better to use a frixion pen, the kind that truly disappears when ironed? Love this technique, can't wait to try it!

[@lynnehrmantraut9167]

I’ve had good luck with mark b gone. Issue with friction is it will leave a light line on dark fabric sometimes - almost as I’d it bleached but not an issue with light fabric.

[@barbaraandrews356]

But be careful with frixion pens, those marks come back if exposed to cold temps.

[@arlene9330]

Great lesson for quilting ... I’m still not sure I can do this so I’ll start small and try it .. thanks

[@virginiabouvier2081]

Genius 👌😊

[@ThomasOrndorff]

Now I will see if I want to get into this. I went to class for long-arm quilting. Did not like it, now I can use my home machine. Thank you!

[@pattischockert5666]

Thank you so much

[@bevgilby7073]

great video

[@beckyharrison2584]

Awesome

[@ritvikbhattacharjee4541]

Hi Laura! I love this video and I'll definitely try this for my next FMQ project! Also, yesterday night as I was ironing fabric to cut for a project, a question came into my mind. Could you make a Tuesdays Tips video on the most efficient way to iron large pieces of fabric for quilting? Also, I have always been meaning to ask, but could you share the pattern for that star burst log cabin quilt you used to have in the background of your videos last year?

[@kaymcdonald3969]

Great idea! I wonder about using a light box or a light under my glass top table? Possibly use a darker or more patterned backing? I'll investigate.

[@pikakerose]

i always wanted to try machine quilting with my machine going to try this thank you for giving me inspiration my free style quilting didnt come out nicely

[@aurora571000]

I am thankful my DIL and her friends grew up hand-quilting. It is fun to get around a quilt frame to work. I try to provide a lunch for the group as I am not a very fast quilter.

[@janetmeldrum7286]

This is absolutely awesome, thank you for sharing this video. My question is: I have always been told to begin quilting in the middle of the quilt and you seem to start at the outside edge, which seems much easier. Are there any problems with stretching?

[@jackieboyd7506]

Thank you so much Laura. I'm a newbie and was wondering if there were patterns around to trace. thank you so much..guess what I'm trying over the weekend. :-)

[@paulinehunt4069]

How'd it go?

[@doloresdodd8196]

The question was whether to begin quilting from the middle or just start at the edge like you did in the video. Any problems with stretching?

[@Mona55]

جميل جدا جدا

[@t-mac4550]

One of your best tutorials! Thank you! Could you add a link for the quilt-top pattern?

[@SewVeryEasy]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gnmzf2p9aMSersU

[@paulinehunt4069]

Think when I do this I am going to try a vargated thread as my top thread (meaning the all white back). Wish there was a similar method for black or dark backings. Hate paper and chalk. Chalk is okay if project is small enough. Thank you.

[@bmack1778]

Hi Laura. I make continuous bias tape the following way....just click on to see the tutorial. Go to u tube and type ....... Alternate Method For Continuous Bias ...It will come up. Been using this since a little Canadian gal showed me her method over 25 years ago and just came across a tutorial today using the same method. Once you get used to doing it this way .....so, so fast. cheers.

[@sunseekerrs3087]

This is such a great idea! Thank you! I’m a beginner and am not very good at FMQ freehand. I have a domestic machine with an 8.5” throat space. Would a pantograph that’s 6.5”-7” work ok or should I find something a little smaller? And since you recommend using a light fabric, do you ever use a premium muslin for backing?

[@rosyclaire]

You make it look do easy. Where did you buy the machine from please? And what is the make and model?

[@nabihahabibullah1577]

💐😊💐

[@reesekolcow6136]

I’ve been quilting on my little brother - and am having such difficulty with tension- the top thread keeps showing on the back - this looks beautiful.

[@trudywolcott7419]

Thank you for this. I noted there were no pins or basting to the sandwich. Did you use temporary spray such as 505? Also, what does the front of the quilt look like? Thank you.

[@SewVeryEasy]

Yes I did use a spray base

[@SewVeryEasy]

The quilt front is the one you see halfway through the video as I'm quilting it

[@trudywolcott7419]

Thanks!

[@rosemora970]

Than you Laura for this amazing tutorial. Can I practise with my home machine?

[@SewVeryEasy]

Yes👍

[@carolwilson4603]

I noticed your machine has a very large area to sew. Is it like a small long arm? What else would you use that kind of machine for, other than quilting? And thanks for your videos.

[@CaleanWsh]

What is your sewing machine? Looks very nice!

[@noreenreasor2517]

What about using old fashion tracing paper and a pencil or the wheel we used to use.

[@SewVeryEasy]

Oh yes that works great too. But always test to make sure the ink comes out

[@DH-qz2so]

tracing paper ink does not wash out of fabric.

[@sandraaston4767]

From Sandra, Zeehan, Tasmania I have a bernina Q20 and noticed you use pre wound bobbins, which I have never tried. What type do I order? Just loved the upside down quilting tutorial and am going to have a go at this method, thank you

[@SewVeryEasy]

I use the pre-wound magnetic bobbins from Hab & Dash which is the Glide thread line

[@suzijames5601]

I love your instruction! What machine are you using there?

[@SewVeryEasy]

It is a Bernina Q20

[@suzijames5601]

SewVeryEasy thank you

[@jeannetteruggiano4712]

Wonderful video! How did you remove the ink from the fabric?

[@SewVeryEasy]

I rinsed it in plain cold water, no soap, no fabric softener, and let it dry laying flat.

[@petersiliekrause2203]

Thanks for the great video, the result of the quilting is very beautiful. Unfortunately, I won’t be able to use it very often, as my quilts usually have dark or medium backings. While men fly to the ISS an back, this is definitely a feature, sewing machines for quilters still lack. There should be a device on the machines, where you can insert kind of a slide, containing your pattern, and than, with light shining through the slide, it would be projected on the fabric, and you could simply follow the pattern. Depending on how far you would move the device from the fabric, the patterns would be even adjustable in size. Unfortunately, most engineers aren’t female, otherwise this would be a standard on sewing machines designed for quilters 😉

[@denisestilling2810]

Petersilie Krause I have a few ideas but it's that transfer from conceptualization to prototype that is sooooo expensive....I need to network with a machinist.

[@denisestilling2810]

The ideas to sew over the paper to make holes (aka a stencil of sorts) and pounce with white chalk should work on your medium and dark fabrics. Also the tracing wheel using white wax carbon type paper will work, too. If you can photocopy the pattern or trace onto tissue paper, then just pin on the paper, sew over the lines and tear away the paper. I found drawing on the non wax side of freezer paper, ironing it on works well for motifs and sparse quilting (not so good for dense patterns, as tearing away the paper becomes tremendously tedious). Hope these suggestions inspire some low tech. Ideas. Blessings do keep on stitching.

[@petersiliekrause2203]

Denise Stilling Plenty of useful tips! Thank you dear, stay happy and healthy 😍

[@annyg5280]

Laura, your machine moved like it had stitch regulation on it. Is that correct? Can you tell me the brand and model you are using? I’ve been contemplating a sit down machine but didn’t know if huge quilts could be quilted on them very well. What is the length of the neck area? I’d appreciate any input you can give me!

[@SewVeryEasy]

I am sewing on a Bernina Q20 and I love it

[@annyg5280]

@@SewVeryEasy Thank you, I will check into it!

[@munequa718]

Has anyone tried this with dark fabric? Will you need a lightbox?

[@pattylenon1317]

Can you tell me what model Bernina this is?

[@pdah1234]

I enjoyed watching this, but my question is, how do you trace the pantograph on a dark colored background? Many of my quilts have a dark fabric (definitely not white or cream). Can you demonstrate that on another video, please? :-)

[@gerrygasson8114]

pdah1234 check out Hope’s comment near the top

[@SewVeryEasy]

yes I it will be in an upcoming video

[@paulinehunt4069]

Can't so it on black. That is why she uses white or Tone on Tone light. Doesn't work on very busy colorful light fabrics either.

[@anursewhosews]

Do you have a solution for dark backs?