Hi , 

Edge-to-Edge quilting is the name a lot of quilters use for quilting a single design across your quilt using an embroidery machine. Unfortunately, there are a lot of limitations with using an embroidery machine for quilting:

• Quilts are heavy and can weigh down embroidery hoops
• It's hard to hoop a 3 layer quilt without investing in magnetic hoops
• Aligning and spacing the designs with each hooping is also a challenge

From my own experience, the largest size quilt I'd consider quilting on my embroidery machine is 60 x 60 inches. That would be challenging, and I'd have to make sure the quilt was supported properly on the table and would never pull against the embroidery machine hoop.

In short - that's a lot of work! 

Did you know there is an alternative? Using Quilter's Creative Touch 6 on a compatible quilting frame and machine, you can do Edge-to-Edge quilting with:

• A quilting frame to support the quilt and NO limit on the quilt size
• Software that lets you choose the design size and spacing and automatically fits it to your quilting space
• An advancing system that keeps the edge-to-edge rows evenly spaced, even if your quilt isn't loaded perfectly

Interested in reading more about the difference between quilting with QCT and quilting with an embroidery machine? Click Here to find my new post on Edge-to-Edge Quilting!

Curious to see how this works? Watch this video to see all the steps to quilting with QCT 6 Edge-to-Edge quilting:

Curious to see the Edge-to-Edge Quilting Designs included with QCT 6? I've created a page where you can see 100 of the designs in one place. Click Here to check out the designs!

Just in case you want to see some of these pretty designs in stitches, here's a short video featuring 6 awesome autumn designs that come built-in to QCT 6:

QCT 6 On Sale Through November

Why am I sharing so much about QCT 6? Because it's currently on sale for the best price of the year!

Get started with the basics - QCT 6 edge-to-edge quilting for just $2099.30 This simplest version of QCT can quilt edge-to-edge pantographs only. It's designed to help you cover your quilt with a single design very quickly stitched from left to right across your quilt.

Choose from over 100 built-in designs, set your safe area, then place the design on your quilt. New alignment guides in QCT 6 make it easier to quilt pantographs on a hoop frame - even when shifting the quilt side to side.

Click Here to learn more about Quilter's Creative Touch 6

Give Yourself the Gift of Light!

Grace Company will definitely help you piece and quilt your quilts this holiday season! Click Here to shop for quilting machines.

For the rest of the year, Grace Company is including a free accessory kit with all Qnique Longarms and Little Rebel Sewing Machine that includes over $1300 of quilting tools and accessories:

• Luminess Light Bar (small for Hoop Frames, Large (10-foot) size for rolling rail frames)
• 2 packs of 2-inch Mini Quilt Clips
• Ultimate Cutting Collection - this kit includes a 45mm Comfort Cutter, 5-pack of 45mm Blades, 24 x 36” Cutting Mat, 24 x 36” Non-Slip Pad, 360 Circle Cutter, Equilateral Triangle Ruler, Right Angle Triangle Ruler, Kite Triangle Ruler, 3 x 18” Ruler, 6½ x 24½” Ruler, 6½ x 12½” Ruler, 6½” Square Ruler, 9½” Square Ruler, 12½” Square Ruler, TrueGrips x5
• 2 packs of Circle Cutter Blades
• TrueSharp 2 Power Blade Sharpener
• Linear Blade Sharpener
• 4 additional packs of TrueGrips

With this kit of quilting gear, you'll have the light to see AND be able to cut and piece fantastic new quilts in 2025. Click Here to shop for quilting machines.

So that's it for this week! If you have decided to invest in a quilting machine and frame, make sure to check out our newsletter next week as we dive into practice quilts and how to load your frame with a quilt sandwich under $20.

Let's go quilt,

Leah Day