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!