Hi ,

 

I have super exciting news this week - Grace Company has just released a new machine! The Qnique 15 PRO is an upgraded version of the 15R with a touchscreen monitor and the ability to quilt 2000 stitches per minute.

 

To celebrate this new machine, we're including a super special accessory bundle worth over $1000 which includes a Luminess light bar and all the tools you need to begin quilting with rulers.

This longarm machine is available by itself to upgrade your Q-Zone Hoop Frame and get more space to quilt your quilts.

 

We also offer longarm bundles with either the Q-Zone or Continuum Frame. Click Here to check out all the options with this new longarm!

 

This week I’m quilting Super Spiral on my longarm. But wait – aren’t Super Spirals hard to quilt on a longarm frame? See how this was possible to quilt in one pass on my Grace Qnique 21:

Super Spiral is a tricky design to quilt on a longarm because it’s limited by the size of your frame. The bars to the front and back of the frame, plus the size of the longarm machine limit the size of the spiral.

 

If I quilted this Super Spiral on my Qnique 15 longarm, I would only be able to stitch a 10-inch spiral before I ran out of space. So understand this design only worked in this block thanks to my Qnique 21 and the huge amount of open space I have to quilt in.

 

So what do you do if you have a smaller longarm or you don’t have a longarm at all? Use your home machine!

 

Super Spiral is actually a very easy design to quilt with a walking foot. Watch this video to learn how to quilt Super Spiral with walking foot quilting – and on a treadle machine no less!

Click Here to find the pattern for the Patchy Octagon block. Each month I’m sharing two different quilting tutorials: one on a home machine and one on a longarm. This way you can see two different ways of quilting the quilt block using two very different styles of quilting.

 

Click Here to check out the Grace Qnique 21. This super sized longarm has given me over 16 inches of quilting space so I could quilt this giant spiral over almost the whole block!

 

Click Here to find the Slice Quilting Ruler to stitch straight lines in the background. I love this ruler because it’s the perfect length to fit in your hand and you can use it to cut 20-petal Dresden Plates!

 

So that’s it for our Patchy Octagon quilt block! I hope you enjoyed quilting this super simple block with me. Yes, you can still join the Friendship Quilt Along and follow along any time. Click Here to find all the block patterns and tutorials shared so far.