Laser Tracing Tips
When it came to quilting the flowers on my Double Wedding Ring Quilt, I could have quilted through the stencil paper and quilt at the same time. That would probably have resulted in better alignment, but more time and effort since I'd have to rip the paper away after quilting.
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Instead I set up my longarm laser light on the front of the machine, plugging it into the accessory port above the needle. The most time consuming part of this process is positioning the design and laser. Roll the machine to
position the needle at the center of the block, then move the laser light to point on the center of the flower stencil.
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Roll the machine around, checking each petal to be sure it fits nicely into the block you're quilting. Make sure to pin the stencil to the quilt because it can easily shift out
of position as the machine rolls over. I did this and ended up with a few... 😂 creative placements: