Game Changer

Guitar Stripy quilt loaded on the New English Quilter frame

A machine quilting frame is a game changer. It makes more difference than any other quilting tool.You could spend £5,000 on the ultra super totally top-of-the-line sewing machine and you would still have the pain in the neck of dragging your quilt under the arm of your sewing machine. You would still need to baste, pin, tack or spray glue the layers of your quilt together first.And you would still be working backwards as you move the 'paper' (your quilt) instead of the pencil (your needle).

NEQ2 free-motion machine quilting detail

Our machine quilting frames change all that!

• Machine quilting frames perfectly tension all the layers of your quilt. So you never have to baste, pin, tack or glue again. Not ever!
• Your sewing machine sits on a carriage that rides on a set of tracks. This enables you to glide your sewing machine effortlessly over the top of your quilt. It's like magic!
• Your perfectly tensioned quilt layers become the paper, held still and steady by the frame.  The needle becomes the pencil as it glides over the quilt top. Now you are working the right way round.  You can draw beautiful and flowing lines with thread because you're doodling just the way you always have holding the paper still and moving the pencil.

Our New English Quilter frames make machine quilting fast and fun

When you put all this together, our New English Quilter frames transform quilting from a tiresome pain-in-the-neck chore to something fun, fast, efficient and enjoyable. With a New English Quilter frame you can go from stacks of fabric to finished quilts in a matter of hours!

I'm using Magnifico machine quilting thread from Superior Threads

Magnifico is a new range of threads from Superior Threads.It's gorgeous light reflecting fibres have tensile strength so it runs beautifully through sewing machines and long arms too.

I'm machine quilting with a straight stitch sewing machine from JUKI

Denim and Roses

The new Magnifico range from Superior Threads

Lots of requests are coming in  for thread to go with denim. So I'm posting about the new Magnifico range from Superior Threads. With 200 colours to choose from, you're bound to find just the right shade of blue to go with your jeans.

Denim Blues in Magnifico from Superior Threads

Magnifico is a new Trilobal polyester range from Superior Threads. It glows like silk. It's strong and long with 3,000 yards on the cone. The strength and beauty make it an ideal choice for long arm quilters. 

just a few of the blues

This premium high tenacity Magnifico thread is a real break-through. Before we had to choose between strength and beauty. We could have one OR the other. If we choose pretty threads they were likely to break going high speed through the quilting machines. Then there were the stronger threads that coped with the speed but they were a bit boring. Now we can have both!

some pinks in the Magnifico range

 We've got the beauty of the rose and the strength of denim all in one glorious thread. The price is glorious too just £9.99 for a 3,000 yd cone. That's a lot of thread for your money!

the Magnifico real thrad colour booklet helps you choose just the right colour

Not keen on blue and pink? No problem! With 200 colours to choose from you're bound to find just the colour you need. The Magnifico real thread colour shade booklet is available here in the UK for £9.99. The real thread colour cards help you match the thread to your fabrics perfectly. So you can order thread by phone or online and be confident that you've got the right colour. I'm sending the next order on Monday afternoon March 18th. If you want something particular let me know by phone or email and I'll include you on my list.

martha@machinequilter.co.uk

01526 378057