Making Room

Gill's 6 foot New English Quilter frame

 Gill bought one of our New English Quilter frames at the NEC last summer. She settled for the 6 footer because she knew it would fit in her sewing room conservatory. Doesn't it look like a lovely place to quilt! Gill was thrilled, she really liked quilting on a frame but sort of wished she'd gone for the larger version. The 6 foot New English Quilter fits on a 6 foot table and gives 55 inches of quilting space. It's perfect for smaller projects like baby quilts and charity quilts and single bed quilts too. Here's one of Gill's first quilts completed on the 6 foot frame.

Gill's first quilt on the New English Quilter frame

 At first, Gill was sure that the 6 foot frame would be fine. But once she started quilting she knew that she wanted to do bigger quilts, so she decided to find 2 more feet.
 Gill called me up and ordered an extension; 

a set of three sturdier 8 foot poles

a set of our new seamless 8 foot tracks

a set of side arms to fit the wider poles.

The studio re-arranged to fit the 8 foot NEQ2

 The larger and sturdier 8 foot New English Quilter 2 frame now fits beautifully in Gill's sewing studio. 

It's amazing how you can find the space when you really want to.

Gill's first double bed quilt just off the new extended frame

 I love bright! This quilt definitely has the 'wow factor!' Gill's used So Fine #40 a special one-inch-colour-change variegated thread from Superior Threads that ideal for machine quilting. I really like how all the petal colours are reflected in the black background. Gill's going to exhibit this beauty at the Hever Quilters Guild Show later in the year.

machine quilting detail

New Threads!

So Fine! goes variegated! So Fine from Superior Threads is a fine lint free poly that's etched to look like cotton. Long-armers love it. We give a big cone of So Fine free to every person that we sell a New English Quilter frame to. Over the years we've found that So Fine is the most trouble-free thread, ever. So Fine gets all the new machine quilters off to a great start. The only thing that I didn't like about So Fine was, well... it was just a little bit boring. Given the choice I'd rather use a thread with a bit more pizazz. I love using variegated threads, especially the one inch colour change variegated threads. So I was very very excited to see the NEW #40 Variegated So Fine! range. So Fine is boring no more!

Our ginger tom cat, Jasper decided to come into the picture during my last photo shoot. So Fine! #40 comes in 30 new variegated and tone on tone colours. Out of all the colours

Jasper grabbed #701 Didgeridoo. He thinks it matches his paw perfectly! So do we.

Get your paws on a cone of So Fine!#40 It's just purrfect for machine quilting! The 30 colours in the new So Fine!#40 range are on sale now in large 1,650 yard cones. Created with the Long Arm Quilter in mind So Fine! #40 is great for all machine quilters everywhere.
 America for $21.95
 UK and Europe £15.95 for a large 1,650 yd cone. Too new for the UK website. Use the American site as a shop window and email or ring Martha with your order.
01526 378057
martha@machinequilter.co.uk