Don't worry about the older videos -- they are all really valuable! In fact, I have gone back to watch all your older videos and find them very instructive -- thanks!
No disrespect meant, but my cat loves watching your videos. I'm waiting for the day I come home and she's made a quilt watching one of your videos. Many thanks for the videos. Jan and Fudge from England.
My cat (male) loves certain RUclipsrs too. It's weird how he meows and looks at the monitor when I am watching a YT video....He often sits right beside me watching. (he's sleeping right now though). Love it.
@@clumsycolours1677 I'm trying to imagine the fabric discussions, decision making process, and if it would depend on if the pup is a doberman, poodle or a Heinz's 57! Your comment gave me a huge chuckle...thanks 😆😂😃
@@MeanaBeana391 Hehehe, my little doggo is a Miniature Pinscher. I think she'd be interested in wools or knit fabrics because she really likes blankets😂😂😂😂
My husband was very interested in the workings of your long arm machine. thank you for sharing the process and possibilities. You and Matt are gifted in sharing joy and encouragement. Thank you for all the work and sharing. Blessings to you all.
@@jordanfabrics8380 I think that's part of what attracted me to this hobby, and especially to the machines you use in your videos. I've enjoyed operating machines since I was a kid. I was the kid in school who always volunteered to be the projectionist when a film was shown in class. A few decades ago I worked for a while as a shop helper in a machine shop where I got to operate a few very large machines. Towards the end of last century I got my foot in the door in mainframe operations. I worked as an IBM mainframe operator until a few years ago when we migrated to a smaller platform. During that time I worked in a computer room surrounded by tape drives, impact printers, and a high speed laser printer or two. I loved it. Now I work in an office administering the smaller IBM system we migrated to. So it's time to surround myself with machines at home.
Donna - you have such an easy style of explaining. I really love your generous videos. I'm in the UK - but I would love one day to come and visit! Thank you for unravelling the mystery of Long Arm Quilting! Love, Kate xxx
@Kate so would I - really love Donna and her work. I am a teacher myself and in some ways Donna's and my kind of explaining is similar. I desperately hope that in a not too far future when mankind learned to cope with that new virus I have the chance to visit (and shop) . To be honest I am saving for that flight and traveling. Unfortunately the quilt show in Birmingham/UK was cancelled otherwise I would have been there.
I used to think that long arm machines were complicated ... until your video! It actually looks fun! You are an amazing teacher! Your camera person is great too!
I have never quilted, but during lockdown I’ve become addicted to watching your videos. As a computer nerd, I’m especially fascinated by your long arm. Thank you for showing it in depth. Your videos are the best. I’ve tried to watch other quilting videos but get annoyed when they don’t do it the way you do.
Your straightforward, no-dithering presentation style is one of the best on YT. Yes, please update Tea Time if you've a mind to. A Dick Francis mystery quilt sounds intriguing. Thank you for explaining the longarm process in detail. You and Matt and your team are the best!
This tutorial was quite informative even for someone who doesn’t own a long arm machine. I’d love to see a remake tutorial for the Tea Time quilt. Thanks for always being so very accommodating. I’ve learned so much from your tutorials. Thanks for all you do to help us become better quilters, and your very generous giveaways. Happy Quilting!
Love love love the way you explain everything! My dream was to have a machine like that but now I’m too old. But my joy comes from watching your videos. Your smile is pleasing and your voice is reassuring. Just wish I were younger. 🌷 Thank you so much for sharing yourself and your wonderful quilting talent with us.
So interesting thank you! Your camera person I could just hug! Gets right in there shows us everything! The close up of pinning ,rolling the quilt,the thread shots not just on this tutorial but on your other ones also. Thank you all!
Yes, please! I would like to see a new video on the Tea Time Quilt. I just love you guys, thanks for taking time to make these videos for everyone at no charge. Folks like you make the world a better place - one stitch & one friend at a time. Keep it up!
Donna, I love this video! You explained every detail very well, so that we can understand this process which has always been quite a mystery to so many of us. Thank you for dedicating time every week, to making videos to help us learn, and for generously sharing your patterns with us. Lots of gratitude, from Australia
Great video as usual. In my dream world, James does the filming for every one of the makers I follow on RUclips. He's just outstandingly good at it - following every move, illustrating every point made, showing every stitch and cut. Superb.
Thanks Donna! I was really curious about how you do the actual quilting. You are such a great teacher and make it look so easy! I really enjoy watching your videos
Thank you Donna. This video will make my life so much easier, because many of my clients watch your videos. Now they will be far more likely to bring me backings with their tops that actually are big enough, square enough, and flat enough to make it easier for me to quilt. Although they are already dedicated to quilting, it’s so nice that you’ve let them see that “quilting by check“ has labor and experience behind it. I have two Gammill longarm machines, a Statler, and a free motion Vision. I absolutely love quilting on my longarms (autocorrect can be hilarious-it put in “lawn worms” instead of “longarms”). Again, thanks.
As someone who has math anxiety, lol, this is brilliant! Having the computer do all the math is what computers were invented for. This was very interesting! Because of the cost this is probably outside my wheelhouse, but that doesn’t stop me from appreciating it! And I would love a remake video! I have watched the diamonds squared video multiple times while I am making my grandbaby that pattern. I personally think that if you did multiples of popular quilting patterns they would still be popular. Trying to envision your fabric choices while your putting the quilt together (especially if using plaid or stripes) is daunting. I have taken screenshots of when you laid out the quilt for reference as well as when you laid out the block. I know you have the free pattern, but it is very much easier for me to have a video walk through along with the pattern. The Mariposa quilt pattern from south wind designs was one I almost bought from you guys, unfortunately it sold out while I was dithering. It was butterflies and windmills, but what stopped me from getting it was the cathedral window type way you have to make the block as well as the fool the eye trick when you placed the blocks with the butterflies direction. I was worried I wouldn’t be able to successfully do it with my current quilting skill. So please, please never think that your videos don’t make a huge impact on your audience. You are an awesome educator!!
Kathleen, I too am unable to purchase a longarm because of the cost and size. There is a quilt shop about an hour away from me that rents time on their machines so you can do your own quilting. Two weeks ago I took a 6 hour class that they require before renting time. I am now saving my egg money to start renting time. Donna's video was a great refresher. Maybe there is a quilt shop in your area that does the same. Good luck to you.
How interesting. The long arm quilting machine is quite an invention. Donna you are so great with detailed explanations with your quilt making. I'm brand new to quilting and have learned so much watching your videos. Thank you!
I've been watching your videos for about two years now - and I want to thank you so much for all that you all do. I have three go to channels for quilting - you, Angela Walters, and Jenny Doan. You all never fail to give me the confidence and artistic push to keep on piecing and quilting! Thanks!
Thank you, Donna for all of your videos. This one especially caught my eye because I have been blessed to be able to purchase my own used Longarm this week. I am so excited to have watched your video! as always you have a true gift in the way you explain steps to do patch work on your quilts and to use the long arm. You have given me courage to try new things! Hoping to build a long arm business once I become proficient. With gratitude, Sandra
Hi Donna! I'm Brazilian, from the South of Brazil, I understand your language a little, but since I watched the first video I haven't stopped! I learned a lot from you and recently I made a beautiful cooking apron through your tutorial and today you have fulfilled my dream of knowing how to use a long arm sewing machine! Your teaching is fantastic! Thank you!
A new tutorial for the tea time quilt would be great. Thank you for the videos and your style of teaching. You are easy to follow and I appreciate that.
Donna I absolutely love your tutorials, and I refer to them often when I am making one of the patterns you have designed or one that you have showcased. This was exactly what I was looking for you to do... I love watching the long arm create a pattern on one of your amazing quilts. When I finally get a chance to visit your retail store, I'll have my fingers crossed that it is a day you are quilting a quilt. I would love to see a remake of the Tea Time quilt. Thank you for being you. Have a great day! Happy Quilting to you too!!!!
Thanks so much ,bought the quilting machine but it came with no manual book, Though mine doesn't have a computer, but with these tutorials ,I believe will help me alot.
My mother has a Gammill long arm, sewing machine. Since she purchased it new, we have had a process that has worked for us both she and I would make a quilt top those she made more than me, then she would quote them on the quilter, and I would put the binding on, and do the hand sewing. But in the past two years, my mother has had Covid, several strokes, and MRSA bacteremia which is taken a very independent woman, to someone who needs constant help in the location of a nursing and rehab facility. She had made five queen size toppers with plans to make all five of her children a quilt for Christmas. We brought her home thinking that maybe she could remember the steps of putting on setting up and sewing a quilt but she could not. Thankfully my brother found your website and I’ve been able to fill in all the gaps. Now I just have five quilts to sew before Christmas which I’m guessing will be four because I can wait on the one I’m doing for myself to after the holidays. Thank you for the speed and the thoroughness and what you cover this process. Thank you so much.
Will love to see a remake of the tea time tutorial also the charming stars quilt. Here in the Caribbean we don't have that type of machine so it was fascinating to look at. Love the video, thank you for showing how it works.🇹🇹💕
@@LHOP-KJV omg yes always loved it my grandmother did alot of patchwork but now its quilting, and it's hard to get the tools here and I improvise in the tool and use sheeting materials for the cuts. Let's keep in contact love talking about quilting and Donna makes it enjoyable. 😍😊
@@rocks160 I understand about sheeting. It was very hard to find 100% cotton of any kind. I used to shop at Yufe's on Cipero Street. I wasn't sure of any other place since I didn't know the other fabric shops.
Thank you so much! I work with a couple of different longarmers and this helps in my quilt and backing prep for them. They do usually request 4”-6” all around additional for the backing however. Longarm quilters have made it possible for me to actually FINISH my quilts and DONE is such a beautiful word!! Your tutorials have helped me improve my technique for a better finish. Thank you from Florida
Donna, it is so relaxing, watching and learning how to make quilts. Your style of teaching and explaining is so pleasant! I loved watching this video on how your long arm works. Many nights I fall asleep listening to the sound it makes. So relaxing! Matt, your son, and you are a great trio! Your son's videos are the best! I've watched many videos on other sites, and he's become an expert!! Thanks from Texas!!
Thank you I would love to have a long arm quilting machine one day! I would also love to see a remake of Tea Time in Bali. I enjoy each of your videos and have learned so much from you. Thanks again!
Thankyou so much Donna. What a great insight into the mystery of long arm quilting. It certainly highlighted why it is so important to have larger backing and batting. I really enjoy your tutorials. You are inspiring to watch.
Hi Donna, I didn't realize how much of a job, or should I say joy it is to use your long arm quilter, but I really wish I had one for myself. Thank you for this very informative video, you answered all the questions I may of had, and might I add, you do a wonderful job of quilting. All your quilts are so amazing and beautiful, full of color, just simply gorgeous. Yes I would like to see the video of you remaking this quilt. Tks
I have a sit down mid - arm and I fold my backing, batting and top the same way. I have a pair of straight pins, in a plus sign, taped in the center of the table. Then I line the folded backing up with those pins when I lay the backing on the table. I gently unfold it and clamp it to the table with hand clamps, like the ones you use to tension the sides of your backing. Then I follow the same procedure with the batting and the top. I watch most of your videos, many times over. Even though I machine quilt my quilts using a different machine, your videos are still an inspiration for me. Thanks for all the work you, your son and Matt do.
This is the best video to me on how to long the quilt on the quilting frame. Love how your stacked all 3 layers and pinned them in the middle, that is going to help me so much!!! Love watching all your videos
Absolutely fascinating, thank you so much for taking the time to go through all the steps to quilt on your longarm! I would love to see an updated video of the beautiful Tea Time in Bali quilt.
Now I know why I love my long-armer, Marsha Sachs. Thank you. You never fail to impress me with your knowledge. You have such a color sense too. I've learned a lot from your tutorials, thanks!
I've always wondered how those long-arm machines work and now I know, so many thanks for showing how to do it. Also, I would love to see you do an updated video for this quilt - thanks Donna and all the Jordan family, for creating such enjoyable video's to watch :)
Just found this video on how your long arm quilting machine works. It was amazing and fun to watch. Thank you for taking the time to put this together!
Really enjoyed the video Donna, I didn’t realize how much goes into quilting on a long arm. I’m new to quilting and your videos have helped me so much. I look forward to your email every day to see what’s new. Would love to see a new video of the pattern for this quilt .
I am 68 years old and remember going with my grandmother to a church quilting group. We still have quilts and other handmade things that are amazing after all these decades.❤
Once again Donna, you and son have made a splendid tutorial! No, I don't intend on purchasing a LAQ machine, but I have gotten a new found appreciation for my wonderful LAQuilter who does a magnificent job on everything I send her! I now fully understand the nature of the work which step-by-step, is a methodical, understandable process. But like all things, the more practice you have, the more skilled you become. Like the piecing we pride ourselves on, the LAQ machine creates its own magic and if perfect (or close to), creates a special harmony with the pieced work. I always tell my LAQuilter, each quilt created from start to finish is like singing a pleasing duet! Thanks Donna and Jordan Fabrics Family!
First, i loved the still of you, the picture on yt, it made me laugh. And then followed that fantastic show about the longarm. Then i realised the work of the camera operator, also fantastic. Thank you, from Amsterdam, NL.
Thank you Donna, you have once again taken the fear out of the complex aspects of quilting. After watching your video I am confident that when I get ready to own a long arm machine, I could actually learn how thanks to your instruction. I would love a video on that quilt. It’s beautiful.
I have seen these at quilt shows ~ but never actually seen one working ~ thank you for demonstrations of this very interesting machine ~ much appreciated!
Good morning from the UK! Thank you for taking the time to show us all about the longarm quilting process. I think this must be the first video to show this from start to finish thatI have seen. I thought the three layers would have been basted together but they are not. I now know the reason why they are not as they allow for the quilt to be smoothed out at all the different stages. It was very interesting to watch and learn about what happens to a quilt once you pass it over to the longarmer.
You are the first person I have seen demonstrating the steps to use a long arm quilting machine. Mostly I see people “sending it off” to someone else. Thank you for showing us the details and decisions we would need to make to have a professional handle it for us.
Donna, looks like you’re reefing in the sails on a yacht. 😂 I don’t even want to know how much it cost...used even. 🙄 So nice, your taking the time to walk us through the process, can now appreciate the cost of sending our babies to a longarm quilter. Yes, please make a tutorial for this quilt. Thanks.
I’m getting a new long arm quilting machine by the end of next week. Thank you for making these videos so I can learn from THE Professional ! Can’t wait to get started !
This was so interesting and informative. I have been trying to learn long arm operation since I started working with one that was donated to our church. Most of the ladies I sew with are elderly, so much has fallen on me to set up and complete. Ours is a Gammill Classic, very old, and of course there is no computer nor a stitch regulator. I saw that you did not pin your top on. I have no basting stitch, so I do pin it first. Our frame also has a third leader for the bottom of the top layer of the quilt. I noticed yours was free floating. I have seen some use clamps on the bar in front, but have not ever seen it free floating. I found this very interesting. Thank you for taking the time to do this. I would be interested in the video of the quilt you mentioned. I enjoy your clear directions and suggestions. I started hand quilting at our church about 3 years ago. Last year I learned how to put a quilt on a wood frame for hand quilting and basically had to figure out the marking as people were leaving our circle due to age and health. Now I am giving this old long arm a try. Thank goodness for RUclips! That is how I am learning to piece, machine quilt, etc. Channels like yours are helping me so much!
I am just fascinated by the whole quilt process. The piecing is my favorite and second would be the long arm. Im just a beginner and i just love your videos. Thanks so much for what you and your family business do for the quilters out here
I thoroughly enjoyed and appreciated this video Donna! I don’t own a long arm (yet!), but now I believe I could work one. You broke it down into easy to understand steps! Thanks!
Donna this was amazing. My Bernina dealer has a huge long arm and I always wanted to know how it worked. Since watching you fantastic tutorial video's I will make a king size quilt for the first time. After I make a maple leaf runner and the 2 friendship runners. Thank you for doing a wonderful job reaching . I just love seeing how happy you are when you are quilting, so am I, God Bless.
Donna, I watch all your videos. I am a new quilter. I have only made one quilt top from one of your videos. Have been to your shop. Everyone was so helpful. Hope to come back soon. Thank you for helping me to learn how to guilt.
I really love your videos, and the way you explain things. I'm not that experienced a quilter, but I understand everything in your tutorials. You are and excellent and generous teacher, and I think you are the best. Thank you so much.
Another awesome video, Donna. Thank you SO MUCH for filming this. I have *always* been curious as to how those long-arm machines work, from start to finish. You make it look easy, but I know I'd have a huge learning curve before I became as proficient as you are. And isn't that the way of any new skill? Beautiful colours in that quilt. Perfect choice of quilting pattern design. Thanks for recording, editing and posting on RUclips!!! ~Diana K. (Hamilton, Ontario Canada)
So interesting. Thank you for taking the time to give such detail about how the quilt goes on the leaders. I gained so much knowledge about this. I think your new video is the most informative to watch. I always try your free quilt patterns and the step by step really guides me along the way. I always keep an eye out for your latest upload and stop what I'm doing to watch. Not just once but several times. Keep up the great videos and hello to Matt. A Missouri fan.
The video of the long arm process is fascinating. I’ve made this quilt pattern for my grandson. It’s so unique. It’s off being quilted by a long arm quilter at this moment. Thank you for sharing. Also, your blouse is lovely, Donna. 😍
Wow! I knew how it worked but never realized THE WORK that went into getting it set up. Thank you, Donna. I no longer feel like I’m cheating when I send my quilts out to the spa.
Donna, this was a wonderful demonstration of a long arm. The first I had seen ever from beginning to end and I thank you. Do you do quilting for customers?
This is an excellent video! You are a very "smooth operator." I was wondering if you ever have any mechanical problems with your longarm machine. I am not a gadget person so I wouldn't know how to fix any glitches.
OMGosh Donna, you just exude warmth and kindness in all of your videos. What a great explanation of how that wonderful machine works. Looking forward to watching your next one. Thank you for what it is you do with all those beautiful pieces of fabric. Peace and love from Canada.
Don't worry about the older videos -- they are all really valuable! In fact, I have gone back to watch all your older videos and find them very instructive -- thanks!
People want trips, mansions, sports cars, fancy clothes and jewelry....I just want one of these ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😍
No disrespect meant, but my cat loves watching your videos. I'm waiting for the day I come home and she's made a quilt watching one of your videos. Many thanks for the videos. Jan and Fudge from England.
My cat (male) loves certain RUclipsrs too. It's weird how he meows and looks at the monitor when I am watching a YT video....He often sits right beside me watching. (he's sleeping right now though).
Love it.
Oh my gosh!!! Please tell me your cat can sew!!! I'd love it if my dogs could sew, I'd have someone to buy fabric with😂😂😂
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@@clumsycolours1677 I'm trying to imagine the fabric discussions, decision making process, and if it would depend on if the pup is a doberman, poodle or a Heinz's 57! Your comment gave me a huge chuckle...thanks 😆😂😃
@@MeanaBeana391 Hehehe, my little doggo is a Miniature Pinscher. I think she'd be interested in wools or knit fabrics because she really likes blankets😂😂😂😂
My husband was very interested in the workings of your long arm machine.
thank you for sharing the process and possibilities. You and Matt are gifted in sharing joy and encouragement. Thank you for all the work and sharing. Blessings to you all.
When you talk about your quilting machine you do it with the excitement and enthusiasm of a child on Christmas morning!
The machines are really fun to use!
I agree!!!
One thing I love about Donna and Matt too is how much joy they take in what they do. Donna sparkled as she showed us her machine!
@@jordanfabrics8380 I think that's part of what attracted me to this hobby, and especially to the machines you use in your videos. I've enjoyed operating machines since I was a kid. I was the kid in school who always volunteered to be the projectionist when a film was shown in class. A few decades ago I worked for a while as a shop helper in a machine shop where I got to operate a few very large machines. Towards the end of last century I got my foot in the door in mainframe operations. I worked as an IBM mainframe operator until a few years ago when we migrated to a smaller platform. During that time I worked in a computer room surrounded by tape drives, impact printers, and a high speed laser printer or two. I loved it. Now I work in an office administering the smaller IBM system we migrated to. So it's time to surround myself with machines at home.
Goodness gracious me! Am I alone in this, but... I could watch this machine all day long! It’s just fascinating! ❣️🌹
Almost hypnotizing, in fact!
Where's it going to go next???
Donna - you have such an easy style of explaining. I really love your generous videos. I'm in the UK - but I would love one day to come and visit! Thank you for unravelling the mystery of Long Arm Quilting! Love, Kate xxx
Hi Kate. I watch you too. I hope you're feeling better.
I've been there and Donna and Matt are EXACTLY as they portray on RUclips! I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL, TOO❣
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Your videos make me happy too, Kate!
@Kate so would I - really love Donna and her work. I am a teacher myself and in some ways Donna's and my kind of explaining is similar.
I desperately hope that in a not too far future when mankind learned to cope with that new virus I have the chance to visit (and shop) . To be honest I am saving for that flight and traveling.
Unfortunately the quilt show in Birmingham/UK was cancelled otherwise I would have been there.
My goodness! I didn't even know this kind of monster machines existed! I fell of my couch! WOW! ♥️♥️♥️
Would love to see a new video of that quilt top please Donna. You have no idea how much these tutorials have helped me. Thank you 🙂
I used to think that long arm machines were complicated ... until your video! It actually looks fun! You are an amazing teacher!
Your camera person is great too!
I love a quilt that has a lot of purple!! 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜. Yes, please make another video.
I have never quilted, but during lockdown I’ve become addicted to watching your videos. As a computer nerd, I’m especially fascinated by your long arm. Thank you for showing it in depth. Your videos are the best. I’ve tried to watch other quilting videos but get annoyed when they don’t do it the way you do.
Your straightforward, no-dithering presentation style is one of the best on YT. Yes, please update Tea Time if you've a mind to. A Dick Francis mystery quilt sounds intriguing. Thank you for explaining the longarm process in detail. You and Matt and your team are the best!
Dithering! Yes, too many videos go on and on about nothing. I just want them short and sweet, no dithering around!
I have an even greater respect for my quilter! Love you Jill!
This tutorial was quite informative even for someone who doesn’t own a long arm machine. I’d love to see a remake tutorial for the Tea Time quilt. Thanks for always being so very accommodating. I’ve learned so much from your tutorials. Thanks for all you do to help us become better quilters, and your very generous giveaways. Happy Quilting!
Love love love the way you explain everything! My dream was to have a machine like that but now I’m too old. But my joy comes from watching your videos. Your smile is pleasing and your voice is reassuring. Just wish I were younger. 🌷 Thank you so much for sharing yourself and your wonderful quilting talent with us.
So interesting thank you! Your camera person I could just hug! Gets right in there shows us everything! The close up of pinning ,rolling the quilt,the thread shots not just on this tutorial but on your other ones also. Thank you all!
I agree so good!
I feel like I could watch that machine work all day! But it does also take a bit of set up from you as well. Thanks!
Love to see the new version "Tea Time qQuilt". I always have a better day when I begin watching your tutorials!
Yes, please! I would like to see a new video on the Tea Time Quilt. I just love you guys, thanks for taking time to make these videos for everyone at no charge. Folks like you make the world a better place - one stitch & one friend at a time. Keep it up!
Donna, I love this video!
You explained every detail very well, so that we can understand this process which has always been quite a mystery to so many of us.
Thank you for dedicating time every week, to making videos to help us learn, and for generously sharing your patterns with us.
Lots of gratitude, from Australia
Fantastic tutorial Donna. Cheers from Australia
Danke für die sehr gute Erklärung 👍❤️🌹👵🏻
Great video as usual. In my dream world, James does the filming for every one of the makers I follow on RUclips. He's just outstandingly good at it - following every move, illustrating every point made, showing every stitch and cut. Superb.
I know he is my son and I am perhaps prejudiced, but he really is a genius!
Donna, your teaching style is the absolute best! Thank you for explaining things in terms easier to comprehend! And thanks for all you do!
After seeing this, now I really want a long arm machine. Time to start saving... (Thank you for the tutorial.)
Right I totally want one for myself to
I've wanted one for so long...one day
Yeah long arms loook soooooo cool! I just don’t have room!
Thanks Donna! I was really curious about how you do the actual quilting. You are such a great teacher and make it look so easy! I really enjoy watching your videos
I was thinking the same. I would love to do this as a job.
Thank you Donna. This video will make my life so much easier, because many of my clients watch your videos. Now they will be far more likely to bring me backings with their tops that actually are big enough, square enough, and flat enough to make it easier for me to quilt. Although they are already dedicated to quilting, it’s so nice that you’ve let them see that “quilting by check“ has labor and experience behind it. I have two Gammill longarm machines, a Statler, and a free motion Vision. I absolutely love quilting on my longarms (autocorrect can be hilarious-it put in “lawn worms” instead of “longarms”). Again, thanks.
Wow I didn't realize that was such a labor intensive project. Thank you!♡
Oh my word that long arm is like a dream come true! Thank you for the tutorial.
As someone who has math anxiety, lol, this is brilliant! Having the computer do all the math is what computers were invented for. This was very interesting! Because of the cost this is probably outside my wheelhouse, but that doesn’t stop me from appreciating it! And I would love a remake video! I have watched the diamonds squared video multiple times while I am making my grandbaby that pattern. I personally think that if you did multiples of popular quilting patterns they would still be popular. Trying to envision your fabric choices while your putting the quilt together (especially if using plaid or stripes) is daunting. I have taken screenshots of when you laid out the quilt for reference as well as when you laid out the block. I know you have the free pattern, but it is very much easier for me to have a video walk through along with the pattern. The Mariposa quilt pattern from south wind designs was one I almost bought from you guys, unfortunately it sold out while I was dithering. It was butterflies and windmills, but what stopped me from getting it was the cathedral window type way you have to make the block as well as the fool the eye trick when you placed the blocks with the butterflies direction. I was worried I wouldn’t be able to successfully do it with my current quilting skill. So please, please never think that your videos don’t make a huge impact on your audience. You are an awesome educator!!
Yes she an awesome teacher. Have to love her for her patience in sharing her knowledge of quilting.
Kathleen, I too am unable to purchase a longarm because of the cost and size. There is a quilt shop about an hour away from me that rents time on their machines so you can do your own quilting. Two weeks ago I took a 6 hour class that they require before renting time. I am now saving my egg money to start renting time. Donna's video was a great refresher. Maybe there is a quilt shop in your area that does the same. Good luck to you.
WELL SAID!!! I watch every episode several times. They're also playing in the background while I sew.
How interesting. The long arm quilting machine is quite an invention. Donna you are so great with detailed explanations with your quilt making. I'm brand new to quilting and have learned so much watching your videos. Thank you!
This was beautifully filmed as well. Thank you for the hard work you put into your videos!
I've been watching your videos for about two years now - and I want to thank you so much for all that you all do. I have three go to channels for quilting - you, Angela Walters, and Jenny Doan. You all never fail to give me the confidence and artistic push to keep on piecing and quilting! Thanks!
You've taken the mystery out of long arm quilting. Thank you so much.
Thank you, Donna for all of your videos. This one especially caught my eye because I have been blessed to be able to purchase my own used Longarm this week. I am so excited to have watched your video! as always you have a true gift in the way you explain steps to do patch work on your quilts and to use the long arm. You have given me courage to try new things! Hoping to build a long arm business once I become proficient. With gratitude, Sandra
Hi Donna!
I'm Brazilian, from the South of Brazil, I understand your language a little, but since I watched the first video I haven't stopped! I learned a lot from you and recently I made a beautiful
cooking apron through your tutorial and today you have fulfilled my dream of knowing how to use a long arm sewing machine! Your teaching is fantastic! Thank you!
A new tutorial for the tea time quilt would be great. Thank you for the videos and your style of teaching. You are easy to follow and I appreciate that.
Donna I absolutely love your tutorials, and I refer to them often when I am making one of the patterns you have designed or one that you have showcased. This was exactly what I was looking for you to do... I love watching the long arm create a pattern on one of your amazing quilts. When I finally get a chance to visit your retail store, I'll have my fingers crossed that it is a day you are quilting a quilt. I would love to see a remake of the Tea Time quilt. Thank you for being you. Have a great day! Happy Quilting to you too!!!!
Thanks so much ,bought the quilting machine but it came with no manual book,
Though mine doesn't have a computer, but with these tutorials ,I believe will help me alot.
Yes! I would love a new video on this quilt.
My mother has a Gammill long arm, sewing machine. Since she purchased it new, we have had a process that has worked for us both she and I would make a quilt top those she made more than me, then she would quote them on the quilter, and I would put the binding on, and do the hand sewing. But in the past two years, my mother has had Covid, several strokes, and MRSA bacteremia which is taken a very independent woman, to someone who needs constant help in the location of a nursing and rehab facility. She had made five queen size toppers with plans to make all five of her children a quilt for Christmas. We brought her home thinking that maybe she could remember the steps of putting on setting up and sewing a quilt but she could not. Thankfully my brother found your website and I’ve been able to fill in all the gaps. Now I just have five quilts to sew before Christmas which I’m guessing will be four because I can wait on the one I’m doing for myself to after the holidays. Thank you for the speed and the thoroughness and what you cover this process. Thank you so much.
Your mother is very fortunate to have you and your brother to help her out and I am glad you will be able to finish the quilts!
Will love to see a remake of the tea time tutorial also the charming stars quilt. Here in the Caribbean we don't have that type of machine so it was fascinating to look at. Love the video, thank you for showing how it works.🇹🇹💕
Hi, Deborah! My husband and I lived in Sando 2016-2017. It's great to see a Trini interested in quilting; none of my friends were at that time.
@@LHOP-KJV omg yes always loved it my grandmother did alot of patchwork but now its quilting, and it's hard to get the tools here and I improvise in the tool and use sheeting materials for the cuts. Let's keep in contact love talking about quilting and Donna makes it enjoyable. 😍😊
@@rocks160 I understand about sheeting. It was very hard to find 100% cotton of any kind. I used to shop at Yufe's on Cipero Street. I wasn't sure of any other place since I didn't know the other fabric shops.
@@LHOP-KJV I also go to yufes in Port of Spain also Jimmy Aboud, but I am thinking of bringing in some of my fabrics.
I know this is a 2 yr old video, but I still wanted to say....Thank you for showing this, I enjoyed watching how this is done!!
Thank you so much! I work with a couple of different longarmers and this helps in my quilt and backing prep for them. They do usually request 4”-6” all around additional for the backing however. Longarm quilters have made it possible for me to actually FINISH my quilts and DONE is such a beautiful word!!
Your tutorials have helped me improve my technique for a better finish. Thank you from Florida
Donna, it is so relaxing, watching and learning how to make quilts. Your style of teaching and explaining is so pleasant! I loved watching this video on how your long arm works. Many nights I fall asleep listening to the sound it makes. So relaxing! Matt, your son, and you are a great trio! Your son's videos are the best! I've watched many videos on other sites, and he's become an expert!! Thanks from Texas!!
Thank you I would love to have a long arm quilting machine one day! I would also love to see a remake of Tea Time in Bali. I enjoy each of your videos and have learned so much from you. Thanks again!
Thankyou so much Donna. What a great insight into the mystery of long arm quilting. It certainly highlighted why it is so important to have larger backing and batting.
I really enjoy your tutorials. You are inspiring to watch.
One day, God willing, I'll get a quilting machine.
Love your hair!
Yes please to the Bali video. That is such a pretty quilt.
Hi Donna, I didn't realize how much of a job, or should I say joy it is to use your long arm quilter, but I really wish I had one for myself. Thank you for this very informative video, you answered all the questions I may of had, and might I add, you do a wonderful job of quilting. All your quilts are so amazing and beautiful, full of color, just simply gorgeous. Yes I would like to see the video of you remaking this quilt. Tks
I have a sit down mid - arm and I fold my backing, batting and top the same way. I have a pair of straight pins, in a plus sign, taped in the center of the table. Then I line the folded backing up with those pins when I lay the backing on the table. I gently unfold it and clamp it to the table with hand clamps, like the ones you use to tension the sides of your backing. Then I follow the same procedure with the batting and the top. I watch most of your videos, many times over. Even though I machine quilt my quilts using a different machine, your videos are still an inspiration for me. Thanks for all the work you, your son and Matt do.
Wow, there is so much more involved than I ever imagined! Thank you for such an informative look at a long arm machine. Thanks for all you do!
This is the best video to me on how to long the quilt on the quilting frame. Love how your stacked all 3 layers and pinned them in the middle, that is going to help me so much!!!
Love watching all your videos
Absolutely fascinating, thank you so much for taking the time to go through all the steps to quilt on your longarm! I would love to see an updated video of the beautiful Tea Time in Bali quilt.
Now I know why I love my long-armer, Marsha Sachs.
Thank you. You never fail to impress me with your knowledge. You have such a color sense too. I've learned a lot from your tutorials, thanks!
I've always wondered how those long-arm machines work and now I know, so many thanks for showing how to do it. Also, I would love to see you do an updated video for this quilt - thanks Donna and all the Jordan family, for creating such enjoyable video's to watch :)
Just found this video on how your long arm quilting machine works. It was amazing and fun to watch. Thank you for taking the time to put this together!
Really enjoyed the video Donna, I didn’t realize how much goes into quilting on a long arm. I’m new to quilting and your videos have helped me so much. I look forward to your email every day to see what’s new. Would love to see a new video of the pattern for this quilt .
I am 68 years old and remember going with my grandmother to a church quilting group.
We still have quilts and other handmade things that are amazing after all these decades.❤
Yes! Please do another tea time quilt tutorial!
This quilt is absolutely gorgeous! Watching the quilting process made me appreciate even more what goes into it! Thanks!
Once again Donna, you and son have made a splendid tutorial! No, I don't intend on purchasing a LAQ machine, but I have gotten a new found appreciation for my wonderful LAQuilter who does a magnificent job on everything I send her! I now fully understand the nature of the work which step-by-step, is a methodical, understandable process. But like all things, the more practice you have, the more skilled you become. Like the piecing we pride ourselves on, the LAQ machine creates its own magic and if perfect (or close to), creates a special harmony with the pieced work. I always tell my LAQuilter, each quilt created from start to finish is like singing a pleasing duet! Thanks Donna and Jordan Fabrics Family!
First, i loved the still of you, the picture on yt, it made me laugh. And then followed that fantastic show about the longarm. Then i realised the work of the camera operator, also fantastic. Thank you, from Amsterdam, NL.
Tea time in Bali ..yes please. Love your tutorials, love from Alberta Canada 🇨🇦
Thank you Donna, you have once again taken the fear out of the complex aspects of quilting. After watching your video I am confident that when I get ready to own a long arm machine, I could actually learn how thanks to your instruction. I would love a video on that quilt. It’s beautiful.
I have seen these at quilt shows ~ but never actually seen one working ~ thank you for demonstrations of this very interesting machine ~ much appreciated!
I absolutely love your videos! I have learned so much and appreciate all you teach us!
Donna, Om my gosh. I took a long arm class nearby but never really got it 100 %. I watched your video and click ! I got it 200%. Thanks so much.!!!!
This is the kind of video I've been wanting to see! I never knew how a quilting machine really worked. Thanks for this, I learned a lot!
Yes! new videos are always a plus! Donna, I watch your videos almost every day to get new tricks and tips. You are such a joy to watch. Thank you!
Good morning from the UK!
Thank you for taking the time to show us all about the longarm quilting process. I think this must be the first video to show this from start to finish thatI have seen. I thought the three layers would have been basted together but they are not. I now know the reason why they are not as they allow for the quilt to be smoothed out at all the different stages. It was very interesting to watch and learn about what happens to a quilt once you pass it over to the longarmer.
You're such a fantastic instructor. I love your videos.Thank you for doing ALL these demonstrations. I love quilting. Momma taught me.
Donna, you make everything seem so simple and straightforward! Thank you, this was great!!
You are the first person I have seen demonstrating the steps to use a long arm quilting machine. Mostly I see people “sending it off” to someone else. Thank you for showing us the details and decisions we would need to make to have a professional handle it for us.
Donna, looks like you’re reefing in the sails on a yacht. 😂 I don’t even want to know how much it cost...used even. 🙄 So nice, your taking the time to walk us through the process, can now appreciate the cost of sending our babies to a longarm quilter. Yes, please make a tutorial for this quilt. Thanks.
I’m getting a new long arm quilting machine by the end of next week. Thank you for making these videos so I can learn from THE Professional ! Can’t wait to get started !
This was so interesting and informative. I have been trying to learn long arm operation since I started working with one that was donated to our church. Most of the ladies I sew with are elderly, so much has fallen on me to set up and complete. Ours is a Gammill Classic, very old, and of course there is no computer nor a stitch regulator. I saw that you did not pin your top on. I have no basting stitch, so I do pin it first. Our frame also has a third leader for the bottom of the top layer of the quilt. I noticed yours was free floating. I have seen some use clamps on the bar in front, but have not ever seen it free floating. I found this very interesting. Thank you for taking the time to do this. I would be interested in the video of the quilt you mentioned. I enjoy your clear directions and suggestions. I started hand quilting at our church about 3 years ago. Last year I learned how to put a quilt on a wood frame for hand quilting and basically had to figure out the marking as people were leaving our circle due to age and health. Now I am giving this old long arm a try. Thank goodness for RUclips! That is how I am learning to piece, machine quilt, etc. Channels like yours are helping me so much!
You are an AWESOME teacher Ms. Donna!
Thankyou once again!
I am just fascinated by the whole quilt process. The piecing is my favorite and second would be the long arm. Im just a beginner and i just love your videos. Thanks so much for what you and your family business do for the quilters out here
Dear Donna and Matt, thank you for another great video, it explains the process so well.
I thoroughly enjoyed and appreciated this video Donna! I don’t own a long arm (yet!), but now I believe I could work one. You broke it down into easy to understand steps! Thanks!
I have to say you are the very best I have ever heard at explaining things.... Thank you very much.
Loretta from Ireland
Thank you for showing us this important step in quilt making. I love all your videos and you inspire in so many ways!
This is the best tutorial I have ever seen on how a quilting machine works. Thank you sew much!
Love your tutorials! I am a new quilter and the way you explain each step is so helpful! I'm so glad I found you!
Donna this was amazing. My Bernina dealer has a huge long arm and I always wanted to know how it worked. Since watching you fantastic tutorial video's I will make a king size quilt for the first time. After I make a maple leaf runner and the 2 friendship runners. Thank you for doing a wonderful job reaching . I just love seeing how happy you are when you are quilting, so am I, God Bless.
I learn so much from your tutorials and love watching them.
Donna, I watch all your videos. I am a new quilter. I have only made one quilt top from one of your videos. Have been to your shop. Everyone was so helpful. Hope to come back soon. Thank you for helping me to learn how to guilt.
Thank you, Donna. I was glued to this. Very interesting, even though I do my own quilting on a domestic Janome. Always simple but it works for me.
I really love your videos, and the way you explain things. I'm not that experienced a quilter, but I understand everything in your tutorials. You are and excellent and generous teacher, and I think you are the best. Thank you so much.
This was fascinating! I enjoyed every bit of it and learned a great deal along the way. Thank you for your wonderful tutorials.
Another awesome video, Donna. Thank you SO MUCH for filming this. I have *always* been curious as to how those long-arm machines work, from start to finish. You make it look easy, but I know I'd have a huge learning curve before I became as proficient as you are. And isn't that the way of any new skill? Beautiful colours in that quilt. Perfect choice of quilting pattern design. Thanks for recording, editing and posting on RUclips!!!
~Diana K. (Hamilton, Ontario Canada)
So interesting. Thank you for taking the time to give such detail about how the quilt goes on the leaders. I gained so much knowledge about this. I think your new video is the most informative to watch. I always try your free quilt patterns and the step by step really guides me along the way. I always keep an eye out for your latest upload and stop what I'm doing to watch. Not just once but several times. Keep up the great videos and hello to Matt. A Missouri fan.
The video of the long arm process is fascinating. I’ve made this quilt pattern for my grandson. It’s so unique. It’s off being quilted by a long arm quilter at this moment. Thank you for sharing. Also, your blouse is lovely, Donna. 😍
Yes, please redo the how-to video for this patter. It’s beautiful!
Wow! I knew how it worked but never realized THE WORK that went into getting it set up. Thank you, Donna. I no longer feel like I’m cheating when I send my quilts out to the spa.
Donna, this was a wonderful demonstration of a long arm. The first I had seen ever from beginning to end and I thank you. Do you do quilting for customers?
At last... I was so hoping to get to know this heavenly machine. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
This is an excellent video! You are a very "smooth operator." I was wondering if you ever have any mechanical problems with your longarm machine. I am not a gadget person so I wouldn't know how to fix any glitches.
Thanks Donna for taking time to show how the long arm works. I enjoy all of your tutorials.
Love this video, I always wondered how a quilt was mounted. Really makes me want a long arm...
OMGosh Donna, you just exude warmth and kindness in all of your videos. What a great explanation of how that wonderful machine works. Looking forward to watching your next one. Thank you for what it is you do with all those beautiful pieces of fabric. Peace and love from Canada.