Quilting quilts for charity will give me a great deal of practice to define my long arm quilting skills by using a Handi Quilter Avante machine. The Deseret Industries in Cedar City will be giving me finished quilt tops and I will get donations for fabric for the quilt bottoms and batting from women in the Relief Society Organization that will be used to make the quilts. The thread and needles are donated. By doing this project, I will learn to load, thread and deal with tension problems of the Handi Quilter Avante Long Arm Quilting Machine. I will be using various pantographs to quilt the quilts by following along a pattern with a laser. Each row will need to be lined up correctly and the tension will need to be perfect. The finished quilts will be donated to the Deseret Industries Bishop Storehouse to be given to those in need with their discretion.
I have chosen this project to gain the necessary practice to be a better long arm quilter so I will be good enough to charge people to quilt their quilts.
For my EDGE Project, I will ask local women for donations for fabric for quilt bottoms, batting and for their help with construction and binding of the quilts. They will also be given the opportunity to donate their own quilts. I will quilt the quilts on the Handi Quilter for practice and all quilts will be donated to the Bishop’s Storehouse for those in need.
By machine quilting at least 10 quilts, I will become faster at loading a quilt onto the machine, I will be able to follow a pantograph better with the laser while quilting and be able to troubleshoot tension issues. I will also need to break out of my comfort zone by asking for and organizing help in a timely manner.
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