Well... Kathy quilts has an amazing price on the queen size Start Right Frame for only $400! This is pretty much what I paid for my Sturdy-lite frame which you can kind of see in this picture here:
If I where looking at getting a frame for the first time I would buy the Start Right in a heart beat especially at $400 (50% off!) Now before you all run out and buy one here's a little bit more info, and a few things you should know:
- It doesn't get smaller or bigger, if you buy the crib size you can't make it bigger. The queen size won't become smaller but you CAN quilt smaller quilts on it.
- The biggest quilt you can quilt on the queen size frame is a queen size (about 90" wide)
- You need either a stitch regulator ($500) or a speed control ($70+) for your machine, as this frame does not have a place for a foot pedal and handles that activate your foot pedal.
- You need a machine that is compatible with either the stitch regulator or speed control.
- The maximum throat space of a machine that will work on here is 13" so you can't put anything bigger than that on here.
~ Norma
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Stitch regulator. Mr PD is right! ha ha.
Plus later after you have done some quilting for others, you may have extra $$ to buy an even better frame.
Do you absolutely LOVE your machine? I wouldn't buy a stitch regulator for mine because, while I love it, the throat is too small for quilting, so I wouldn't want to put more money into it. One thing I learned at the quilt show in Knoxville was to set your machine at half speed and then press the pedal all the way down all the time. It has gotten my stitches to be a lot more even, esp. when starting and stopping.
Have you seen this quilting frame that you can build yourself? http://buildaquiltingframe.weebly.com/
I couldn't agree more about debt!
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