Category: 2026

2026/01/11

A couple of months ago a Guild friend passed along to me a panel & backing that had been given to her to make a community quilt. In the back of my mind I thought it would be a perfect candidate on which to practice E2E (edge to edge) quilting using my embroidery/sewing machine and the magnetic hoop I purchased way back in September and have not used for E2E yet. The panel isn’t too big (42.5″ x 42.25″) so wouldn’t require an overwhelming number of rehoopings.

That, of course, required a trip down the rabbit hold finding & viewing YouTube tutorials (there are many helpful ones) and finding the right digital design with which to quilt it. I had no idea there were so many available for embroidery machines! urban elemenz has a huge selection of free ones of various sizes (I downloaded most of them…for future projects you know..lol) and decided upon Bean Sprout.

I like this method and would use it again on smaller projects. It’s certainly not as easy as using a pantograph with a long arm, but works nicely if you don’t want to FMQ a quilt. The more I practice, the faster it will go! The magnetic hoop is what makes this work!

Here’s the beautiful African animal themed panel with a fleece backing that’s perfectly suited to it! The quilt measures 42.5″ w x 42.25″ long and I can imagine some child loving to snuggle under it.

E2E quilted on my Bernina 790 Crystal Edition using the 210mm x 400mm (8.25″ x 15.75″) magnetic embroidery hoop and urban elemenz Bean Sprout digital design.