HOW DOES QUILTING MACHINE WORK??? 

People want trips, mansions, sports cars, fancy clothes and jewelry....I just want one of these ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😍

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!

Wow this just made me want a computerized long arm machine. I have gone back 2 years in your videos. I have yet to sew a quilt but you are an inspiration to me.

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!

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.

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 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!!

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

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 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.

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!

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!

My goodness! I didn't even know this kind of monster machines existed! I fell of my couch! WOW! ♥️♥️♥️

I have an even greater respect for my quilter! Love you Jill!

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!

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

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!

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.

Yes please to the Bali video. That is such a pretty 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!

Wow I didn't realize that was such a labor intensive project. Thank you!♡

Great video as usual. In my dream world, James does the filming for every one of the makers I follow on RU-vid. He's just outstandingly good at it - following every move, illustrating every point made, showing every stitch and cut. Superb.

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

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!!!!

After seeing this, now I really want a long arm machine. Time to start saving... (Thank you for the tutorial.)

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.

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!

This was beautifully filmed as well. Thank you for the hard work you put into your videos!

Oh my word that long arm is like a dream come true! Thank you for the tutorial.

Goodness gracious me! Am I alone in this, but... I could watch this machine all day long! It’s just fascinating! ❣️🌹

Yes! Please do another tea time quilt tutorial!

You've taken the mystery out of long arm quilting. Thank you so much.

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!!

Donna, your teaching style is the absolute best! Thank you for explaining things in terms easier to comprehend! And thanks for all you do!

Tea time in Bali ..yes please. Love your tutorials, love from Alberta Canada 🇨🇦

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!

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!

Yes remake the Tea Time quilt pattern please! Happy Quilting!

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 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, 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.

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.

I have seen these at quilt shows ~ but never actually seen one working ~ thank you for demonstrations of this very interesting machine ~ much appreciated!

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.🇹🇹💕

Yes! I would love a new video on this quilt.

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 :)

Please consider doing the 'Tea Time Quilt'. I really enjoy all of your videos. I just finished the "Almost A Lone Star' quilt and have started working on the "Harvest" quilt. The videos are very helpful. Thank you!

This quilt is absolutely gorgeous! Watching the quilting process made me appreciate even more what goes into it! Thanks!

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!

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.

That is a fantastic machine and it does a great job of putting the quilt together and it would be nice if we all could afford to have one, but those like myself just have the average home sewing machine to use and I will have to try to remember how my grandmother put her's together many years ago. I have the pieces she cut out and sewed together into squares and I need to sew them together and continue that until I have a quilt put together and I have to order some more batting so it can be put on and then make the back of the quilt and then assemble the entire quilt together as one. Your videos have helped me so much and so have others I have viewed and I thank you so much for the help.

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

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 enjoyed this tutorial. I always wondered how a Longarm machine worked. I love using jelly rolls. and would love to see you make a tutorial of Tea Time in Bali. Thank you for sharing.

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.

One day, God willing, I'll get a quilting machine. Love your hair!

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.

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.

Thanks so much for this wonderful demo of your long arm machine (she's obviously smart, hard working and a beauty, too)! I'd love to see the Tea Time in Bali (or anywhere else in the world!) remake if you get a chance.

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 absolutely love your videos! I have learned so much and appreciate all you teach us!

Gone almost are the days in our hurry up world of the true hand sewn quilt, the tying and managing all the bulky layers to keep straight. Seems like every little girl wants to learn to sew, to create something from fabric, to tie knots to make it into a "Thing". Once learned it remains in memory waiting for when we find it was so satisfying and brought an inner peace to our busy world. . Today's Longarm machines only adds to the joy of finishing a job that used to take months and sometimes years to complete., In just a few days. So you can crank out many, 12 a year, more. For me, I now own 2 Longarms, and have the ability to Bless others with the Gifts of my creations, way way sooner. Your tutorial was so well done and so appreciated even for me, who had to learn it the hard way on my own, you are a Blessing.. Thank you for helping the little girl in me, who at 80 still finds that inner peace sewing creates

I really try to give the other videos a chance, but I always come back to your videos. I'm new to quilting and I've learned so much from your videos!

Donna, you make everything seem so simple and straightforward! Thank you, this was great!!

Great! Now I need a house for a machine like that XD.

I don't know how I got here, but I love it and I want to stay :)

Please Please do another video on this pattern. I loved this video so informative and enjoyed it from start to finish !

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, please redo the how-to video for this patter. It’s beautiful!

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.

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.

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

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

Donna, you're awesome. I may never have a longarm like yours, but I picked up a few tips that will help make my quilt sandwiches for sit-down quilting. You do such a lovely job with your Gammill! Some Day!

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.!!!!

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!

Thank you for showing us this important step in quilt making. I love all your videos and you inspire in so many ways!

Hey Donna! I am so thrilled you did this tutorial on this longarm. I have had an Avante Longarm for 3 years! and never used it!! I have felt so intimidated to use it. You make it look so easy. It is crazy that I still take my quilts to someone else to quilt when I can do it myself! You have given me confidence that I can do it!! I wish we could be best friends and you come to my house and quilt with me. lol Thanks again

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.

This was fascinating! I enjoyed every bit of it and learned a great deal along the way. Thank you for your wonderful tutorials.

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.

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!

Wow, you sewing-video people sure do pick some really eye-catching fabrics!

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 RU-vid! That is how I am learning to piece, machine quilt, etc. Channels like yours are helping me so much!

I learn so much from your tutorials and love watching them.

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.

When the machine calculated the repeats... stop it. I'm beginning to think I no longer need cars... a longarm quilting machine seems far more useful. 😆😆😆 Thanks to Jordan Fabrics for all the "edutainment" and inspiration. ♥️

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.

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!

Dear Donna and Matt, thank you for another great video, it explains the process so well.

Even though this is three years old, it has helped me so much as I started to use my Gammill longarm. I love your videos! keep them coming. One day I will get to your shop

Thank you for that, it was interesting to see how much work is involved. Hello from a very cold locked down Tasmania.

Love your videos Donna and really appreciate your expertise. I've learned so much by watching you and would just like to say thank you. I don't think I shall ever be able to get a long arm as I live in 1 room but loved watching this.

Thanks for your hard work it is good job and beautiful colours has been chosen to all the quilt has been made. Hussain 🇧🇭 Bahrain

You're such a fantastic instructor. I love your videos.Thank you for doing ALL these demonstrations. I love quilting. Momma taught me.