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Written By Angela Grace

A long arm machine is a type of sewing machine used for quilting. It has a large area under the arm and on the platform (hence the name “long arm”) and usually is mounted on a movable track so that it can be moved around the quilt top during the quilting process. The quilt is fixed in a frame and the machine moves to quilt, as opposed to a typical home sewing machine, where the machine is still and the quilt is moved through the machine for quilting.

Angela Grace

Angela Grace’s first quilt was started when she was 18, given away unfinished when she was 22, gotten back when she was 34 and finished when she was 39. Now that Angela makes quilts in significantly less time, she’s on a mission to make quilting simple so that new quilters can be creative. When she is not hanging out on the internet you can find her quilting, gardening, reading, or, most frequently, daydreaming.

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