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With a long history of dressmaking and general sewing, I achieved a City and Guilds advanced certificate in Soft Furnishings before moving to Wales in 1999. It was here that I began making patchwork, and soon developed something of an obsession, quickly producing quilts for myself and my two daughters, quilted by hand.
The lengthy process of hand quilting soon had me looking for an alternative method. I found machine quilting on my domestic sewing machine an almost impossible task, so I began researching long arm machines.
My Gammill quilting machine arrived from America in April 2002, and after some months of practice I was able to start quilting for customers. I have had success at two national shows, receiving a 2nd prize at The Festival of Quilts 2003 Birmingham NEC, and a 2nd prize at Quilts UK 2008 Malvern.
Time Machine Quilting provides the easy answer to finishing your quilts to a high professional standard, at a reasonable cost.
With the Gammill quilting machine, your patchwork can be laid on the machine table with the wadding and backing, and machined accurately to the pattern you require. The large throat of the sewing machine enables the sewing machine head to run over the quilt with ease to produce a uniformity of stitching unobtainable on a conventional sewing machine.
My Gammill Classic hand-guided long arm quilting machine has a 14 foot table, and can accommodate fabric up to 150 inches wide, which gives a maximum finished quilt size of 12 feet wide by any length.
Situated in beautiful, rural West Wales, Time Machine Quilting is within a short distance of 5 patchwork supply shops and the National Wool Museum, which makes for an interesting day out:
Calico Kate, Lampeter, Ceredigion, 01570 422866
Cross Patch, Velindre, Carmarthenshire, 01559 371018
Isabeau Inspirations, Crosshands, 01269 844969
Penbanc Fabrics, nr Newport, Pembrokeshire, 01239 820568
Red House Quilting, Mumbles, 01792 368080
The Jen Jones Welsh Quilt Centre, Lampeter, Ceredigion, 01570 422088
National Wool Museum, Velindre, Carmarthenshire, 01559 370929