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Longarm Services & Quilt Binding
in the SF Bay Area
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Some Old Dude's Story
Longarm & Binding Services
Longarm & Binding Services
Well hello there! I'm Mike, Some Old Dude. I'm a quilter and do longarm quilting in San Francisco, California. I've been sewing and quilting for a while and really stepped up my game in the first years of the COVID pandemic.
I've made a bunch of quilts for friends & family, honing my skills & learning tricks along the way.
As I got better,
Well hello there! I'm Mike, Some Old Dude. I'm a quilter and do longarm quilting in San Francisco, California. I've been sewing and quilting for a while and really stepped up my game in the first years of the COVID pandemic.
I've made a bunch of quilts for friends & family, honing my skills & learning tricks along the way.
As I got better, I realized that the better your equipment, the better the end results. Crazy, huh?
So since I'm not always using the longarm for my stuff, why not help fellow quilters finish their projects?
Every quilter I know has finished quilt tops just waiting to get quilted and some binding.
Your life is busy enough and you've worked hard on your project, so let's get it finished!
Longarm & Binding Services
Longarm & Binding Services
Longarm & Binding Services
You have a lot of choices when it comes to finishing your quilt.
- Edge-to-Edge pattern (the quickest and most economical)
- Borders and border-to-border pattern (Coming Soon!)
- Full binding: attached on the top, turned, and stitched-in-the-ditch (top) to finish
- Partial binding: attached on either the top or the back by machine, customer finishes
You have a lot of choices when it comes to finishing your quilt.
- Edge-to-Edge pattern (the quickest and most economical)
- Borders and border-to-border pattern (Coming Soon!)
- Full binding: attached on the top, turned, and stitched-in-the-ditch (top) to finish
- Partial binding: attached on either the top or the back by machine, customer finishes the binding.
- Fancy binding: attached on the top and hand-stitched to finish on the back.
Machines and Materials
Longarm & Binding Services
Machines and Materials
I've got machines!
I do all all of my sewing on a Janome M7 Continental. This is an industrial-type workhorse with a bunches of stitches and good lettering. This is the machine used to attach binding, quilt piecing, and seaming.
The quilting machine is a Grace Company Q'nique19 longarm capable of free-motion quilting (FMQ) and automation.
I've got machines!
I do all all of my sewing on a Janome M7 Continental. This is an industrial-type workhorse with a bunches of stitches and good lettering. This is the machine used to attach binding, quilt piecing, and seaming.
The quilting machine is a Grace Company Q'nique19 longarm capable of free-motion quilting (FMQ) and automation. Some Old Dude Quilts currently offers automated designs.
Quilts are mounted on a 10' Grace Company Continuum II frame. It can handle projects with a maximum width of 108". It can easily accommodate a large queen size and anything smaller. At present, Some Old Dude doesn't have the space for the 12' king size frame.
For quilting threads, I like using:
- Aurifil Cotton 40 or 50 wt
- Isacord Polyester 40 wt.
- Coats & Clark Quilt+ Cotton 30 wt.
I can special order any preferred threads at cost.
For other needs, I have a Baby Lock Imagine serger/overlock machine.
How can I help you finish your quilt?