I loaded a quilt on Monday and quilted it! I promised myself as I began this year that I would quilt a minimum of two quilts each month. I did a baby quilt earlier and now I have done this one, so I am hitting my goal in these first two months of 2020.
I made Simple Sixteen in very late December of 2018, a super easy, super fast quilt with 30's prints. I wrote about it in this post.
I got along great with my quilting until the last 30 inches or so of the final pass of the machine. I began having threads breaking - it was very, very aggravating. I don't know for sure what the trouble was, but I switched out the bobbin, and after that I finished without incident. I did all the usual troubleshooting: rethread the machine, clean out the lint. Since it was the bobbin thread that was breaking, I checked the bobbin tension, and then I changed the bobbin. I don't know. Do some prewound bobbins cause problems? I will ask around.
So here she is, trimmed up and draped over the Tin Lizzie. I will prep the binding from the excess of backing; I hope I can get it all finished up this week.
Happy Quilting, Friends!
Nice job! Frustrations happen from time to time with long arms. Sometimes you never get an answer for "why". Doesn't it feel great to get some finishes!? I've got a few tops languishing in my closet also I need to get to.
ReplyDeleteOh, it is so much fun seeing you enjoy your machine - and getting quilts quilted! Lovely quilt. Hope you solve the bobbin question.
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