Hi there...just checking in to do a little venting. I almost finished a little mini quilt this weekend. I totally love how the top turned out. More details to come soon I hope.
You see, I went to machine quilt it and ran into a very frustrating problem. My machine is skipping stitches like crazy. Ugh! Especially frustrating since it was just in the shop for a little tune-up. I scoured quilting blogs for some suggestions on this problem and have determined after A LOTof trial and error that it might be the thread I'm using. Need to go buy more thread. Crossing my fingers that it will solve the problem.
I love to sew, but this hobby certainly has it's bumps in the road from time to time. I guess the sweet has to have it's sour. Thank goodness for seam rippers.
On a more positive note. I will be teaching a little sewing class at church this week. I'm excited!! I love teaching people to sew!
I am sure you have tried this but have you adjusted the tension. And the other thing I have done in the past is to run the thread over a candle. If you put a bit near where the thread spool is held it does it automatically. To remove the wax you iron it with something that will soak up the wax – I think. Please try this on a waste piece of fabric first!!!!!
I generally use the candle method for teddy bears, I have never used it for quilts but if you look up how to remove spilt wax it should work.
Good luck – hope you can find a solution.
I am sure you have tried this but have you adjusted the tension. And the other thing I have done in the past is to run the thread over a candle. If you put a bit near where the thread spool is held it does it automatically. To remove the wax you iron it with something that will soak up the wax – I think. Please try this on a waste piece of fabric first!!!!!
I generally use the candle method for teddy bears, I have never used it for quilts but if you look up how to remove spilt wax it should work.
Good luck – hope you can find a solution.
I'm afraid I have nothing to contribute to helping you, when my machine is being an £$"%% I usually just get a piece of scrap cloth and sew and sew and sew and it rights itself!! However, despite the quilting "issues", the quilt is gorgeous, beautiful pattern and lovely fabrics
I'm afraid I have nothing to contribute to helping you, when my machine is being an £$"%% I usually just get a piece of scrap cloth and sew and sew and sew and it rights itself!! However, despite the quilting "issues", the quilt is gorgeous, beautiful pattern and lovely fabrics