givio

Well, in case anyone is following the time line-- I got my quilt back from the LA in TN that I told you about. I think the turnaround time was good. The stitches per inch are good, the thread was good, and the amount of quilting she did was good. I expected it to be farther apart for the price, but it was a good amount of quilting, maybe a medium density. I expected from her info that she would leave the back and batting as is and I would be trimming it when I got it. But, I misunderstood, and it was trimmed already. She sent back the extra scraps of the backing material. She gave a 10% discount because it was my first top sent to her, so that helped on the price also. She used UPS, and the shipping back to me was free.

dublb

Givo! I'm so excited for ya! I love hearing when someone is happy w/a quilt that they got from their LA.
I have a DF in town & she helped me work on a sewing machine today. Actually the other day we fixed one for her. We also took a class at my guild meeting on Tues. She & I worked on our new projects from that class today also. She, her DH & I are going to the Country museum tomarrow. On Sat I have to go to Brownwood to take a machine back & pick up some more machines. My #1DNiece is coming to town this weekend & she has requested BBQ chicken.

sewbizgirl

Nice deal, Givio! Great first experience with that quilter. And she even trimmed!

givio

On this quilt top I had a block in the corners. There was no border around that. So when she trimmed, she did it to the edge of the fabric. Now, I have to sew the binding with a quarter inch seam to keep the points of the blocks in corners. I don't want the binding to be so narrow. I'm supposing I will have the binding be a quarter inch on the front, then flip it to the back and make it a half inch width on the back. I don't want to hand stitch the back binding down. So, it means that I'll have a line of stitching that shows to the front for stitching the back binding down by machine. Does anyone have another solution for adding a 'normal' width of binding, but to still keep my points? I was going use the backing and batting to fill the binding, but now she has cut it off.

JeanieG

Givio - you can use an invisible thread to sew the binding down on the front. I use been using Superior Mono-Poly which comes in both a clear and darker color. I have been using this thread for stitch in the ditch on all my quilts. I use a regular cotton thread in the bobbin to match the backing. I do not do FMQ on my quilts, I prefer to outline my blocks to make the design stand out, hence my knowledge of Mono-Poly!

givio

Thanks for the suggestion! That's the thread that is like a fish line? Plastic?

JeanieG

No, Superior Mono-Poly is a polyester thread and very pliable. It is very fine, and nothing like fishing line! LOL

givio

Oh! I want to look into that. Thanks for the explanation!

dublb

I feel accomplished! I got in a needle threader of a serger that I was working on yesterday. Before I installed it I had to get a Necchi off of my workbench & place it on the shelves, The deal w/the Necchi is it was given to me frozen. My neighbor said that if I get it working he will sell it & split the profits w/me. (He buys & sells storage units.) Well I have it broken down & on Friday had located where it was frozen. The hand wheel was off & I had a huge pair of pliers on that shaft trying to turn it. The place that it was frozen is the spot where the uptake lever is attached to the frame. On Friday I had taken a set screw from that spot & put a li'le bit of carburetor cleaner in that hole. (Thurs I had put carb cleaner on all of the moving parts.) Anyway Yesterday I grabbed a hold of that pair of pliers & pulled down hard. It moved! I did it over & over again making the machine run through it's cycles. Then I put it back up on the shelf & got that needle threader put on the serger & buttoned it back up. The LQS is opened Wed through Sun so I will take that serger back to Brownwood later today.

givio

dublb, I liked reading your story. I was thinking my husband might like to know what you do as he has always repaired my machines for me. But, he's not the type to read QB, just I do that. Do you read the vintage machine thread?