juliasb

I started quilting a double Irish Chain on my Grace Frame and the stitch regulator went out. Try as I may I was unable to get it working again. Then I tried to get it going just by the feel I used before the demise of the stitch regulator and the stitching was irregular. So today I have made the big decision to take the quilt off the machine and set it to be quilted on my the Brothers 1500s sitting it on my dinning room table. I will have to take out the stitching that is irregular and begin again. No biggie but it will be time consuming. I will also take down the frame since it will be just in the way for now. Such a sad loss for now. However this will not keep me from my quilting!

fruitloop

Can't the regulator be repaired or replaced?

Rhonda K

I cam imagine the decision process you went through. There seems to be a point when we know it's just not working. There was a quilt in my life that had to be un-done. I didn't even try to save the backing.

Best wishes for the re-do on your quilt!

juliasb

The regulator is to expensive and I have been looking for a long time to find a used one but there does not seem to have been one for the last several month here or anywhere else.

juliasb

I have already taken it out once already then tried the re-do. I will again take it out and do it over again But this time I will not use the grace frame. I will go at it on the dinning room table and roll and chug-a-lug -. Oh I will get this quilt finished alright just not as soon as I had hoped to get it done. It will however be quilted right!

Joset

are you sure it is plugged in all the way? i had trouble once and i unplugged it and plugged it back in and pushed
it in really hard and it started working again.

Jordan

Sorry this has happened to you and I know how frustrating it is not to be able to finish quilting a quilt and then have to rip out the stitches that you have done. Best of luck and glad this doesn't turn you against quilting.

sewbizgirl

I think it's good to learn to quilt without a stitch regulator. With practice, you foot learns how hard to press the gas pedal versus how fast to move the machine head. While you are practicing you can quilt very slowly. I had to learn this because my Juki 2200qvp sitdown didn't come with a SR (but the later models now do). I actually like it now that I'm used to it. It does take practice, tho, and I'm not hung up on every one of my stitches being exactly the same size. Close is good enough.

juliasb

Thank you for the encouragement. I use to do all my quilting on my DSM before I bought the Grace frame many years ago. I have the original Grace Frame. Things are very different now. Back then my stitch regulator was about $230. Now it is over $600. To big a chunk of change to sink into it. I will be taking your advise and learning how to quilt all over again on my DSM. I am sure I will conquer it too. I love quilting way to much to have this hold me back.

Still Sew N

Just this week I came across a rather larger table runner that I had pieced and machine quilted. I was in the beginning of the learning curve of machine quilting. What was I thinking? I used white thread and solidly quilted a very tight, obnoxious meander stitch. The end result was really just awful because I just didn't have the correct touch with foot speed and moving the quilt speed. I couldn't even make myself donate it or throw it away. The point of this little story is that I took out every every stitch. It was time consuming. But now it looks so much better and am very glad I took the time to take out stitches. Your time will be well worth taking out those stitches too and so you are not alone!