What was your biggest waste of money?
02-11-2015, 04:15 PM
#311
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Thanks for this information on threading the serger, What kind of thread that is stiff? like hand quilting thread or upholstery thread?
I like my sergers and use them frequently.
The initial threading or if one has to rethread it for some reason is a pain - I've learned to poke a stiff thread from the 'top' through a couple of the parts/guides and then tie the serging thread to it and pull it through. Just couldn't get that thread to go through those guides by itself.
I've bought any number of things that it turns out I could have gotten along nicely without.
I am also surprised at how many people have been less than thrilled with the die cutters and the John Flynn frame.
The initial threading or if one has to rethread it for some reason is a pain - I've learned to poke a stiff thread from the 'top' through a couple of the parts/guides and then tie the serging thread to it and pull it through. Just couldn't get that thread to go through those guides by itself.
I've bought any number of things that it turns out I could have gotten along nicely without.
I am also surprised at how many people have been less than thrilled with the die cutters and the John Flynn frame.
02-11-2015, 04:46 PM
#312
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I use a stiff nylon thread. Any thread that one can poke through the loopers and tie on to the regular thread will do. You might need to try seversl things to see what works for you.
Check the threading for how to thread your machine. The hint is for an old BabyLock serger -1970s model.
Check the threading for how to thread your machine. The hint is for an old BabyLock serger -1970s model.
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02-11-2015, 05:46 PM
#313
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the table top quilt frame has got to be the worst.....small poles ....use regular machine with a large throat ....can only quilt small space at a time ..uggggggggg
but on the other hand the pounce that lot of you don't like ---- I REALLY LIKE IT ...so much that i got one with white chalk , one with blue and one with pink ....love love love it
but on the other hand the pounce that lot of you don't like ---- I REALLY LIKE IT ...so much that i got one with white chalk , one with blue and one with pink ....love love love it
02-12-2015, 04:54 AM
#315
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Mine was a Grace quilting frame. Cost over $500.00 & got it on sale as they are a lot more. Have a Babylock Quilter's Choice Professionel machine & they don't like each other. Can't seem to get the rhytum down to make machine work right. Can work faster with machine off the frame. Was an expensive lesson.
02-12-2015, 05:55 AM
#316
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My Alto 2 cost more then my Go. I rarely used the Alto because if I didn't get the measurement gauge exactly in the same spot, the cut is off. A ruler is faster. All other tools and notions are not expensive enough to think they were a waste of money. I learned something good or bad from using them.
02-12-2015, 06:41 AM
#317
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For me it was the Handiquilter Sweet Sixteen stitch regulator! Never use it anymore & would love to sell it! Email me is U need one!
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02-12-2015, 07:20 AM
#318
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I have enjoyed this thread tremendously, so informative. Since I was always working with a small budget I do not have many things. Just basic rulers, few books and small fabric collection. But now I better know what not to buy.
thanks for starting this post.
thanks for starting this post.
02-12-2015, 07:51 AM
#319
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The original handi quilter frame/platform for your domestic sewing machine. I got it as a Christmas present - because I asked for it. I used it a few times. But I make large bed quilts (queen or king). Even with a Juki TL98E (9 inch throat) by the time you pass half way the quilt, you have very limited space to actually quilt - because the rest of the quilt is in a rigid roll in the throat of the machine.
Now I mostly rent time on a longarm. Or if I have to, I FMQ on my Juki in my quilting table. At least then I can 'scrunch' the fabric and quilt from the middle out - so I never have more than half the quilt in the throat of the machine at a time.
Now I mostly rent time on a longarm. Or if I have to, I FMQ on my Juki in my quilting table. At least then I can 'scrunch' the fabric and quilt from the middle out - so I never have more than half the quilt in the throat of the machine at a time.
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