June Mini Quilt Swap..Stars and Stripes (Red, White and Blue)
06-04-2015, 04:23 AM
#53
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I picked out a pattern, and cut it whoop whoop! now to sew it hoping to have energy to get started on the top on Friday morning. Today is clinic so no sewing for me but tomorrow just maybe it will happen. a tiny burst of energy for say an hour or two should do it. I have not tried thread sewing thought you need a fancy machine for that? I have a brother csi600 which is a pretty basic sewing machine with 60 patterns to chose from but no fancy foot for quilting? just basic ones. think I would need something for the bottom plate also wouldn't I? this is why I haven't tried it.. ever. grin but it sure looks lovely. there is a quilter here who makes cards and does a lot of thread painting on her quilts. amazing stuff. I will have to settle for stitch in the ditch and hope that I get better each time.
06-04-2015, 05:41 AM
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If you can lower your feed dogs and have an open toe or darning foot, you can thread paint Brat. I'm no expert, I've only tried it as an embellishment a couple of times but think of you're artistic and can somewhat draw, you might really enjoy it! I saw an iris that someone had appliquéd and then did thread painting on....omg! It was gorgeous!
cant wait to see a sneak peek!
cant wait to see a sneak peek!
06-05-2015, 06:12 AM
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Tlambing if I can drop my feed dogs I would. I don't know how even if its available. so if anyone has a brothercsi 6000 and knows if this can be done on my machine then I would love to try it. I don't think I can but darn its so cool when someone does it right. there are books on projects just like there books on quilting. Its a fascinating art thread painting.
06-05-2015, 06:50 AM
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Your machine does not have that feature brat
About the only thing you can do is tape a business card over the feed dogs so they don't catch the fabric. Or any paper about that weight and size. ( I remember looking at that for you last year) 
About the only thing you can do is tape a business card over the feed dogs so they don't catch the fabric. Or any paper about that weight and size. ( I remember looking at that for you last year)
06-05-2015, 08:08 PM
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Brat if your machine is the brother cs6000i then yes you can drop the feed dogs. My husband pointed that out to me right away. It's on the back side down under a bit of the bed and it flips left and right for the feed dogs. The slider is the same color as the machine. Hope this helps.
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