Wey hey I braved free motion!!
11-23-2008, 11:39 AM
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You did great! Your quilt is beautiful and your free motion looks like you're a pro!
My first attempts at free motion had alot of "eyelashes" until I got the hang of it. I love doing it now because it is so fun to doodle with the sewing machine.
My first attempts at free motion had alot of "eyelashes" until I got the hang of it. I love doing it now because it is so fun to doodle with the sewing machine.
11-23-2008, 11:42 AM
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Oh Demshine, I know all about eyelashes, and I had to laugh last week at our guild meeting, we had a tutor show us all different stitching techniques...and guess what she showed us..yep how to make eyelashes, I said I can do that great on my free motion, its because your needle tension is too slack, so I discovered, I have to set my machine up to 7.0 to get the balance right top and bottom :roll: :lol:
Its all part of the learning, and crikey if you look closely you will see I have all different sizes of stitches and some pretty straight angles in places, but I decided to live with them :D
Its all part of the learning, and crikey if you look closely you will see I have all different sizes of stitches and some pretty straight angles in places, but I decided to live with them :D
11-23-2008, 11:51 AM
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Way to go Izy!!!
Do you have a long arm quilter or did you do this on your regular machine? I want to do this with a full size quilt too, but only have my regular Husqvarna machine.... It will be great for some scrappy quilts I have that I want to layer next year. I have a scrappy log cabin that I want to use when camping. It will be nice and warm to snuggle under during the cooler summer nights in the tent
Do you have a long arm quilter or did you do this on your regular machine? I want to do this with a full size quilt too, but only have my regular Husqvarna machine.... It will be great for some scrappy quilts I have that I want to layer next year. I have a scrappy log cabin that I want to use when camping. It will be nice and warm to snuggle under during the cooler summer nights in the tent
11-23-2008, 11:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Quilting Aggi
Way to go Izy!!!
Do you have a long arm quilter or did you do this on your regular machine? I want to do this with a full size quilt too, but only have my regular Husqvarna machine.... It will be great for some scrappy quilts I have that I want to layer next year. I have a scrappy log cabin that I want to use when camping. It will be nice and warm to snuggle under during the cooler summer nights in the tent
Do you have a long arm quilter or did you do this on your regular machine? I want to do this with a full size quilt too, but only have my regular Husqvarna machine.... It will be great for some scrappy quilts I have that I want to layer next year. I have a scrappy log cabin that I want to use when camping. It will be nice and warm to snuggle under during the cooler summer nights in the tent
Just a tip...When meandering quilting in two halves try and leave an uneven area ranging from an inch minimum to two or three inches randomly,at the centre seam area, so that when you come back to quilt it after joining the two halves together it will blend in better with the original quilting :D
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