If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#11
|
|||
|
|||
I can do it!
Way to go!
I too pin each little piece before putting them through the machine. And I love it! Claudia |
Ads |
#12
|
|||
|
|||
I can do it!
Thanks Pat! I asked because I usually piece with a longer stitch to give
the quilt a more old fashioned look (to me anyway). Also, I only use larger blocks, or scraps of cloth because it takes less time. I read somewhere, sometime, that if you use a large zig-zag stitch, then when you turn it over it will more resemble a hand stitch. I used this on knit squares once and I liked the look. Barbara in HOT SC |
#13
|
|||
|
|||
I can do it!
A word of warning, Pat, my friend. Has anybody mentioned that it is a good
thing to check the amount of thread on your bobbin before you launch into a long line of chain-piecing? And a question - not once after hundreds of quilts for the needy newborns has one wee babe complained if I floated or chopped a point although I do try for accuracy - do you find any effect at all in your accuracy by chain- piecing? Polly "claudia" wrote in message ... Way to go! I too pin each little piece before putting them through the machine. And I love it! Claudia |
#14
|
|||
|
|||
I can do it!
I wonder if there is a record for the most pieces chain
pieced without bobbin thread. I probably am not tops but maybe near it. On my old Bernina I could hear/feel when the bobbin thread was just about out. Not so much with the machines since. Taria "Polly Esther" wrote in message ... A word of warning, Pat, my friend. Has anybody mentioned that it is a good thing to check the amount of thread on your bobbin before you launch into a long line of chain-piecing? And a question - not once after hundreds of quilts for the needy newborns has one wee babe complained if I floated or chopped a point although I do try for accuracy - do you find any effect at all in your accuracy by chain- piecing? Polly "claudia" wrote in message ... Way to go! I too pin each little piece before putting them through the machine. And I love it! Claudia |
#15
|
|||
|
|||
I can do it!
Taria, I'm with you. I could hear the 1230 and the 155 when the bobbin ran
out; not so with the 440. I thought it was my hearing. And ! I was too polite to mention that it is our Leslie who holds the record for Most pieces chained without a bobbin. Do we have any challengers? Polly "Taria" I wonder if there is a record for the most pieces chain-pieced without bobbin thread. I probably am not tops but maybe near it. On my old Bernina I could hear/feel when the bobbin thread was just about out. Not so much with the machines since. "Polly Esther" A word of warning, Pat, my friend. Has anybody mentioned that it is a good thing to check the amount of thread on your bobbin before you launch into a long line of chain-piecing? And a question - not once after hundreds of quilts for the needy newborns has one wee babe complained if I floated or chopped a point although I do try for accuracy - do you find any effect at all in your accuracy by chain- piecing? |
#16
|
|||
|
|||
I can do it!
I just sewed 26" of binding on without bobbin thread. Okay, not sewn
on. But after another bobbin was in, I knew exactly where to sew the line again Ginger in CA On Aug 12, 8:38*pm, "Polly Esther" wrote: Taria, I'm with you. *I could hear the 1230 and the 155 when the bobbin ran out; not so with the 440. *I thought it was my hearing. *And ! *I was too polite to mention that it is our Leslie who holds the record for Most pieces chained without a bobbin. *Do we have any challengers? *Polly "Taria" I wonder if there is a record for the most pieces chain-pieced without bobbin thread. *I probably am not tops but maybe near it. *On my old Bernina I could hear/feel when the bobbin thread was just about out. *Not so much with the machines since. "Polly Esther" A word of warning, Pat, my friend. *Has anybody mentioned that it is a good thing to check the amount of thread on your bobbin before you launch into a long line of chain-piecing? *And a question - not once after hundreds of quilts for the needy newborns has one wee babe complained if I floated or chopped a point although I do try for accuracy - do you find any effect at all in your accuracy by chain- piecing? |
#17
|
|||
|
|||
I can do it!
Not mentioned, no! But I am going so slowly, and the seams are 2" or
less, so it isn't 'critical path analysis' in this instance g. Again, going so slowly (which I prefer to do anyway - I have never had my 6500 up to maximum!) I can maintain accuracy. I do watch each seam to its end before I put the next one in! .. In message , Polly Esther writes A word of warning, Pat, my friend. Has anybody mentioned that it is a good thing to check the amount of thread on your bobbin before you launch into a long line of chain-piecing? And a question - not once after hundreds of quilts for the needy newborns has one wee babe complained if I floated or chopped a point although I do try for accuracy - do you find any effect at all in your accuracy by chain- piecing? Polly -- Best Regards Pat on the Green |
#18
|
|||
|
|||
I can do it!
One of the many things I like about the Pfaff is the little symbol
that appears on the screen when the bobbin is low (provided I remembered to close the bobbin case after the last change). Generally means about a yard left. When the symbol pops up, I start paying attention. The sound changes a bit when there's no more thread. Roberta in D On Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:38:35 -0500, "Polly Esther" wrote: Taria, I'm with you. I could hear the 1230 and the 155 when the bobbin ran out; not so with the 440. I thought it was my hearing. And ! I was too polite to mention that it is our Leslie who holds the record for Most pieces chained without a bobbin. Do we have any challengers? Polly "Taria" I wonder if there is a record for the most pieces chain-pieced without bobbin thread. I probably am not tops but maybe near it. On my old Bernina I could hear/feel when the bobbin thread was just about out. Not so much with the machines since. "Polly Esther" A word of warning, Pat, my friend. Has anybody mentioned that it is a good thing to check the amount of thread on your bobbin before you launch into a long line of chain-piecing? And a question - not once after hundreds of quilts for the needy newborns has one wee babe complained if I floated or chopped a point although I do try for accuracy - do you find any effect at all in your accuracy by chain- piecing? |
#19
|
|||
|
|||
I can do it!
I never thought of trying to listen for a change in the noise the
machine makes.... good idea! I don't mind running out of thread so much...but since I try to pull pins out before they hit the needle I always have a lot of repinning to do once the thread runs out. Such a pain when trying to match seams LOL! Allison Taria wrote: I wonder if there is a record for the most pieces chain pieced without bobbin thread. I probably am not tops but maybe near it. On my old Bernina I could hear/feel when the bobbin thread was just about out. Not so much with the machines since. Taria "Polly Esther" wrote in message ... A word of warning, Pat, my friend. Has anybody mentioned that it is a good thing to check the amount of thread on your bobbin before you launch into a long line of chain-piecing? And a question - not once after hundreds of quilts for the needy newborns has one wee babe complained if I floated or chopped a point although I do try for accuracy - do you find any effect at all in your accuracy by chain- piecing? Polly "claudia" wrote in message ... Way to go! I too pin each little piece before putting them through the machine. And I love it! Claudia |
|
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|