My kids and grand-kids are on holiday already, even though I
would still have to go to the office until 21 December but fortunately, with
the office being closed, I just have to stay until I’m done with whatever needs
to be done. So for most days I can
easily leave the office at 9 am (after having started at 7) but then it is
family time. I want to be home to have
my grandkids over, pop something in the oven for us all to snack on or just
order a meal to enjoy together, so until next year, I don’t believe I’ll do
much quilting.
I do however need to seriously practise using a long
arm. At this stage (and I am female, I
am allowed to change my mind after a while) I can spray baste and pin a quilt
sandwich faster than I can load a quilt on a frame. I can check my tension on a domestic machine
immediately (after about an inch of 2 of stitching) unlike on the frame where I
can only check this after 11 or more inches.
However….. if only I watched Jamie Wallen’s video’s on tension when I
used my domestic sewing machine, I would have had far less struggles with
tension. I adjusted my tension on the
fame tremendously, thinking I am taking a huge risk, no way…. Jamie Wallen
knows it all. Go bonkers and have fun.
This video can be watched HERE. Now if he mentions Longarm and you are a
domestic machine user, just ignore one word, guaranteed, this works for every
machine when doing free motion.
I think I now belong to every long arm, mid-arm and free
motion group on FB and if I spend less time reading all the hints and tips on
these or watch You Tube videos I could have had heaps op tops quilted but
heck, some of these people are simply
walking encyclopaedias. I need to listen
to them al! In this photo I am not
showing off my fabric or quilting motif but check the tension, especially on
the black backing. I used black thread
on the top and gold on the bottom….. not a single speck of either coming over
to the other side. This is my idea of
perfect tension.
I finished the practise piece and I think I like the back
side better than the front.
I also finally figured out that in order to have the
quilting show up on a photo, I need to have the flash switched off in daylight
and take the photo indoors.
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