I got my new machine on Monday, 6 November 2017 and it was
all set up and I had my first lesson on Monday the 13th of
November.
Suddenly I turned from a confident FM quilter on a domestic
machine to a blob of mush. Nothing
worked, nothing turned out as planned.
Worst of all I gave hubster and my daughter a go on the machine and they
seemed to do just fine, not understanding why I panicked or couldn’t do
it. Now as said previously, E2E quilting
was not my problem but I am quite convinced I don’t want to ONLY do that
always. What about the beautiful quilting
as described in Karen Mc Tavishs’ book “Quilting for Show”? I wanted to try that.
So setting a whole weekend aside, no inviting family or
friends, I did major shopping for (cheap) fabric to start practising. Sheet, poly-cotton, canvas and polyester
batting and my fabric had straight lines on it (at this stage, my biggest obstacle).
I bought myself a fairly good mix of different colour thread
to make the look at least interesting, even if screwed up. Friday was spent washing fabric and at 06:15
Saturday morning I had my first test quilt loaded. I’m quite convinced that I
didn’t do it quite right but the 3 layers are up, so I’ll just wait and see.
I had to phone another South African (in Hermanus) owner of
this machine/set-up for help and I think I did something wrong with the initial
layering but I did well. Again, the E2E
went smoothly but I tried my hand at different modes as well as detailed
stitching. Also did straight line
stitching but only successful on shorter lines. I hope once my ruler base
arrives I will be able to do better.
Realised I was way too short for the height the machine was set up, so
hubster had to lower it which was a mission itself with the weight of the
machine on the frame but it is done.
Just some finer details still bothering, so I’d call the dealer again
tomorrow.
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