tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-674398292066785107.post2384112531307187683..comments2023-07-01T00:36:49.092-07:00Comments on QuiltQuest: The Free Motion Quilting Project: Week #5June Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04417665719096002149noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-674398292066785107.post-36502943933976291602012-02-11T13:44:12.706-08:002012-02-11T13:44:12.706-08:00Thanks for your comment on my blog. I've just ...Thanks for your comment on my blog. I've just done the same again with a Churn Dash motif on the quilt I'm going to work on this week. I've been sandwiching it this evening and am really looking forward to starting to quilt it tomorrow - after all the practice pieces it'll be good to try all these new techniques on a real quilt. And I've got plenty to choose from, because I'm the UFO queen!Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11603126077385854963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-674398292066785107.post-82218794207429910032012-02-11T12:21:11.027-08:002012-02-11T12:21:11.027-08:00I went to your blog to see - good save and solutio...I went to your blog to see - good save and solution to the motif situation! and how good that you have several quilts ready to quilt and practice on. I think it's easier to really work on the FMQ when it's a real quilt.... Thanks for visiting my blog!June Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04417665719096002149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-674398292066785107.post-50391819877055857532012-02-11T02:39:30.303-08:002012-02-11T02:39:30.303-08:00I know what you maean about the motif - I spent qu...I know what you maean about the motif - I spent quite a while figuring out how to get one onto the block, and wondering if I was missing something obvious! I'm hopeless at drawing, so freehand was out of the question. In the end I found a line drawing of a friendship star on a website, reduced it to the size I needed it, printed it and transferred it to a sheet of template plastic so that I could draw around it.Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11603126077385854963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-674398292066785107.post-76433966210810095892012-02-10T02:07:04.075-08:002012-02-10T02:07:04.075-08:00Thank you for visiting Dani - I took a peek at you...Thank you for visiting Dani - I took a peek at your blog too - great stitching. Hope you get your machine problems solved soon.June Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04417665719096002149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-674398292066785107.post-31680972142204710822012-02-10T01:56:37.614-08:002012-02-10T01:56:37.614-08:00Thank you Leah. I'm honored that you visited ...Thank you Leah. I'm honored that you visited my blog. Your lessons have helped me so much. I'll be more aware with this new thread - I can see why you like it so much - so easy to thread in the needle and I think it's thinner than what I was using and makes the fabric puff up more nicely (but then I just remembered this was a new sandwich so that might be the batting - it's a different kind of polyester.) I struggled with the marked motif. I know it wasn't the main part of the the lesson - but it was so pretty I had to try it! The pattern they had my mother draw was so similar - it was a little distracting to me to be reminded of that day as I was struggling in a different way than she was. I do really like the way the sample looks though - very impressive to me!June Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04417665719096002149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-674398292066785107.post-88075409368151051832012-02-08T19:55:36.937-08:002012-02-08T19:55:36.937-08:00Oh, I can definantly see your unique pattern in yo...Oh, I can definantly see your unique pattern in your stippling. And it looks great by the way. I kept trying to make my stippling look like Leah's(because hers looks so awesome) and I was getting lost in what I was doing. Now I just stipple. I think it flows much better.Danih03https://www.blogger.com/profile/06038011201802847978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-674398292066785107.post-4152182001195431122012-02-08T15:55:32.113-08:002012-02-08T15:55:32.113-08:00As crazy as it seems, problems can arise even when...As crazy as it seems, problems can arise even when you change something as simple as the thread in the bobbin. When it sheers off like that coming from the bobbin, it's often caused by your needle piercing the thread and breaking only a piece of it. When it happens from the top, it's because a single ply has broken and become lodged and wound around the needle.<br /><br />The best thing to do is never take thread changes lightly, especially if you're possibly changing to a different type / brand / weight of thread. <br /><br />It's good to know your honest feelings about the marked motif part of the tutorial. I threw that in at the end and realize now I should have devoted more time to it. As always, this is a learning experience on both sides - it's helping me learn to teach as well as teaching you how to free motion quilt!<br /><br />You're doing great so just keep working at it and try to have fun!<br /><br />LeahLeahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03674869334249298532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-674398292066785107.post-37141840745943469782012-02-08T14:11:53.908-08:002012-02-08T14:11:53.908-08:00It happened again to me after I wrote this post - ...It happened again to me after I wrote this post - it was the top thread like you say. I noticed it right away this time and was able to break thread and get things cleaned up. I'll try to figure out how to lower tension and will look into getting different needle if it keeps happening - thanks.June Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04417665719096002149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-674398292066785107.post-90746380993699434372012-02-08T13:49:02.031-08:002012-02-08T13:49:02.031-08:00I've had the problem where one strand of the t...I've had the problem where one strand of the thread shears off many times. If you don't notice it and keep quilting, it very quickly makes a mess. For me, this happens on the top thread and it's usually a result of the thread pulling too tightly through the eye of the needle. Lowering tension and getting a needle with a much bigger eye both helped me with this.MChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09873866161092464816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-674398292066785107.post-61033529283003918802012-02-08T13:48:31.792-08:002012-02-08T13:48:31.792-08:00Thanks Jeanne! This is my first time stippling - ...Thanks Jeanne! This is my first time stippling - I found Leah's site a while back. I skipped the stippling - and the other generic designs as she said she was tired of them... So I've only been doing her beginning designs. I did my first in some charity quilts. Now working on one design in a <a href="http://quiltquest.blogspot.com/search/label/WSF%20Sampler" rel="nofollow">plain block part</a> of a quilt and I have one being <a href="http://quiltquest.blogspot.com/search/label/Lib%20RR" rel="nofollow">done in sections</a>. It will be good when I finally put all this together in finishes!June Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04417665719096002149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-674398292066785107.post-34149989972669322012-02-08T13:22:11.365-08:002012-02-08T13:22:11.365-08:00You are doing a great job. I am a beginner at FMQ ...You are doing a great job. I am a beginner at FMQ and have now stippled 4 baby donation quilts. That has helped me become more comfortable and I'm really enjoying this. ~JeanneRay and Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16016180736310628859noreply@blogger.com