One of the quilters over on the Bernina group has discovered quilting with twin needles and says that it is beautiful. I would just so much hate to kill a $5 twin needle but I'm thinking I'll have to give it a try. The opening for my quilting foot looks wide enough and I really will try to go very slowly. Anyone brave enough to join me? Polly
I used to hem a lot of tee shirts with double needles. they are expensive and break too easily. I don't like the way the back looks with the one thread running back and forth sort of zig-zaggy. I just wouldn't want that on a quilt. I am not brave enough but report back as to your results please? Taria
One of the quilters over on the Bernina group has discovered quilting with twin needles and says that it is beautiful. I would just so much hate to kill a $5 twin needle but I'm thinking I'll have to give it a try. The opening for my quilting foot looks wide enough and I really will try to go very slowly. Anyone brave enough to join me? Polly
I'll give it a try if you like it. Gotta go into town to buy one of these needles. Please let us know what you think of this twin needle way. Am very interested! I'd think that it would make a nice flowing ribbon effect. KT. in MI
Maybe not. I'd forgotten that the backside of twin needling is a zigzag. Don't think we would like that look. Might be okay with a bobbin thread and backing where the zigzag mostly disappeared. Polly
I have done it, Polly. I found it most successful going in fairly straight lines (or actual straight lines) or Very gentle curves. Any tight curve looks bad on top as well as on the back. The smaller the gap between needles the easier it would be. I do think it looks better than trying to keep an exact distance between two quilting lines (which I find almost impossible for any length of time!). Have a go, I'd say. You probably would feel better with a 'busy' backing. I didn't bother because I was doing wallhangings as usual >gOne of the quilters over on the Bernina group has discovered quilting
Perhaps this is a good time to practice what I preach - that is, put together a test piece about the size of a placemat and see what happens. Safety goggles and helmet optional. Polly
Absolutely! The irony wasn't lost on me as I wrote my message >g< . In message , Polly Esther writes
Hmmmm. I don't think I'd like the zigzag either. And come to think, the lines would be very close together, not what I was imagining. Guess I'll save my money for some other quilty item. KT. in MI
Another problem specifically for Polly cuz she makes quilts for tiny babies
- if the twin needles were a fair distance apart (in sewing terms, of cours e!) the zig-zags on the back could be "toe catchers".
Leslie & The Furbabies > One of the quilters over on the Bernina group has discovered quilting wit
h twin needles and says that it is beautiful. I would just so much hate to kill a $5 twin needle but I'm thinking I'll have to give it a try. The open ing for my quilting foot looks wide enough and I really will try to go very slowly. Anyone brave enough to join me? Polly
Ah, that's the snag - the stitches have to be the same size: unless you stop after every stitch and move the 'quilt' so that the inner needle stays in the same place and only the outer one is allowed to move one stitch-size.
I have a feeling that Sheena Norquay has done quite a bit of twin needle quilting; but I'm afraid I can't be sure. I haven't got time to check her website at the moment; but, if she has, it is sure to be beautiful. She is one person I would like to be when I grow up! . In message , Roberta writes
On the Janome group last year a woman used a twin needle to quilt a quilt. It was for breast cancer awareness and she wanted to quilt pink ribbons on the quilt. As I recall only pictures of the front were posted but it looked nice.
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Okay, I tried it. Just a little - on a crib quilt with a busy backing. It looks good and I like the pronounced effect of using twin needles - but I don't like the way the back looks one bit. Polly
I see options since you like the look: *IF* you use a cotton battibng like Warm & White you could do the double needle quilting with only the quilt t op and the batting then add the backing and finish quilting. With other ba ttings, use a light weight muslin backing for the double needle work, then add the backing and finish quilting. Or quilt the whole thing as usual th en add a backing and machine tack or tie the final backing to attach it to the quilted sandwich.
I like the look, too, but I don't do bed or baby quilts. Good luck!
Lezlie & The Furbabies > One of the quilters over on the Bernina group has discovered quilting wit
h twin needles and says that it is beautiful. I would just so much hate to kill a $5 twin needle but I'm thinking I'll have to give it a try. The open ing for my quilting foot looks wide enough and I really will try to go very slowly. Anyone brave enough to join me? Polly
I guess what I learned with the experiment most was how Wonderful UFOs are. I tested twin needles on a butterfly quilt top (crib size) that was hanging in the " I can't bear to see it one more stitch" closet. It tickled me to see what my grievance was. I'd satin stitched butterfly antennae until I could just croak. Almost done now, it said, "Welcome home". I love being a quilter. Polly
I like the look, too, but I don't do bed or baby quilts. Good luck!
I'd like to be brave enough to try it but I don't even understand how you thread the machine when you use it!!!!!! :)
One of the quilters over on the Bernina group has discovered quilting with twin needles and says that it is beautiful. I would just so much hate to kill a $5 twin needle but I'm thinking I'll have to give it a try. The opening for my quilting foot looks wide enough and I really will try to go very slowly. Anyone brave enough to join me? Polly
Carole D >^..^<
Lots of ways to do it. If you don't have a 2nd thread spool holder you can get creative and make one. The silliest, I guess, is to tape a closed safety pin to the top of a coffee mug or jelly jar with the circle loop end up at the top rim. Put your 2nd spool of thread into the mug, thread it through the pin's loop and then just follow your usual upper thread routine. Don't let the two threads tangle around each other. As ridiculous as this mug method sounds and looks, it works very well when a thread is contrary - some metallics are goofy-wound. Polly
Well, I have several thread stands, so I have places for two spools of thread. I just can't figure how you keep from getting the two threads twisted if you're sending them down through the same threading path. I guess I'll have to experiment! I think I would use it for more of a thread painting technique before layering and quilting, because I wouldn't want that zig-zag on the back of my quilt.
Carole D >^..^<
Lots of ways to do it. If you don't have a 2nd thread spool holder you can get creative and make one. The silliest, I guess, is to tape a closed safety pin to the top of a coffee mug or jelly jar with the circle loop end up at the top rim. Put your 2nd spool of thread into the mug, thread it through the pin's loop and then just follow your usual upper thread routine. Don't let the two threads tangle around each other. As ridiculous as this mug method sounds and looks, it works very well when a thread is contrary - some metallics are goofy-wound. Polly
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