A Favor of you Please

Diana, if your bobbin tension is set fine then you should only need to adjust top tension. (Unless you use a thread on the bobbin that is significantly heavier than usual) You should learn to play wiht the top tension to use different stitches and different top threads.

Pati, in Phx.

Diana Curtis wrote:

You have big wishes! What do your mom and grandmother think of your broken dishes, very long time in the making quilt? I cant wait to see pictures of it, love makes the most beautiful quilts *IMNSHO* Thank you ... may I call you MG for short? Diana

I am a coward. Playing with the top tension sounds too much like playing with dynamite to me.

Nell in Austin

together?????

But...... The top tension is *meant* to be adjusted. That is why it is accessible and has numbers or whatever on it. When I learned to sew we were told not to mess with the tension, but we also had one type of needle and one type of thread and sewed on natural fabrics. Advances in types and sizes of needles, threads and fabrics means that the tension needs to change to meet the new stuff. A zig-zag stitch needs a slightly looser tension to make a good stitch because the thread has to cover a bit more fabric. Thicker fabric also needs a bit more thread, and so on. Don't be afraid of your tension dial. Remember where it is set to begin with, you can even mark it with a dot of nail polish or marker, and go.

Pati, > I am a coward. Playing with the top tension sounds too much like playing

ROFL! Sandy, you're a Wicked Woman sneaking all those intimate photos. I was trying to keep those glasses a secret from the world in general! Roberta in D

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I read and enjoyed everyone's different experiences. It took me a while to figure out the why, how, and what of my participation in these obsessions NG, quilting, and chocolate (not necessarily in that order).

I always had a quilt in my life thanks to my Grandmother. I never had a blanket, always a quilt. One when I was little and one for when I went to college. I still have them both and the newer one (10 years old) I use everyday. She had stacks of quilts in her home. All scrappy, earlier ones and later ones made with cotton and polycotton and the ones in between the double knit polyesters.

I took drafting in HS in preparation for studying architecture. (Instead I now work in the service industry where there is very little creativity used but a lot of stress.) While in college, My DH (a computer guy) encouraged me to find a hobby one year because I was bored of watching TV and reading. I had enjoyed crafts like most of the women in my family. I hated needlework because I am a perfectionist and it was frustrating. I like making only flat items out of yarn. There were other crafts out there that I could do (and I tried) but I don't like dusting :) Then it hit me, quilting. I searched the net, found a site referring to this NG and subscribed in 1998. Being my first NG, I lurked for a while, bought some books, found a second hand machine that I love and started teaching myself to quilt. (Well, with your help.) I stay here because of the closeness and the exchange of creativity and the general feeling of this group.

In my future I plan on owning and running my own quilting store. Even further in the future I plan on creating at lesat one "award-winning stand there and forget to breathe" masterpiece. Right now, in my 20's, I just make quilts to make people happy and to learn more.

Julie Richmond, VA

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