Invisible thread FM on a photo sheet

The critters at DD's home are very relaxed. She sent me pictures of her squirrels having dinner. The menu, Kibbles I think, is sprinkled on the rail of her deck. The squirrels will stretch out flat on their tummies and fill up very comfortably. The pictures just called to me to transfer to photo sheets and make her a pair of sofa pillows. A new spool of invisible thread had just arrived so I gave it a try on the pieced borders. My goodness, that looks good. The pictures are large - almost 8½ x 11 and really needed some quilting. I wondered if I could FM with the invisible thread on the pictures. Only one way to find out so off I went. It's wonderful, just wonderful. I didn't do much - just some leaves and stems to hold the pictures in place a little better. The only problem encountered was that the safety pins used for basting did leave holes that may or may not go away. Easy enough to avoid that on the 2nd pillow. Just thought you'd like to know. Polly

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Polly Esther
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The holes might go away if you rub your fingers over them. At least, they won't be obvious. That was a good idea you had. I made my step-daughter some pillows with pictures of her dogs. I won't do that again since she let them play tug of war with the pillows, but that is an entirely different topic.

Sherry Starr

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Sherry Starr

Mmmmm. . . well, Sherry, that's why I dared to attempt invisible thread on a printed picture. DSIL and DD have 6 grandchildren and assorted pets including one crawfish who tours the house when he takes the notion. I'm not expecting these pillows to be treated gently. Polly

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Polly Esther

What brand of invisible thread are you using? I seem to have trouble getting it to sew very long without it getting loopy. Just about the time I think everything is good, it goes haywire. Of course, there is a good possibility that it is the machine operator....

Sherry Starr

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Sherry Starr

I used MonoPoly by Superior Threads. In daylight it really does seem to disappear but at night under the Ott there is a little shine. The bobbin was run slowly and carefully and a new needle helped but, truth be told, it did go loopy on me now and then. The nice part of it going loopy was that having to re-start doesn't show. It is worth conquering methinks, we'll hope someone here has some fine-tuning suggestions. The Mono is on a spool rather than a cone so I was using it on the vertical holder. Maybe the horizontal one would have helped? We'll see. Polly

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Polly Esther

Polly, you might find that a small spray of water + a gentle finger-persuasion will close those holes. . In message , Polly Esther writes

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Patti

I find the invisible stuff works best on my machine if it's on a cone holder set as far away from the machine as possible, in my case about 15". And turn the holder so the top of it sort of faces the machine, that way it doesn't misbehave and loop itself where it shouldn't. Why did you decide to use it on the bobbin? (Me, I'm too cheap! Also hate winding bobbins with it.) Roberta in D

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Roberta Zollner

"Roberta Zollner" > asked > Why did you decide to use it on the bobbin? >

Well, you see, there's another thing I want to try. There's a page in my Bernina books that suggests using invisible in the bobbin (only) for MQ. The result is supposed to look very much like hand-quilting. It will take years to try all of the Bernina ideas but that one is coming up on my list of fun things to try. Now that skinny-dipping and parachuting have been removed from the list, there's room for something else. Polly

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Polly Esther

Hi Polly,those various stitches are fun to try, aren't they, but my how you are right about getting to all of them!

My Viking has a similar stitch program called the "hand look quilt stitch,' but it uses the invisible thread in the needle and regular quilting, colored or embroidery thread in the bobbin. Using a bigger needle (100 or 120) and tweaking the tension a bit, the bobbin thread is pulled to the top while sewing, making for a very nice hand-look stitch.

-Irene

"You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough." - Mae West

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IMS

That's how my Bernina does it, too.

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Sandy

Right you are, Irene and Pat. A touch of water closed the hole on the photo sheet. I must have had my own personal memory card in upside down. The 'hand-quilting look' that Bernina does calls for the invisible thread in the needle and the colored thread in the bobbin. The bobbin I used for testing held red thread. The stitch with the tension set as tightly as it would go produces a good-looking 'one stitch shows, one stitch doesn't' appearance. It looks pretty neat with the 'no shine' invisible thread. Polly

IMS wrote >Hi Polly,those various stitches are fun to try, aren't they, but my how you are right about getting to all of them!

My Viking has a similar stitch program called the "hand look quilt stitch,' but it uses the invisible thread in the needle and regular quilting, colored or embroidery thread in the bobbin. Using a bigger needle (100 or 120) and tweaking the tension a bit, the bobbin thread is pulled to the top while sewing, making for a very nice hand-look stitch.

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Polly Esther

I was using the invisible thread in the bobbin. I will try it in the top, and see if that helps. I have the Janome Gem Platinum 760, and it is usually not picky about what I use, unless I try some of that 4 for $1.00 stuff.

Sherry Starr

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Sherry Starr

Uh, what we'd LIKE is a picture!

Cindy

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teleflora

Cindy, I've just tried to send DD's pictures to you. It's the best I can do for now. I still haven't been to camera school. Polly

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Polly Esther

That's the way my Elna book describes it too.

Julia > Hi Polly,those various stitches are fun to try, aren't they, but my how

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Julia in MN

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