Reporting on the new thread

Okay Polly, more questions! Did you wind it onto the bobbin like 'normal' thread or did you go slowly like invisible thread is supposed to be wound? Did it stretch? Did you use it in both the top and bobbin? If not, what did you use on top? Which color thread did you use and on what colors of fabric? Which size and type needle did you use for the quilting? Did you adjust your tensions at all? Where did you find a single spool to buy rather than the sets? VBG

Nosy Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

Well, gee, Leslie. Other than that? Let me see. I didn't give winding the bobbin any special treatment, I just wound it. It did not stretch or do one of those hiccup thingies that 'invisible' wants to do. I used it in both the top and bobbin. The spool I have is a rather dark off-white. I stitched on pure white thinking that would be a good test for it disappearing. With that color regular thread, the stitching certainly would have showed. Absolutely nothing is special about the needle. It's a Schmetz green band and, I confess, has about 40 hours on it. No tension adjustment whatsoever although I do have screw drivers (Phillips, slotted, torx and square) and, as John says, 'I am not afraid to use them'. This spool came from

It was ordered on 7/21 and arrived 7/24. The thread is a 2500m spool, cost $ 11 + $ 1.30 postage. There. Did I answer all the questions? and do I get 5 extra points for being able to name the screwdrivers? Polly

Hey nosy Leslie, nosy taria not Polly here. With the 6600 you don't have any control over the bobbin winding speed do you? I took the class and am actually feeling a lot better about using mine new machine. It is a pretty smart machine. Taria

Leslie & The Furbabies > Okay Polly, more questions! Did you wind it onto the bobbin like 'normal'

No, I don't believe you can adjust the bobbin winding speed, but I could be wrong. I didn't get to use mine very much except for the horse-pital quilt and then the surgery came along and messed with any sewing plans I had. I'm really glad you got the class and feel more relaxed about the 6600- they are amazing! Any real good tips to pass one to us other 6600 owners?

Leslie (who still hasn't even turned on my new-to-me Janome Jem.....phooey!) & The Furbabies in MO.

Excellent report! Thanks, Polly! I shall have to order some of that thread.... deciding which colors will be much easier with your blessings on the thread's capabilities. I even feel confident enough to buy the more expensive variety pack. Now, to find another bobbin box for a whole new set of bobbins. I have a separate box (and mark my filled bobbins) for each type of thread they contain- good ol' Coats & Clark, cotton, rayon, King Tut, metallic and all the other many varieties I find necessary to own and fondle. I'm getting quite the collection! VBG

I am most impressed that you speak fluent 'screwdriver'!!!! LOL

Leslie (limited to straight-sies and X-ies in screwdrivers.....) & The Furbabies in MO.

No, no, no. Just buy one spool. You might just hate it. I honestly do believe since you've become the FM wizard that you'll enjoy InvisiFil but there's so much we don't know about it such as how does it stand up under hard wear and brutal laundry. I do wish I'd bought white instead of light beige so I could make a real test on doing entredeux on Nelona but there probably aren't many here who give a hoot about that test anyway. Polly

Never ever let your SM dealer catch you doing this - but if you will peer around and about your SM, you'll notice that they've used funny looking little screws to hold the covers on. That's to prevent you from getting in big trouble. If you have some respect and some mechanical ability, you can get a set of torx screwdrivers (nothing rocket scientist about them - they just have cute little star shapes instead of an X). Hurricane Katrina took our Bernina dealer (only to higher ground, the coward!) so I had to learn how to open up the area around the needle take-up lever and remove an occasional but vicious little loop of thread. And my reply to 'you can not control the speed of winding a bobbin' would be 'watch me'. Polly

I dunno, Polly. The 6600 has a separate bobbin winding motor. You swing the bobbin into the 'wind-it-up' position, push a little button and off it goes! You can stop the winding to cut the beginning thread tail, but as soon as you swing the bobbin back into the winding position and hit the button it's off and running by itself. There's no foot peddle or anything to adjust the speed involved in the process. But maybe....

Yep, if anybody could do it then it would be our dear Polly! LOL

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

Holy Cow! That was fast!!!! I have a couple of applique projects in the near future, so I think I'll wander over to Red Rock Thread and buy a spool and try it out. I love the fact that it really "does" disappear into the fabric. And even better that you quilted an entire baby quilt with one bobbin!!! It certainly makes it simple to be able to use it both in the top AND the bobbin too. Thanks so much for your speedy "try out" for us.

P.S. - I speak "pliers" - does that count?

Patti in Seattle

Pliers is good. I did not try it with appliqué. You would have to decide if you wanted the thread to be the color of the background or the piece you're attaching. Never mind the rules, sometimes it works best one way, sometimes the other. Last week I did a block of appliqué on a polka-dotted background. It was just a super neat trick. The background was barely distracting but did sort of hide my stitches that would have really stood out on a solid background. Polly

As my Janome 6500 doesn't use the foot control to wind the bobbin, but has a special dedicated button, there doesn't appear to be any speed regulation on it for invisible thread - or have I missed something obvious?

It took me a little while to find it because it is "Invisafil". If looking at Red Rock Threads, click on "Wonderfil" on the left.

Bev in TX

Hmm -guess I'll just have to try some! And after years of avoiding poly thread too. Just hate that squidgy feel -like chalk on a blackboard :-) Roberta in D

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