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Starting in the Middle

There's a red, white and blue quilt on the Bernina right now to go to the military hospital in Germany. I'm FM quilting - just wandering, no particular pattern except I'm staying off of the white flying geese so they'll puff up when laundering time comes. I avoid 'big' quilts because the exercise annoys my back... front, arms, legs, hands and assorted other parts. So. I decided I'd quilt the very center block first and the rest would be easy. ( er ?) Something interesting I've noticed. The quilt is scrappy and 'nothing sews like a Bernina'. Yes. You've heard that . . . but the strangest thing. The stitching everywhere is just so perfect and pretty except when I have to skate around on the batik strips. The stitching there is 'okay' but certainly not as nice as on the other fabrics. Any thoughts? Polly

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Polly Esther

The tighter weave causing the problem maybe? I can't remember if you prewash. Maybe some sizing in it that is creating a fuss. Are you using a jeans or microtex needle? Those might help. My old Bernina 930 is my go to machine whenever I am having problems of most any kind. If that machine were a stretch model it would be perfect.

Taria, i think i have a gastro dr. for your gators after the colonoscopy trip today with dh.

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Good thought, Taria. It won't kill me to change needles. I'm using the plain old green band but I'll change and see if that does better when crossing the batik. As to the gators - oh my, yes! Send the food for the gators on down. Obama was campaigning today and talking about a moat in Texas with gators. Little does he know about gators. We dearly love our Texas friends and would love to help but gators don't much care for their notion of humidity. Polly

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Polly Esther

Hey there Sunshine

Spent the day at the beach watching the water skiing with kites. Oh, we are talking about quilting, A-humm-m--mm. Well have you tried using scilicone spray. You know what I mean, sillycone spray. (giggle) I pour some on a bit of batting and tuck it under the thread as it comes off the spool so the thread will get coated with it. It helps with the thread making a good stitch. I do this when practicing my feathers. You know the ones that look like a wort on a toothpick. Sometimes I spray it on the batting, as I make the sandwich. Needle goes through everything quite easily.

Kate T. In hot, dry South Mississippi. weatherman says we are in a severe drought.

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When I first started free-motion, I occasionally(!) forgot to lower the feed dogs, but I set the stitch length to zero and set off. Eventually I discovered that, when I did forget, I had marginally more control over the piece: there wasn't so much slippage. When a special bobbin case was created for free motion quilting (all quilting?) for the Janome, I bought one, and that really makes the job easier. Maybe other makers have introduced such a thing? I, too, use jeans needles - I find them even better than microtex (which I have also tried). I've never tried the silicone on the thread, though. So, I have yet one more help to try when I need it. . In message , Louise in Iowa writes

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