trouble w/ press-n-seal

Aug 24, 2005 1 Replies

After reading about it here, I tried the pressnseal thing to do my machine quilting. It was a mixed success. I marked my design on the pressnseal, then quilted using my Bernina stitch regulator foot.



I had a couple problems (1) I had trouble ripping it out where lines were close, like 1/8 to



3/16 parallel lines. I ended doing 1 line, ripping it off, then doing the 2nd line using the first line as my guide. It was just loosy goosy anyway. They were holly leaves; I still had trouble getting the pressnseal out at the points with a single line.

(2) it gummed up my quilting foot -- most importantly -- it gummed up the laser window so the stitch regulator was blind and it wouldn't GO. I thought my brand new toy had already failed! My dealer found all that stuff on there and didn't know what it was; I felt pretty sheepish.



So it was easy to get started but not so easy to clean up. I think I'd be better off marking on the quilt the old way.



One tip I found to really help - Get a little bottle of "Sewers Aid" - you can get it at TSWLTH - it's in a little plastic bottle. Drip a drop or two on your spool of thread and it won't gum up nearly as much..... or drip some on a cotton ball to wipe off your needle when needed. Also, a long-nosed tweezer helps to pull the Press-n-seal out when you're done.... also have used an eraser to tug at the stitch line a bit and that helps pull it off, too. I love the stuff for "marking" quilting lines - I used to keep poking myself on the pins (and bleeding on my project ) Don't do that with P-n-S and ya don't need pins. ME-Judy

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