queenie123

I taught myself how to quilt by trial and error,my practice was on my quilts ,well maybe one quilt sandwich to set my tention to start .I told myself every stitch and pucker only give it more character ,after all its a quilt.Most say to drop the feed dogs but with my singer 201 it quilts and moves better with the feed dogs in the normal feed mode plus the stitches look much nicer .I set the tention dial to between 0and 2or less ,then I set the stitch size to medium,on my machine it would be between the middle and closer to the bottom setting ,if anyone is interested I can take the time to post pics of the machine in the quilt setting mode .I bought the sewing cabinet and stool with intentions on putting another machine in it until I did a little test run and instantly fell in love with this old machine.I took my quilts to a new quilt shop and they were shocked when I told them that I quilted them on a machine that is older than myself and I am over 50. I use any thread I have available and mainly buy the white cones from Walmart and no issues with thread breaking and I always use the universal heavy duty needles mainly because they are easier to thread with my aging eyes .I have a seperate pole thread holder I use for the big spools of thread,I bought a weighted one off e-bay .