Originally Posted by
SewExtremeSeams
Jelly Roll Race finished... and I came in dead last!
Seriously. And, there were only 3 of us that showed up for the race. I found out it was the first ever in our city.
Had a wonderful time, met 5 very nice women and learned a lot about the shop. My 301 was screaming but ever once in a while it would just create a machine stopping bird's nest. Beautiful stitching, bird's nest, cut the mess away and begin again and same thing. Think I had 6x of that happening. I have no idea why.
For third or last place I received a very nice present of a Babylock set of two scissors and an awesome thread cutter. I will post photos of my quilt top and presents tomorrow.
OH, and I decided I don't really like speed sewing quite to that extent!
It was a great experience and at least I found out what I do and don't like.
We did cut off 18" once we had all of the strips sewn together on the first round. Thanks for everyone's encouragement. Y'all are so great.
Linda, are you sure your 301 was threaded correctly? Bobbin in correctly and threaded correctly? I have never had trouble with my 301 creating birds nests! Maybe, you weren't holding onto the thread tails when you started each seam? That is what my grandkids do to cause thread nests - or don't do I should say!
Yep, I agree I wasn't impressed with the race thing! I love to sew and I love to sew straight, cutting offf tails, staying organized - the speed thing wasn't really for me either, but it was fun to do ONE time! We all got a laugh out of the buzzing of the machines and the finished quilt tops! In my race there were 7 of us, I came in 4th with my FW!
Nancy