New report on my BL Jazz 2. Lately I haven't done any free motion quilting on the machine.
I got another project to do for the organisation I do volunteer work for, "Sky's the Limit" Observatory and Nature Center. They have what is called an Orrery, which is a model of what the our solar system looks like. Ours is supposedly the most accurate in the world, and is scaled at 1 to 20 billion in size. Two of the planets, Jupiter and Saturn have poles with flags to identify them, as they are a few hundred feet away from the center (Sun).
Those flags were just about to shred completely off the poles, so I am making four each, replacement flags for each planet out of heavy canvas.
I watched a video of the BL Jazz2 sewing 8 layers of heavy denim, and thought I could make these flags. As this canvas is heavier than the heavy denim, five layers is just about all it really can handle, but it dews through three layers of canvas just fine.
I had to go online to learn about the correct needle and thread to use for this project, so I am still learning something each day about sewing. I'm using 30 weight three strand nylon coated thread, with Schmetz 110/18 Universal needles. What I read is that this needle and thread are just about the limits of home sewing machines.
Based on what I am experiencing, when I do go do full scale learning of free motion quilting, this machine is going to do it very easily. My Singer Quantum Stylist 9960 can do the job, but it is close to its capacity when it hits a fat seam bump. But I am slowly getting used to how to press seams so that those fat seam bumps aren't as fat as when I first started my journey into quilting.
I've come to the conclusion that my favourite part of this hobby is piecing together the top. If I had the money, I would probably just ship the quilt top to a professional to get properly quilted. If I ever run into millions, then maybe I can purchase one of those wonderful computerized, automatic quilting setups. It's just fascinating to watch them do all the intricate patterns. I imagine that setup is quite involved in order to get everything perfect. Someday, if this COVID thing ever does pass, I would love to go to a quilting show, where they demonstrate such a setup. I'd probably pull up a chair, and break out the popcorn to sit and watch. LOL!!!!