Hi,

When I use my bobbin winder I do the same thing that I do when using the winder on my machine. I noticed that on both the thread would not necessarily wind evenly. With that said, I help to quide the thread as it is loading on the bobbin. I help to make sure that the thread is going up then down and back again in an even load.

Hope this tip helps.

Pam M

It measures out square (or pretty close, at least). I think the way I photographed it makes it appear more like a rhombus (is that the right shape? Or maybe parallelogram?) OR, I may just not be seeing the problem, which is also very possible given my fairly limited experience in quilting on my own. Previously, I had my grandma's expert help :)

Love that quilt.

When all else fails, I always turn off my machine and also un-thread, then turn back and and reload the thread and bobbin. Sometimes that does the trick for me.

Guess I'm different, but I think the pale color for quilting would not add to it what you want. Use thread that matches the sashing. You will see a beautiful frame for each block.

In a child's quilt, rather than just plain quiltinhg, I use a decorative stitch, eeither machine or hand.

Yeah, I ended up doing daisies :) If I end up with some spaces where I would want the quilting closer together, I might sub in a few hearts.