I've been working on quilting this for weeks, if you can believe that. My longarm started messing up so bad that I spent untold hours unpicking and trying again. I tried everything to get the tension adjusted and it would work for a few minutes and then something would go wrong. I was able to get the first border side, the first two corners, and the first edge triangle done.

I couldn't find my needles so I had to order more, which added another 5 days or so. I also ordered a Towa bobbin tension guage. That solved most of the issues but there were still skipped stitches. I followed the manual to do the timing and found that the needle was a little bit too high. Of course, no matter how hard I tried I couldn't get the front plate off to adjust the needle arm! I tried turning the screw driver so hard my hands were about rubbed raw. It was starting to strip out so, I stopped. I resorted to loosening the needle, pulling it down a TINY bit, and tightening it up. I know, not the best thing to do but, it worked.

I was able to complete all of the star and now I am doing the center squares. I'm not using any templates, just a circle template to draw the wreath center. I'll need to turn it to do the side borders.

The pink and the blue is just the color of chalk I used to draw the design first.

Beautiful quilting Pam!!!!!

Very beautiful....sorry you had so much trouble...I have a small machine and had some issues last week and know how I felt - I can only imagine how you felt/feel!

hang in there because it looks great!

Beautiful...well worth all your efforts.

wish you lived close enough to be my mentor. Your quilting is beautiful.

Wow! quilting is beautiful.

Your quilting is superb! You may need to change your blog name. "The Casual Quilter" doesn't fit anymore. :wink:

Beautiful love the design.. you done a great job

Very pretty quilting & colors! :)