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10-16-2011, 06:52 AM

#41

grumpy90650

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Join Date: Mar 2010

Location: league city, texas

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oh my, looks just like my stitches sometimes, well they say imitation is the best form of flattery!!!

10-16-2011, 06:58 AM

#42

Sunnye

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Join Date: Aug 2011

Location: Louisville, KY

Posts: 1,293

Your machine and mine must be related!

10-16-2011, 07:06 AM

#43

BarbaraSue

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Join Date: Jun 2011

Location: near Peoria Illinois

Posts: 1,638

Quote:

Originally Posted by quiltingcandy

A true confession here- sometimes I have to threaten my machines into behaving. If I feel extremely miffed, then I threaten them with a crow bar, otherwise, I am going to sell them to someone that does't love and care for them like I do. Then after a sip of something soothing, they improve their behavior.

(Since I don't have a crow bar - or if we do, I have no idea where it is- they don't know it would never happen.)

I have found that talking to my machines seems to help, and like you said, threatening makes them behave sometimes.

10-16-2011, 08:14 AM

#44

kwilter

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Join Date: Apr 2010

Location: lovely Elmhurst, IL

Posts: 930

So familiar! In my case, the thread sometimes would slip off the little arm that raises and lowers the needle. "OH, POOP!" when it happens!

10-16-2011, 08:15 AM

#45

mpeters1200

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Join Date: Jan 2007

Location: Omaha, NE

Posts: 1,618

I hope I don't jinx myself, but that's never happened while quilting. It DOES however, happen periodically when I am piecing. There seems no rhyme or reason for it. I use a little Janome to piece and I never have to mess with the little tension thingy. I have to rip it all out, rethread the machine and practice on some crumbs to make sure it's fixed before I keep going again.

What a pain in the neck.

10-16-2011, 08:33 AM

#46

rosebeka

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Join Date: Mar 2011

Posts: 10

I have had this happen on the bobbin side if I forget to lower the presser foot. My Pfaff has a button to give less pressure that I use when machine quilting.

10-16-2011, 08:42 AM

#47

Morag

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Join Date: Aug 2011

Posts: 727

A fellow quilter told me to have a glass of wine before I start FMQ. It relaxes her and relieves tension from her shoulders . I have not tried FMQ yet and am frankly afraid I'll have the same kind of results!