Boom 31 Spring
04-11-2024, 11:29 AM
#851
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Mississippi
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Fun... kittens! Is this a feral cat?
I will have to check to see if the show is still on in Slidell. Thanks for the heads up.
And now to add to my serger, my Juki 2010Q is broken. Same problem I had before... when dropping the feed dogs, they don't come back up right and wont feed the fabric properly. So the Juki isn't sewing, currently. Gotta use my Singer 301 or my Bernina Record 830. The oldie machines are golden, but I love the Juki because it sews so fast.
I have to say this has been a terrible week, birthday or no. If the Slidell show is cancelled, that will just be the icing on my cake.
I will have to check to see if the show is still on in Slidell. Thanks for the heads up.
And now to add to my serger, my Juki 2010Q is broken. Same problem I had before... when dropping the feed dogs, they don't come back up right and wont feed the fabric properly. So the Juki isn't sewing, currently. Gotta use my Singer 301 or my Bernina Record 830. The oldie machines are golden, but I love the Juki because it sews so fast.
I have to say this has been a terrible week, birthday or no. If the Slidell show is cancelled, that will just be the icing on my cake.
04-11-2024, 03:45 PM
#852
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Join Date: May 2020
Location: Sunset Coast of Michigan
Posts: 965
Well tonight is show and tell for the retreat. I’m ripping paper from the back of the paper-pieces blocks and re-ironing and measuring. I ended up taking 2 apart because they were a scant bit small. Hope everyone is ok, sorry to hear about the machines, Sewbiz, I’ll keep an eye out for a serger. At least the 301 is pretty fast. Hugs from afar.
04-11-2024, 04:03 PM
#853
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Mississippi
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Thanks, Reba... Have you ever tried PP without sewing through the paper? Once I learned it (from an online video) it's the only way I PP now. You fold the piece back along the sewing line and then sew just a hair to the side of it, not through it. Then you have no paper to peel and no distortion in your stitches from sewing through the paper and then tearing it out. You can use your pattern several times before it wears out, too. It's the only way to fly! (for me).
Ive been looking at Juki sergers online, and there's one that doesn't completely break the bank, that has "air assisted" threading. So cool! You just stick the thread ends into feeder holes, and then press the AIR button, and--whoosh!-- the machine threads the loopers with air. I hope to be able to see it in person at the quilt show tomorrow.
I've decided to take my Juki domestic in to the repairman one more time. Maybe I can get a few more years out of it before I have to replace it. It will be gone for a week, so in the mean time I'll continue quilting all my tops.
Speaking of which... Here is my finished bird quilt from Boom 30. It turned out so lovely (THANK YOU, all!) that I think I'm going to give it as a wedding present on 4/21. It's only a throw size, but it's still outstanding.
Ive been looking at Juki sergers online, and there's one that doesn't completely break the bank, that has "air assisted" threading. So cool! You just stick the thread ends into feeder holes, and then press the AIR button, and--whoosh!-- the machine threads the loopers with air. I hope to be able to see it in person at the quilt show tomorrow.
I've decided to take my Juki domestic in to the repairman one more time. Maybe I can get a few more years out of it before I have to replace it. It will be gone for a week, so in the mean time I'll continue quilting all my tops.
Speaking of which... Here is my finished bird quilt from Boom 30. It turned out so lovely (THANK YOU, all!) that I think I'm going to give it as a wedding present on 4/21. It's only a throw size, but it's still outstanding.
Last edited by sewbizgirl; 04-11-2024 at 04:13 PM.
04-11-2024, 04:17 PM
#854
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Portage, Michigan
Posts: 7,398
One of my quilting Zoom friends just demonstrated the process you shared, SBG. It was effective on her blocks but, sigh, I don't have the courage at this time to dive back into paper piecing. I did some about 10 years ago but just not entranced with it. Reba, give the no tear off the paper method. My friend used freezer paper and could reuse the paper a number of times.
04-11-2024, 04:44 PM
#855
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Traveling the USA
Posts: 2,311
SewBiz- your quilt came out beautifully. Anyone would love it.
i have been looking at using the freezer paper method for pp. maybe when I finish up the few blocks left I will play.
Got one block done today and another that measures 1/4” shy. Walked away. Tomorrow will rip and figure something out.
i have been looking at using the freezer paper method for pp. maybe when I finish up the few blocks left I will play.
Got one block done today and another that measures 1/4” shy. Walked away. Tomorrow will rip and figure something out.
04-11-2024, 06:15 PM
#856
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Mississippi
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Thank you, TG. All my Boom Buds made gorgeous blocks.
Paper piecing is not my favorite thing, but sometimes it’s a necessary evil. I can do it if I have to. I can screw it up in a heartbeat too, LOL.
Paper piecing is not my favorite thing, but sometimes it’s a necessary evil. I can do it if I have to. I can screw it up in a heartbeat too, LOL.
04-12-2024, 05:34 AM
#858
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Mn
Posts: 6,494
Sewbiz the bird quilt turned out beautifully.
Yes mama cat is feral, they have started a program here of catching the feral cats and neutering them. Hoping next winter when we come back there will be less in our area. We have a large window in our living room that goes down to about a foot from the ground. Sometimes when the cats are passing by they stop and stare at me and make quizzically expressions. It feels like I am the one in the zoo.
Yes mama cat is feral, they have started a program here of catching the feral cats and neutering them. Hoping next winter when we come back there will be less in our area. We have a large window in our living room that goes down to about a foot from the ground. Sometimes when the cats are passing by they stop and stare at me and make quizzically expressions. It feels like I am the one in the zoo.
04-12-2024, 07:11 AM
#859
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Join Date: May 2014
Location: Lansing, Michigan
Posts: 1,015
Originally Posted by sewbizgirl
Thanks, Reba... Have you ever tried PP without sewing through the paper? Once I learned it (from an online video) it's the only way I PP now. You fold the piece back along the sewing line and then sew just a hair to the side of it, not through it. Then you have no paper to peel and no distortion in your stitches from sewing through the paper and then tearing it out. You can use your pattern several times before it wears out, too. It's the only way to fly! (for me).
Ive been looking at Juki sergers online, and there's one that doesn't completely break the bank, that has "air assisted" threading. So cool! You just stick the thread ends into feeder holes, and then press the AIR button, and--whoosh!-- the machine threads the loopers with air. I hope to be able to see it in person at the quilt show tomorrow.
I've decided to take my Juki domestic in to the repairman one more time. Maybe I can get a few more years out of it before I have to replace it. It will be gone for a week, so in the mean time I'll continue quilting all my tops.
Speaking of which... Here is my finished bird quilt from Boom 30. It turned out so lovely (THANK YOU, all!) that I think I'm going to give it as a wedding present on 4/21. It's only a throw size, but it's still outstanding.
Ive been looking at Juki sergers online, and there's one that doesn't completely break the bank, that has "air assisted" threading. So cool! You just stick the thread ends into feeder holes, and then press the AIR button, and--whoosh!-- the machine threads the loopers with air. I hope to be able to see it in person at the quilt show tomorrow.
I've decided to take my Juki domestic in to the repairman one more time. Maybe I can get a few more years out of it before I have to replace it. It will be gone for a week, so in the mean time I'll continue quilting all my tops.
Speaking of which... Here is my finished bird quilt from Boom 30. It turned out so lovely (THANK YOU, all!) that I think I'm going to give it as a wedding present on 4/21. It's only a throw size, but it's still outstanding.
Really came together nicely!
