Dontcha just hate it when...
09-23-2010, 08:45 AM
#171
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On the subject of pleats in the back of your fabric. I'm a novice quilter and every time I'm done sewing, I find a tuck or pleat on the backside no matter how careful I try to be with my layering,
smoothing, matching, pinning etc. What am I doing wrong?
smoothing, matching, pinning etc. What am I doing wrong?
09-23-2010, 09:20 AM
#172
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My fav peeve is screwy tension when putting on the binding. Got binding all done only to have to unsew, repin and resew and the tension is still wonky. I also love having my quilt inspector, my avatar, helping me sew by laying on the fabric, project or some vital piece that I need then and not later. Love this topic. :) He loves to help me cut fabric, too.
09-23-2010, 09:32 AM
#174
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Originally Posted by Quilting Nonnie
My worst was when my dog was a puppy. I was chain sewing little nine patches together. So I'm chain sewing these vintage squares of fabric in a long line, only to find when I'm done that the puppy was under the sewing table chewing on the squares as they came down...
09-23-2010, 09:35 AM
#175
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Originally Posted by sewTinker
doncha just hate it when you're handsewing on a road trip and your husband At Last pulls into a gas station and you really gotta Go! and you realize you have embroidered your cute little redwork patch to your slacks and you really gotta Go! and there's no time to undo the stitching (because you really gotta Go!) and so you run into the mapco with the upsidedown redwork lady now the focal point of your outfit? heh-heh...
09-23-2010, 09:38 AM
#176
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Originally Posted by Fancy Nancy
or when you know fully well to cut the fabric 2.5 inches and you cut it 2.25 and then wonder why things are not fitting together.
09-23-2010, 10:17 AM
#178
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My big booper yesterday was to forget to pull the bobbin thread to the top, so I had a huge tangle on the back of a baby quilt I was quilting the very last bear on. Took an extra hour and I still have to bind it
09-23-2010, 11:04 AM
#179
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Im waiting for when we can just put another spool of thread in place of a bobbin. Why havent they done that yet??? They can computerize a sewing machine and make it do miracles but not run out of thread lol[/quote]
There is a machine just like that. Its called the National two spool. Remember the little wooden spools of thread?
That's what it uses for a bobbin. I don't know why they stopped making them. I think it was a wonderful idea!!
Here's a link to learn all about it.
http://www.mckennalinn.com/TwoSpool.html
There is a machine just like that. Its called the National two spool. Remember the little wooden spools of thread?
That's what it uses for a bobbin. I don't know why they stopped making them. I think it was a wonderful idea!!
Here's a link to learn all about it.
http://www.mckennalinn.com/TwoSpool.html
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