Hi Cuties, whilst my Husqvarna is in getting a facelift!! he he he! (the Fix, Stop and Go button were flashing on and off) I decided to do some more of my quilt on the Brother Quattro as I can only sew them out on this machine.
I know Betsey is interested in this! So I've done 4 white squares with the blue thread. Now this is the blue thread I only bought last Thursday at the show I went to for that pillow case top I did. Well I've had lots of breakages again, so I slowed the machine down to only 350 stitches per minute and used a 90/14 needle and the machine liked it better, so the more intricate design took over 2 hours. The feather one only took an hour as I sewed them twice.
Once I felt it was behaving I put it up to 600 stitches per minute, but decided against putting it to the 1000 stitches per minute. Anyway, I've done 4 - only 21 more to go!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love Chris
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360611These look lovely! Did you use the scuba fabric that so many of the designs lately uses or did you stitch them out on cotton?
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by pennifold
20 May 2018
Hi, I always use cotton for my quilts. This is a lovely fine weight. Love Chris
1209Pretty, pretty, pretty...will be a work of heART when you're finished.
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52686You are fortunate to have a back up. My back up machine, Bernina 185, is so old that I am not sure I can get a design transferred from my laptop to it. You have to use a cable or a reader card and magic box is obsolete. It does not have a USB port, but it does sew quite beautifully so I use it for sewing. You know , you may have been wise to hold on to your embroidery machine instead of trading it in. last year I missed stitching Mother's, Father's Day and 4th of July because my machine was in the shop. Kay
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by pennifold
18 May 2018
Oh! I am so sorry Kay that your baby was in repairs for so long! It's always good to have a back up machine though isn't it? Love Chris
85867Sure is going to be pretty once it is all stitched out. Happy Stitching
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9792Stunning designs ..Fantastic job done,,Gorgeous!!!
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66009This is magnificent quilt! That blue and white combo really gives it an elegant look. I'm anxious to see the rest of the blocks...and, of course, the finished quilt!
As much as I love my new machine, it too sometimes needs tweaking. What is "automatic" sometimes means a"utomatic with adjustments."
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by pennifold
18 May 2018
Hi Penny, if you go back through my pictures on the PROJECTS tab under my name you will see the Navy ones I've done. Love Chris
33641This is simply so elegant! Well done! Hugs, Laura
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96222When Fix, Stop and Go don't work it's time to change machines and plans. This reminds us that it is SOOOO lovely to have a second machine. The four squares are lover-ly, lover-ly, lover-ly.
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by pennifold
18 May 2018
Hi Betsey, I thought the same, but Maarten said it can be fixed. He's waiting on parts. I wait with baited breath! Love Chris
66900The blue on white is so delicate looking. I love it and I have some Stitch Delight designs. They do sew out very well. Thanks for sharing these squares. Will take awhile, but will be interesting to see a post on the completed project. Blessings, Avis
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3003Great job. This will be a fantastic quilt
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109774Beautiful, Chris...soooo do you plan to mix these in with the ones you did with the blue fabric and white thread or ???
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318177Very nice. It will be beautiful when you are finished!
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145791Beautiful, lot of stitching when the quilt is finished.
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74311212452Have you tried loosening your top tension a bit,
I like your designs. Janette
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by pennifold
18 May 2018
Hi Janette, I've never touched the tension on this machine. I'll have to have a look at the Instruction booklet. Love Chris
by dragonflyer
18 May 2018
I don't mess with the bobbin tension on my Ellisimo, but frequently change the top tension depending upon the thread, fabric or design...it is very easy to set it back to the "default" for the machine so you really can't mess it up...
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