Sometimes, I'm a little busy.
BUT onto the reason why I started this blog - free motion quilting with Leah. Our assignment was wiggling. Here is the wiggling:
This is from underneath - the tension is wrong! |
The bobbin is too tight - this was done with the feed dogs still up, and stitch length set to zero. It is a LOT better than with the feed dogs down, so I will continue to experiment with this. Obviously I still need to play with the tension dial, but not so much. First useful clue!
Just for information, I am using a Janome MemoryCraft 4000.
Leah talked about writing on a quilt - one of my first quilts had writing on it. It was for Son #1, and I quilted his name down the sides of the quilt - here is a wee section of it:
I wanted to make the quilt unmistakably his - this succeeded!
Wonderful Toni! Welcome to blogging - it's a great way to share and process ideas and build a community. Looking at your stippling sample, your tension doesn't look too bad to me. Just try speeding up your machine a bit when you make those deep U shape curves.
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Leah Day
Hi Toni you have done so well with you FMQ, I think you will have no worries at all.
ReplyDeleteGood job on your practice piece and have fun blogging!
ReplyDeleteThe cutest thing I heard someone say, and it stuck in my head, was to stipple the outline of Bullwinkle's antlers. So I keep finding myself doing just that.
ReplyDeleteI think it looks great.
Kathi from Texas
Wow, Toni, I think your practice piece looks terrific! You could put some red binding around your square and voila! a new potholder. I agree with Leah, I think your tension at the bottom looks pretty good. Very clever of you to write your son's name on his quilt made with love by mum. Keep at it!
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