I have finished the meandering on the centre of the quilt. Changing the bobbin made all the difference... go figure! I was asking for trouble using white thread in the top and black thread in the bobbin, but actually the back looks quite good and only a few little white specks showing through! I had hoped to get the binding on today, but I need to visit my LQS and purchase more fabric and would you believe it..... I woke up with the cough that I was supposed to get last week with my cold!! I've had a very slow day, no real sewing... but I have sorted out the remaining brights fabrics which I had cut at the same time as this quilt... I'm making another version of this one for our friends grandson. Sometimes making two quilts the same is a good thing, as I have learnt quite a lot cutting and making the first one, so the second one should go together quickly. Certainly I will be pressing the seams open, this should alleviate a lot of the bulk.
KWIK KLIP.... I've been asked to "tell more" about this wonderful little invention... if you click on this link you will see a demonstration. I don't use the plastic pin covers, but I do use the kwik klip every time I close up the quilting pins. I love sewing gadgets that are really useful and this is one of them!!! Another item I recently added to the gadget box is my telescopic magnet. I just move it over the carpet and up come all those pins, needles, safety pins etc etc which have been dropped during a sewing day! ... and I don't have to kneel down to find them - the magnet does it all!
Happy Sewing!
You are full of helpful hints this morning. Well it may not be morning there but it is here. I never thought about the telescopic magnet, what a great idea. I try to wear some kind of shoes when I go in my sewing room for that reason.
ReplyDeleteI am so glad that the bobbin change took care of all those frustrations. Funny what can do it, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteLooking good. Always nice to figure out a problem. I'm working on 2 of the same quilt right now too. Your right, you do learn a lot from the first one.
ReplyDeleteLovely block and loved that demo...I always love to see neat gadgets!
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I love to read your blog, if I could figure out why some blogs are better than others I might be able to do more on mine
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