I worked a little on hand stitching the binding onto my red/white basket crib quilt this week:
Then on Wednesday night I got a bit done watching Survivor:
Thank you so much for your comments and suggestions regarding my longarm (Knolting 23") tension issue. It turns out it wasn't a tension issue this time. It was a stitch switch glitch (ha ha that rhymes) with the stitch regulator. You can read about that on my blog post earlier this week here. I have also ordered a Towa tension guage from Amazon and ordered extra pigtails thread holders for my machine to aid in fixing future issues. The Towa works GREAT -- highly recommended!!! After working on my longarm a little more yesterday with my husband on hand, he cleaned the sensors with contact cleaner. We have isolated the problem to the starter switch, a sensor, or the stich regulator itself. Work in progress...
Carole at From My Carolina Home explains the Towa tension guage so nicely on her blog. Definitely worth the $45 I spent on the guage!
I finished my grandmother's 52+ year-old UFO -- King Rosebud. It's a beauty! You can read all about it on my blog post on Friday here..
Candy the outdoor cat waiting for me to leave the newly planted strawberry plants so that she can play with them by herself...
This is a three-tier planter that my husband made for me. It looks like a birthday cake. I'll take more photos as the plants grow (hopefully). I planted an everbearing berry (you can pick a handful of berries all summer) and a sweet, medium sized berry that is seasonal.
I'm linking up at Kathy's Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitching
9 comments:
Happy stitching, Happy Mother's Day!
Happy Mothers day to you, Kathy! Love, love the quilt. Love my Towa gauge, use it all the time. I ended up replacing the throat plate because it appears to have a nick in the needle hole. Maybe it will solve my needle shredding. I also find humidity affects my tension. My machine is in the basement, so I use a dehumidifier.
Happy Mother's Day! The rose embroidered quilt is gorgeous, what a great finish just before Mother's Day. So glad you figured out the tension problems. I've just started learning to quilt on my sewing machine, getting the tension set properly took a bit.
So glad your longarm issues are solved! Thanks for the shout out on my article on the Towa gauge. I swear it has reduced my tension issues to almost zero.
Wow! That is a gorgeous quilt! Good job finishing it!
Your grandmother's quilt is beautiful, Kathy! So glad you figured out the issue on your longarm. Love the photos of the kitty checking out your strawberry planter!
Isn't Candy a pretty girl. Your grandmother's quilt is gorgeous! Such a priceless heirloom filled with love and joy. I'm glad you sorted your long arm problems; there'll be no stopping you now.
Isn't Candy a pretty girl. Your grandmother's quilt is gorgeous! Such a priceless heirloom filled with love and joy. I'm glad you sorted your long arm problems; there'll be no stopping you now.
Sorry to hear about the long arm issues. Do you have a Nolting? I've had one for a while now and have had really wonderful luck with it. I don't even use a Towa anymore. I generally quilt 5 or 6 quilts a month and prefer smaller ones. Hope you get yours all figured out.
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