Hello, and Help!!!
Kathy Burns
Lea,
Thanks for your suggestion.
I did make sure the presser foot was down, but this brings up another
question: the darning foot is so high up that it barely even touches the
fabric, much less presses down on it at all. Is this how a darning foot
is supposed to work, or have I attached it incorrectly? I guess I could
try using the darning plate with my regular presser foot.
Kathy
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LeaSewSpot wrote:
>
> In article <34353935...@cyc.com>, Kathy Burns <bu...@cyc.com> writes:
>
> >Well, the stitching on the top layer is very uneven, and on the
> >underside of the fabric, there are just gobs of thread caught up in
> >loops everywhere
>
> Did you remember to let your presser foot switch down? The looping
> happens to me whenever I forget to let mine down when I do my free-motion
> quilting... it locks the tension... I hope this helps some... Lea
> Lea Adkisson
> Lea's Sewing Spot
> Fitzgerald, Georgia
> 'Shout and none will hear... whisper and all will strain to listen"
Kathy Burns
Hello all,
I have a Brother (XR-34, I think) which needs some "debugging".
I made a quilt top, and then used a walking foot to do quilt the
straight lines. That went fine. I just changed to a darning foot, put on
the darning plate, and started doing the non-straight quilting lines.
Well, the stitching on the top layer is very uneven, and on the
underside of the fabric, there are just gobs of thread caught up in
loops everywhereq. I have tried adjusting the upper and lower thread
tension, cleaning the lint from under the feed dogs, varying the stitch
length, adjusting the darning foot, waving a dead chicken over the
machine, etc., but nothing helps! Any ideas? I really want to get this
quilt (a baby quilt) finished before its intended recipient starts
college!
Thanks in advance.
LeaSewSpot
>Well, the stitching on the top layer is very uneven, and on the
>underside of the fabric, there are just gobs of thread caught up in
GypsiWoman
> I have tried adjusting the upper and lower thread
>tension, cleaning the lint from under the feed dogs, varying the stitch
>length, adjusting the darning foot, waving a dead chicken over the
>machine, etc., but nothing helps! Any ideas?
Well now, your problem is obvious. Waving a dead chicken won't do any good
unless you hop on one foot and chant. Oh yes, this is done by the light of a
red candle. Good luck. <<G>>
- Gitana
Binh Nguyen
Kathy,
I ran into the same exact problem last week. The trick, I find, is to lower
the needle down, and then up, pull the bobbin thread up to the top of the
quilt and hold on tight to both the upper thread and the bobbin thread
while you quilt. I think the bobbin thread gets all tangle up if you
don't bring it up to the top.
My neighbor also suggests using quilting needle and adjusting the bobbin
tension, but I didn't try these.
Good luck,
Binh.
LeaSewSpot
> the darning foot is so high up that it barely even touches the
>fabric, much less presses down on it at all. Is this how a darning foot
>is supposed to work, or have I attached it incorrectly? I guess I could
>try using the darning plate with my regular presser foot.
Kathy,
The darning foot should be about 1/8" - 1/4" above the fabric sandwich
(with the darning plate covering your feed dogs). The darning plate with
your regular presser foot won't give you the free motion to quilt. The
suggestion about pulling up the bobbin thread is a good one because you
don't won't it to show on the other side as a wad of string or to get
caught back in the machine, making your thread break. Don't mess with your
bobbin tension. You shouldn't need to. You will need to keep both hands
on the quilt the whole time you have your machine running. Learning to
time your eye/hand motion with your machine speed was the trickiest part to
me, but with practice is easily handled.
BTW, what type darning foot are you using? There are several on the
market. There was a comment on needles... use a 75/11 H-E. It's smaller &
sharper which glides through the quilt better & it's shaft is made to deal
with the larger &/or metallic threads with less breakage.
Robin Hart
Gee Kathy, have you thought about taking apart a pair of boxers and making
your own pattern? The only place i would suggest to look for a pattern like
that would be Kwik Sew. What you are asking for is men's boxers and since
most pattern companies do not carry that many men's patterns I doubt you
will find them.
--
Robin
Terry Dassau
> Hello again,
>
> This is just a quick note to thank everyone who responded. The looping
> problem has finally gone away. I can't say exactly what fixed it, but
> oiling the machine seems to have helped. But then again, maybe it was
> just the change in the weather!
>
> I remember seeing some postings here a while back about patterns for
> boxer shorts. I couldn't find the original postings via DejaNews, so
> I'll just annoy everyone by asking the same question again: can y'all
> recommend a good pattern for men's boxers? I made a few pairs from a
> McCall's pattern (it was really a shorts pattern; it had a fake fly,
> which I un-faked), but I'd prefer a pattern with a real fly, and a
> "butt-bag" design (no seam up the middle of the back). I'd also prefer
> one with a relatively wide elastic at the waist (at least 1").
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Kathy
>
>
> Hi Kathy, the pattern you might like is Kwik Sew 1672. It has sizes
> s-m-l-xl and has no back seam. It has a real fly front and calls for 1 1/4"
> elastic. I bought my pattern from Sew Sassy in Alabama. They have an ad. in
> the back of Theads & also Sew News.
Hope this helps, Mary in Mississippi :)
>
>
BEJBasanti
I have a brochure from 'Timber Lane Press' on my desk and they have the boxers
you'relooking for. Somewhere along the way I read that they had a baggy
seat, no back seam, but I can't seem to lacate it now. Anyway, they're toll
free number is 1(800)752-3353 Pattern #404 1st Choice Boxers. Now I have a
strange question. My daughter wears boxers with a night shirt......not having
a son, I wondered if boys do the same, or do they just wear them for the
purpose intended? Just thinking about Christmas for nephews, here.
Thanks
Barbara in NJ
Donna Aten
Penny Schwyn wrote:
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> my 11 year old son LOVES boxers with a big T shirt for night time. He
> really likes flannel boxers.
> Penny
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>
> My daughter wears boxers with a night shirt......not having
> > a son, I wondered if boys do the same, or do they just wear them for the
> > purpose intended? Just thinking about Christmas for nephews, here.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Barbara in NJ
> >
I have made boxers for my grandson, who will be 18 in January, the last
two or three Christmas (how do you write the plural of Christmas!). He
keeps asking for them. The last ones I made him, just because, not for
any holiday were made from the black and white "Holstein cow" print. He
also likes cows for some reason. He's a city boy and has never lived on
the farm!
I just have to tell this story on him - When he was about 5 or 6, he and
his family visited us for a week or so. He was entranced by the
Holstein steers that we raise. The next spring we went to visit them.
Cameron ran out to the car when we arrived and the first words out of
his mouth were "How's the Cows?" Not Hi Grandma, or Hi Grandpa, but
"How's the Cows?" We have never let him forget it!
His sister also request boxers every time he does. It's easy to make
gifts I know they will like because they both love their boxers!!
Donna (Wilder, Idaho)