2 wonderful additions to my 2009 repertoire (not off topic)
Musicmaker
portrait that I gave them for Christmas last year is so precious to
them that they have painted and decorated the master bedroom with
colors to coordinate and are going to put it in a glassed in frame and
hang it permanently. I hadn't seen it or heard of it all year and was
wondering.
On the last day of 2009, I finally got around to the Janome 1600p on
the grace frame that has sat idle for MONTHS because it kept shredding
my thread. I loosened the top tension even more, and put in a hand
quilting glazed thread - and quilted for nearly 40 minutes before
suppertime!!! So as long as I use a size 16/100 industrial needle and
heavy duty glazed hand quilting thread - I can actually use the
machine!
Musicmaker, celebrating a successful quilting conclusion to the old
year, and hoping that all of my quilting friends experience similar
success in the new!!
Maureen Wozniak
(in article
<057c1bd0-fbf6-4424...@k19g2000yqc.googlegroups.com>):
I'm glad you got the machine working. What a great way to end 2009!
Maureen
Polly Esther
to remember that glazed thread can gum up your SM and cause serious
troubles. We'll hope some of the quilters will show up here soon and
discuss the glaze with you. Polly
"Maureen Wozniak" <mw...@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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GrammyKathy
> On the last day of 2009, I finally got around to the Janome 1600p on
> the grace frame that has sat idle for MONTHS because it kept shredding
> my thread. I loosened the top tension even more, and put in a hand
> quilting glazed thread - and quilted for nearly 40 minutes before
> suppertime!!! So as long as I use a size 16/100 industrial needle and
> heavy duty glazed hand quilting thread - I can actually use the
> machine!
>
> Musicmaker, celebrating a successful quilting conclusion to the old
> year, and hoping that all of my quilting friends experience similar
> success in the new!!
Cindy I am so happy you finlly got it to working. I know what a
nightmare it has been for you.
NightMist
I have been seeing the warnings about glazed thread and machines here
just forever, and have always figured it must be the spanky new
machines that can't handle it.
My old machines can even deal with waxed thread, and I have never had
any trouble with glazed thread on any of them.
I imagine that if we were talking about thread that is glazed or waxed
so heavily it can stand up by itself that the beasties would likely
get indigestion. But I have even run waxed kevlar thread in the Pfaff
and it never so much as burped. Glazed threads like the cheap dollar
a spool handquilting thread you find in the big discount bin at
jo-ann's are no problem at all.
Now mind you when I need to use a thread I have waxed myself, like
that kevlar, I do go through and clean the machine every couple of
miles plus whenever I change the bobbin or put on new thread. Better
safe and all that. Running hand waxed thread you also want to make
sure you aren't too heavy handed, so that the wax doesn't build up at
the eye and curl off onto your work. Gobbing up the eye of the needle
is just asking for trouble, though thread goes through beeswax very
easily. In fact thread is often what I use to cut beeswax.
All of my machines are very simple mechanical machines. I imagine
that if you have a machine with a lot of fancy stuff, that glazed and
waxed threads could be a problem.
NightMist
--
Legolas is my house elf
Susan Laity Price
between the glass and the quilt. Fabric should never touch the glass.
Spacer bars can be purchased where most frames are sold. They are just
1/4" plastic strips with a self-adhesive side that sticks to the
underside of the glass holding the backing away from the glass. If the
fabric touches the glass condensation that forms on the glass can
migrate to the fabric and promote mold.
Susan
Musicmaker
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thank you very much for that tip.