Bonnie
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Originally posted by quietlifeazOriginally posted by Bonnie
Let me put it this way.... For me I like both thread companies, but as I run out of Superior threads I will be replacing all of my Sew Fine and Bottom Line with Glide. It's a personal thIng....I'm liking the Glide better it's runs smoother in my machine I rarely get tension problems and love the magna bobbins. It's as simple as that for me. Should I need to use a really thick thread which I also like I'll go towards the Lava and Perma-core of Superior Threads.
Have you used their varigated thread? doe you have any issues with varigated or the cotton thread from Glide? I can not get king tut varigated to run successfully in my millie and it is really frustrating.
Not yet for the variegated but as I need a certain color I will be purchasing. I've never liked cotton threads, but that's me. I do use cotton wrapped thread for piecing but not for quilting. In my quilts from the 50-70s which my grandmother quilted by hand They really should be redone as the threads have started to break down. It's really what you like its not what some else says. There aren't any thread police. I like how the quilting looks with Glide, Lava and Perma-cord but have used Signature, serger threads, tiny spools of dress making threads. Depending on what I had in the cupboard and if the color was the one I wanted.
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Let me put it this way.... For me I like both thread companies, but as I run out of Superior threads I will be replacing all of my Sew Fine and Bottom Line with Glide. It's a personal thIng....I'm liking the Glide better it's runs smoother in my machine I rarely get tension problems and love the magna bobbins. It's as simple as that for me. Should I need to use a really thick thread which I also like I'll go towards the Lava and Perma-core of Superior Threads.
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Originally posted by nineva
There is one on ebay with a buy it now of $1299 and currently 14 bids. I looked at the picture. It looks exactly like my 1230 except Bernina is in Red and there are some color swipes where the dials are. I wonder what the difference is.
On the Bernina site you can look at the manual for a 1260. Not familiar with your machine so i don't know what to look for.
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My sister has one, and know she will never part with it. Good luck in finding one....it really is one of Bernina's best machine.
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Originally posted by quilterbee1
No I'm Amie and I'm not wanting to sell anything. Maybe there's someone else who is? Not me, although my husband think s I should lol! Amie in Nashville
I know you didn't want to sell your, but there is a listing for some that do. I was trying to up you in contact with Nicole. If you click on today's post in the header, you will see her post.
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There is one in NJ. Read down the forum Nicole has one for sale and several others whom have expressed selling theirs.
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Originally posted by nineva
Bonnie here is what I found on the Crinkle:
"Unlike the shiny japan finish on the Standard Featherweight 221, the bed of the Featherweight 221 crinkle machine has a dull textured finish and three parallel grooves cut into the perimeter. Its faceplate is either the standard plated striated faceplate that was introduced on Featherweights during the AH serial number series in 1947 or a plain black faceplate with three vertical grooves down the center."
P.s. when do I pick you up at PDX for the Moxie meeting?
Thanks Nancy I hadn't a clue what that was as mine are all alike except the end plate. Most are the straight lines but I do have one with the deorated scroll plate.
Don't think I can make t thus time but will try soon. I have a date with the for a knee replacement. So will need to save money for that and time to heal. Sorry would have loved to get back out there.
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Or if we have one that we are willing to have colored. What would you charge? Have four... three never to change but one hasn't any special meaning. Also what is a crinkle one.
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I covet the:
A thru D Cup Quilting Service
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They are more for machines that have bobbin tension problems. I would send it back. I know you can bypass the pigtail. You just don't loop your thread through it. it's not what you ordered so I would send it back. APQS has what you need.
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When you hear it getting dull, or your threads are breaking...I don't change as often as maybe I should, but this is what works for me. It figures out to be every 3-5 quilts depending on size and use...
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I'm on my second APQS....it was the customer service for me....it was WAY before the forum started...but now if I was to start over it would be this forum as well as the customer service and no hard sells. WE all love our machines for different reasons, so I echo...you need to get your hands on one and try it out.
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Gene built my table as well...he took an old executive solid desk and cut the hole that will fit my Janome's and now I have an inserted machine with a flat table.... AND I built the other one out of an old folding table...also cut a hole and inserted the sewing machine....
Someday I want a Horn but till them these will be just fine.
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Only in the few QOV's that I had come with it....it was an easy and soft batting, and it quilted up wonderfully....no trouble at all...quilted very much like a wool batt.
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Originally posted by Just Sew Simple
One thing that hasn't been mentioned on here is customers under the age of 18. I live in a 2-University City (Southern Miss and Willian Carey) and, of course, tons of the kids are under 18. They want to have their sorority or frat shirts make into a quilt. You can not enter a contractual agreement with them. They have to pay up front and/or have their parents bring in the shirts for a quilt. The one good thing is they all seem to have lots of money!
Sylvia...is this just a MS issue...or is this something that is nation wide. As I haven't even heard of this ruling....never had a need for it, but wondering if its a state thing or a nation thing...do you know?
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Linda...I'm not sure I would say melt as I would say wash away....like a washout stabilizer for embroidery...the hot steam seems to just do something with it...melt/wash not sure, but let us know if you agree with my findings...I felt that it was a fluffier feel, you could actually see it increase in size, and the feel I felt was snuggly, and the drape was noticable in the quilts.
Now I'm not a smash it down type so there wasn't tons of quilting. SID and designs in blocks, medium to 50 cent size stippling...I wasn't doing McTavishing or tight stippling or something you would maybe use in heirloom... where everything is smashed down.
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Originally posted by Chocoholic
Hobbs 80/20 and pokeys. I also hate the 'feel' of it. Gives me shivers to touch it, but have had customers bring it to me to use.
Sheila...have you a steam machine....or a iron with tons of steam....I have to totally agree with the ucky way it feels on your skin, but by accident, as I had one that I needed to use right out of the sack...and those are even more yucky than the rolls are...and it was major wrinkled. I took the standup steamer to it...wrinkled flew out of it, and the feel...MAN IT MADE A HUGE difference...so now I don't even think about it...and wrinkles or not, I steam each one.... they even wash up better after being steamed.
Just something I ran across many years ago, and it might also work for you or others. The drape was even different after it had been steamed...almost like a whole different product.
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Marilyn....you are too funny...to pick me out of this crowd...first thank you for the compliment, but not sure I can be of much help.
First off as long as I have a good quality batting, it really doesn't matter TO ME, what I put into a wallhanging. I actually use whatever I have left around that fits that size and go for it. Although if its a really really thin one I might use two layers, but I have had great luck with Hobb 80/20, all the Dream Cotton or Poly and even have used really cheap cotton batting that they use to sell at WalMart, but no longer have it...
I have only had one that didn't lay really flat, and its one that my sister made for me that she used a regular poly batt from someplace like Walmart, and it just is WAY to fluffy and doesn't really lay flat against the wall...I should put a weight in the bottom of it, but haven't dont that yet. To do that I add an additional small tube at the bottom and instert a small heavy Dowel or maybe several welding rods if I have them laying around...just something heavy and small....
Hope this help some....
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You didn't say which machine you have so am going to assume (and ya know what that gets ya)....you have an APQS. If you go to the parts list on the home page you will find the parts for the thread guides....they are called "Thread guides: Wire - pigtail" and they are $1.30 plus postage. The thread nets you can get at any "JoAnn's", Hancock Fabric, or even some LQS have them in stock.
Its worth the try to see if it does....or not...some threads really need it if its a slippery thread, King Tut types I don't use it on because it can actually be to tight...so without trying and not knowing for sure what threads you are using or what machine you have...I'm sorry if i didn't help much.
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Originally posted by hayevymae
And Bonnie, you could add that to your "Bucket List"! (didn't you just love that movie?)
I haven't seen the movie
:P:P....will someday when it comes out on cable....I've had a "Bucket List" since I was about 5 years old
....it was something my Daddy always said.....and I've just kept mine very close..... You know how those Daddy's Girls are.... -
OMG....I think this is the most gorgeous quilt I have EVER seen.....and now have another want in life...A QUILT just like this one. WOW.....
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I would test it on a piece of scrap fabric and wash it....just to make the test harder....make two marks ( I would circle each with something that you know will not come out like a sharpie pen...one which you have ironed and one that isn't....do a load of laundry ( I know that is a bad word here also) and see what it does....
The ironed one will show what happens when its left in the fabric for a length of time as the heat will set it like a quilt that has been marked for several weeks or months....the other one will show how it reacts to fresh markings.
Let us know what happens.
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Peg your safe...the blue pencil is what they are talking about, not the blue water soluble marking pen... Just soak for a few minutes in plain cold water...agitate for a few minutes and then you can add the soap and softner....the quilts need to be totally soaked to get the blue out.
If you want to remove as you sew...put some Baking Soda in a spray bottle and add water and spray and remove as you go...
If you can set your machine to agitate with the lid open and then it will stop at the rince cycle...then I turn it back to restart and then add the soap and softner. I have never had a problem except once when I didn't pre-wash the reds I used...it was a mess but all came out in the end. If you have a machine that doesn't do this or is a front loader...let it run a complete cycle with just plain cold water and then if you decide to go back and rewash with soap and softner.
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Originally posted by quiltmonkey
Can I ask a silly question?
Why do manufacturers sell this brand yellow pencil if it does not come out and is not easily removed from fabric? Why would one sell it then? Seems scary to me! Especially people like Mary Lou who's trying to do her job...
I'm not sure but if memory serves me right...the yellow pencil and the yellow chalk were noted that they were more for the dress maker than us quilters.
They are to be used for marking darts and tacks....and after reading the packages I do believe they say it doesn't wash out well....and to use sparingly. But can't remember for sure..its been a LONG time since I bought them...but do know it was because they didn't come out that I stopped.
:P:P....will someday when it comes out on cable....
....it was something my Daddy always said.....and I've just kept mine very close..... You know how those Daddy's Girls are....
Glide thread vs Superior
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Only wind bobbins of threads not Glide, as I use up the Superior, and others I will be replacing with Glide. Right now I'm using magna-glides with all threads I can get close to in color. Having great results with magna bobbins and Lava or other thicker threads in top. And as I am buying threads to replace my So Fine stash I'm replacing with matching Glide top nd bottom. I also like the threads to show, yet it vanishes in the ditch. The 60 weight threads are way to thin for my likes.