First Quilt on new Lenni

[HelenS]

  I've been custom quilting since about 2013. My first "longarm" was a sit-down machine. It was fun, for for me, frustrating because it wasn't a whole lot different than what I was doing with my sewing machine. 
  We decided to move to FL, so I sold my machine before we moved, then bought an HQ Simply 16. I always had problems with leveling the table on it, thread always breaking, tension always off no matter what I did to fix it.
  We moved back to WA state almost 4 years ago because my husband needed better medical care than we were able to access in FL, so I sold that machine. Once resettled, for some strange reason, I bought another machine just like it, different brand, but made by the same company. You guessed right...I had the same problems with the new machine! I sold it recently and decided to buy an APQS Lenni. 
  I had issues right out of the box, and after six weeks of trying one thing after another, finally got some great help from Beth Durand out of Portland, Oregon. She's an amazingly knowledgeable company rep and I'm so thankful she was able to figure out what was going on. 
  So, here I am, finally finishing my first quilt, but I must say, it's been a huge learning curve. LOL I've attached a couple of photos of two of the blocks, and they don't look so bad in the photos, but I must say, I think I'll take a break from pebbles, crank up the speed and do some much looser fills for a while. 
  I'm also wondering why there is so much space between the leveler bar and machine bed. An entire inch seems excessive, but I'll probably appreciate it once I get my red snappers installed. 
  I think I'll put another plain practice piece on and see what happens.  

[lkl]

Helen
Wow! Nice work. 
Leslie

[dbams]

So glad you got your machine working properly!  Your quilting looks beautiful to me! 

[srichardson]

That is quite a quilting journey that you have had!  Pleased to hear that things are now going well for you.  Great quilting.

[jimerickson]

Those "pebbles" do get tedious, don't they?  Photo looks great.

One thing I've never liked about the Lenni tables is the fact the roller rack doesn't have any facility for adjustments.  I made sure when I designed and rebuilt my Ult 2 table, that I could adjust the roller positions some so if I didn't like where they were, I could move them.  There's some adjustment that can be made on the Millie table, but not on Lenni.  I guess you'll just get used to where they are as you use the machine.  Keep up the good work.  Jim

[HelenS]

jimerickson,

Thank you!
I agree re adjustments. I guess there's always room for improvement on the way the machines and tables are made. Job security? lol
I read another post on here that suggested pushing batting under the leveler bar to help control the Bliss track movement. That didn't work well for me, but...I did place a good amount folded up just behind where I was quilting and it helped quite a bit. I'm sure I'll get used to the Bliss tracks eventually, and I find that using manual mode at higher speed helps also.