The Crafty Unicorn Posted August 27, 2007 Report Share Posted August 27, 2007 OK, I have a "quilt" to do... It has a batik back and the front is home dec fabric. Not real heavy, but by no means quilter's cotton. All I have to do is outline some flowers. It's one single piece of fabric. The lady just wants a lap/throw to match the cushions and slip covers on her porch furniture. I have it loaded and things are going so far so good. I cleaned the machine really well, put in a new needle, left the tension on the top loose, am going slow and as steady as possible. I have a teal thread in the bobbin and a light turquiose in the top and a Fairfield traditional poly batting. My thread tension is set a little bit too tight on the top, just so if a problem happens, I can see it. Have I forgotten anything? I just don't want this to become a problem. It's going to be nice when it's done, not snuggly, but nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lyonden Posted August 27, 2007 Report Share Posted August 27, 2007 Leslie - Don't look for trouble. We do things like that all the time with no problem at all. We have done quilts and spreads with extremely heavy upholstery fabric and it was just fine. These machines can do some awesome things. Just relax and do your normal work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie Posted August 27, 2007 Report Share Posted August 27, 2007 The only other thing you might have to do is switch out your needle a couple of times before you are finished. Some heavy home dec fabrics will dull a needle pretty quick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Crafty Unicorn Posted August 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2007 Carol, Thanks for the reality check. My husband says I'm always looking at the potholes not the road. It's just thst my first batik quilt (over a year ago) was truely a nightmare, everything went wrong- tension, 2 days of frogging the entire quilt, holes that wouldn't close up, all this for a new customer who is kind of "high maintainence" But I'm still really gun shy about batik quilts. It went fine and so did my next quilt (Batik top & back) so I guess I worried for nothing. You guys are good to have around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewingupastorm Posted August 28, 2007 Report Share Posted August 28, 2007 Leslie here is hoping that this quilt will go just fine and your customer is going to love it! I just spent 2 1/2 hours frogging myself. I had a vintage quilt loaded and was going to do my Baptist Fan template. Well the narrow 3 inch border was kinda ripply (I should never have begun but I did anyway). After doing about 10 min along the bottom I realized that the border was just not going to play nice. I left a message for my customer and her options will be to fix the border, select a different design or maybe just not do this top on the longarm. She is a really good friend so whatever she decides will be fine with me but the Baptist Fan will not work unless the quilt top is really flat............................lesson learned! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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