Perfect or not, I miss my 1260. I like having a needle up/down button. I miss the way my 1260 can sew backwards without my holding down a button. I even miss the razor thread cutter on the side. My 1260 foot peddle is more sensitive than the one on the 830, which seems to only have a super fast or super slow speed. This sewing machine also likes to grab the corners of triangles and pull them into the bobbin area, even when using the leader/ender technique. I am grateful to have a backup machine, but I will be glad when mine is out of the shop.
Another thing I feel like whining about is this unit:
Is there a better method than sewing a neutral square to the end of the red rectangle on the diagonal? I actually drew the diagonal lines on the triangles, hoping to improve the accuracy of my units, but it didn't really seem to matter. I just made a boatload of these units this past summer for Lazy Sunday and had similar accuracy problems. Usually I get more accurate the more repetitions I do, but I can't say I'm really improving at this. If anyone has a more accurate method, please let me know. I like making units a sliver bigger than needed and trimming them down to the correct size, but am not quite sure how to do this with this unit. If I knew the name of it, I would google it. Someone must know a better way.
This week I got in about 3.5 hours of sewing time and made some progress, but I'm not as far along as I'd like to be.
For more Bonnie Hunter quilt progress: http://www.joscountryjunction.com/bonnie-challenge-update-2/
4 comments:
I had a Bunch of those units in my MIdnight Flight and the Border on her pattern had them in it too. I elected to do something less hard for that. Bonnie called them uphills and down hills. I like your Carolina Christmas blocks. I hear your frustration with your borrowed machine. We do get used to our own favorite machines and miss them when we have to change. Bonnie sews on different ones all the time. Did you check your seam allowance on the units?
You can do it!! Sew, sew, sew. I am working on Smith Mountain Morning today while hubby is standing out in the rain at an auction. Sewing inside sounds much better.
Quilting muggles, funny!
Quilting juggles --love it! Have you tried starching your fabric before cutting it? I use liquid Niagra (non-aerosol) and starch all my fabric before cutting it. Especially anything that is going to be sewn on the bias. I've found it helps a lot with the natural stretching you get when sewing bias seams. Also, when marking those diagonal lines, use a light hand and again, try not to stretch or distort the fabric. The starch helps with that too. It gives just enough body to the fabric and the liquid stuff doesn't flake like the aerosol stuff does.
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