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Not A Ripping Good Time
Lesson learned: when the sewing machine is acting up and producing
odd quilting, stop and take it in for diagnosis and reapir. I have spent more time than I want to recall ripping out a LOT of poorly formed machine stitched motifs in a quuen sized quilt. It was clear that there was trouble when I put them in but apparently I was not engaging in good quality control (I was at retreat, not a grat excuse but the best I've got). The good news: my bobbin case has been replaced. The bad motifs are all GONE and the deadline for this gift moved 3 months in my favor. Oh, and I have significantly practiced my ripping skills. Phew! Mary |
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Not A Ripping Good Time
Ripping skills are good to have. Many times when I've had a new stitcher
come through in hysterics, step one is to take out the @#$! mess she's made. ( That was putting it very politely.) Many times I've carefully, gently removed the offending threads while she has a cup of tea, dose of Valium, whatever it took to calm her highly offended delicate sensibilities. When I was only four years old, my dear granny made everything right for me. She had fine ripping skills. It is a gift you can give to someone in great distress. Meanwhile, when you can; buy a spare bobbin case. I'm thinking mine was less than $30 and is almost as helpful as a new sharp needle. Polly "Mary in Rock Island IL" wrote in message ... Lesson learned: when the sewing machine is acting up and producing odd quilting, stop and take it in for diagnosis and reapir. I have spent more time than I want to recall ripping out a LOT of poorly formed machine stitched motifs in a quuen sized quilt. It was clear that there was trouble when I put them in but apparently I was not engaging in good quality control (I was at retreat, not a grat excuse but the best I've got). The good news: my bobbin case has been replaced. The bad motifs are all GONE and the deadline for this gift moved 3 months in my favor. Oh, and I have significantly practiced my ripping skills. Phew! Mary |
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Not A Ripping Good Time
Good advice, and too often ignored. Got pictures?
Roberta in D On Mon, 21 May 2012 21:07:43 -0500, Mary in Rock Island IL wrote: Lesson learned: when the sewing machine is acting up and producing odd quilting, stop and take it in for diagnosis and reapir. I have spent more time than I want to recall ripping out a LOT of poorly formed machine stitched motifs in a quuen sized quilt. It was clear that there was trouble when I put them in but apparently I was not engaging in good quality control (I was at retreat, not a grat excuse but the best I've got). The good news: my bobbin case has been replaced. The bad motifs are all GONE and the deadline for this gift moved 3 months in my favor. Oh, and I have significantly practiced my ripping skills. Phew! Mary |
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Not A Ripping Good Time
Pictures have to wait until the gift is presented.
Thanks for all the sympathy. Now to re-quilt! On Tue, 22 May 2012 11:10:54 +0200, Roberta Roberta@Home wrote: Good advice, and too often ignored. Got pictures? Roberta in D On Mon, 21 May 2012 21:07:43 -0500, Mary in Rock Island IL wrote: Lesson learned: when the sewing machine is acting up and producing odd quilting, stop and take it in for diagnosis and reapir. I have spent more time than I want to recall ripping out a LOT of poorly formed machine stitched motifs in a quuen sized quilt. It was clear that there was trouble when I put them in but apparently I was not engaging in good quality control (I was at retreat, not a grat excuse but the best I've got). The good news: my bobbin case has been replaced. The bad motifs are all GONE and the deadline for this gift moved 3 months in my favor. Oh, and I have significantly practiced my ripping skills. Phew! Mary |
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