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The thing I hate the most about quilting is .......
I use my foot pedal upside-down. It doesn't move nearly as much as
the pressure on it is different than you'd use with it right-side- up. Give it a try- can't hurt and might help! Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. On Nov 13, 10:31*am, "KT in Mich" wrote: The blankety-blank foot pedal that just will NOT stay where I put it on the floor. Have tried everything short of nailing or glueing it. *I have both carpeting and one of those desk floor mats under the table. If I use that drawer-liner stuff, it puckers/gathers/bunches all up. If I use one of those long thingy-dingy-special mats that go under the foot, it either slips on the plastic mat or creeps on the carpet. *Am now looking for a very, very heavy brick to put at the back of it so it can't go further than my foot can reach. Do you have a solution?????? KT. in MI On 11/12/2011 5:12 PM, Sunny wrote: ripping out zig-zag or blanket stitches made by my sewing machine in the course of applique. Now, what's your favorite task to hate? Sunny Yes, miles and miles of it.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
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The thing I hate the most about quilting is .......
I'll agree with you on that thought! It's been such an up+down roller
coaster year for us.... Have quilt fabric all cut out to assemble blocks, but somehow can't get them all put together faster.... something always comes up (good and bad). One of these days life will settle down. ME-Judy On Nov 13, 7:00*am, "Di Maloney" wrote: Getting everything ready to start, then real life gets in the way and I have to postpone it again. Next year, there will be lots more me time, quilting time, genealogy time; visiting friends time then more quilting time. Di Vic Aust |
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The thing I hate the most about quilting is .......
I use mine backwards. It faces the usual way but I put my toes on the
floor in front of it and press with my heel. Liz On 11/13/2011 2:49 PM, Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. wrote: I use my foot pedal upside-down. It doesn't move nearly as much as the pressure on it is different than you'd use with it right-side- up. Give it a try- can't hurt and might help! Leslie& The Furbabies in MO. On Nov 13, 10:31 am, "KT in wrote: The blankety-blank foot pedal that just will NOT stay where I put it on the floor. Have tried everything short of nailing or glueing it. I have both carpeting and one of those desk floor mats under the table. If I use that drawer-liner stuff, it puckers/gathers/bunches all up. If I use one of those long thingy-dingy-special mats that go under the foot, it either slips on the plastic mat or creeps on the carpet. Am now looking for a very, very heavy brick to put at the back of it so it can't go further than my foot can reach. Do you have a solution?????? KT. in MI On 11/12/2011 5:12 PM, Sunny wrote: ripping out zig-zag or blanket stitches made by my sewing machine in the course of applique. Now, what's your favorite task to hate? Sunny Yes, miles and miles of it.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
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The thing I hate the most about quilting is .......
KT in Mich wrote:
The blankety-blank foot pedal that just will NOT stay where I put it on the floor. Have tried everything short of nailing or glueing it. I have both carpeting and one of those desk floor mats under the table. If I use that drawer-liner stuff, it puckers/gathers/bunches all up. If I use one of those long thingy-dingy-special mats that go under the foot, it either slips on the plastic mat or creeps on the carpet. Am now looking for a very, very heavy brick to put at the back of it so it can't go further than my foot can reach. Do you have a solution?????? KT. in MI I rigged mine up beneath my sewing table so I could use it as a knee-lever instead. It's *so* much better that way! You could get a bit of plywood and attach strips of moulding or whatever to 'trap' the foot pedal and keep it still. Mind you, attaching the plywood to the floor could become a problem of its own, but I'd be screwing it to the ground just to be sure. Best of luck - I know exactly how annoying the creeping foot pedal can be! -- Trish Brown {|:-} Newcastle, NSW, Australia |
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The thing I hate the most about quilting is .......
Not being 'allowed' to, yet. It's been 2 years!
Butterfly (Just itching to start once again) |
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The thing I hate the most about quilting is .......
Here's one going to try it - I do have some help with the sliding, but I
get cramp from holding my foot at a very high angle. If it works like your other ideas, I'll be away and roaring! .. In message , Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. writes I use my foot pedal upside-down. It doesn't move nearly as much as the pressure on it is different than you'd use with it right-side- up. Give it a try- can't hurt and might help! Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. -- Best Regards Pat on the Green |
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The thing I hate the most about quilting is .......
Another idea - who knew!
.. In message , Liz Megerle writes I use mine backwards. It faces the usual way but I put my toes on the floor in front of it and press with my heel. Liz -- Best Regards Pat on the Green |
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The thing I hate the most about quilting is .......
Basting...
especially when its the queen size that I made foe DS 18th. ( I have basted now have start quilting) Dee in Oz "Sunny" wrote in message news:16812959.929.1321135971775.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@prap37... ripping out zig-zag or blanket stitches made by my sewing machine in the course of applique. Now, what's your favorite task to hate? Sunny Yes, miles and miles of it. |
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The thing I hate the most about quilting is .......
Phew! Finally someone said basting, so now I don't have to feel like a
heretic for saying quilting! I love the piecing and creating tops, but the basting and quilting parts really get to me... Claudia |
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The thing I hate the most about quilting is .......
I'm almost with you Claudia, except that I am beginning to like
quilting! But: basting, no. So, I thought, get someone to do it for me? There is a professional quilter in my area who advertises that she is quite willing to baste only, for quite a good price. Right, I thought. Wrong! When I got it back, it was beautifully done. However, there was one 'small' fact I had 'forgotten'. Having been done on a machine, the stitches were machine stitches - therefore locked. They weren't (of course) the running stitch equivalent of hand basting which can just be pulled through, to unpick. OK the stitches are about an inch long; but the thought of unpicking, after the quilting has kept me from quilting this pretty little quilt for two year (it is quite large). I will do it, but it is going to be a much larger task than I had meant it to be. (I don't like her batting either, but that might be cured by washing). Ho hum - shouldn't have been lazy I guess g .. In message , Claudia writes Phew! Finally someone said basting, so now I don't have to feel like a heretic for saying quilting! I love the piecing and creating tops, but the basting and quilting parts really get to me... Claudia -- Best Regards Pat on the Green |
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