Wednesday 7 August 2013

Work in Progress Wednesday...

Right...so I've been following WIP over at Freshly Pieced for a while now, and today is the day I'm going to join the party. I figure it'll be a good way of keeping tabs on myself and the progress I'm making.

I don't have all my "works in progress" out to photograph at the moment, but there are a few (read a lot!) of them. Quilts, cushions, bibs, burp cloths...it goes on and on. 

My primary WIP for this week is a lovely memory quilt for a sweet boy called Benjamin...and one for his brother Adam. 

Please excuse the train track and shoes in this shot!

I basted Ben's quilt on Monday and started quilting when this happened! 


I have a new needle, a clean machine and my walking foot...some stitches are perfect (on the right), while others are teeny tiny! I don't know why! If anybody can help I would appreciate the advice!

So I've unpicked the offending line of quilting and am going to have another go later! Just straight lines, nothing too stressful.

Wish me luck!

7 comments:

  1. Good luck. I have no advice but wanted to say your block is beautiful.

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  2. I've had this happen before. I think it's due to drag on the underside of the quilt but since you're already using a walking foot, I'm not sure. I've heard of some people using something on their table to make a quilt slide better when quilting. There's a product called "supreme slider" but it's rather pricey and I know other quilters have come up with innovative alternatives, but I don't remember what they are. Glad you decided to join the link party!

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  3. I have no idea why your stitchs are not even, but I love this quilt top. Simple but effective.

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  4. This has happened to me when I have particularly bulky seams--I've had to sort of muscle the quilt through to keep the stitch length even. It doesn't look like this quilt would have bulky seams but I do know there are some sort of gloves with a tacky surface that some quilters wear to keep the quilt moving evenly as you stitch. Maybe these would help? The quilt top is great! I love the plaids with the white and the creative piecing!

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  5. I find that the stitches become shorter if the rolled-up quilt pushes against the wall behind the sewing machine. I guess the pushing is more powerful than the advancing feed dogs so quilt can't move far enough under the needle to take the regular stitch length. I pull the sewing table as far out from the wall as I can, and if necessary I fold the rolled quilt over so it won't push against the wall. Hope this helps!

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  6. Great quilt top! I've only had this happen when piecing (over bulky seams like brigitgail) so I can't offer any new advice. Anyway, I hope you figure out this stitch length snafu, good luck ^_^

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  7. You do amazing work! Great blog here! I'm visiting from FB CRAFT UK.

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