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“I have given skill to all the skillful, so that they may make all that I have commanded you. “ Exodus 31:6


“O Thou who art the all pervading glory of the world, we bless Thee for the power of beauty to gladden our hearts.
We praise Thee that even the least of us may feel a thrill of the creative joy when we give form and substance to our thoughts and, beholding our handiwork, find it good and fair. “.
Walter Rauschenbusch


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"Come, and listen, all you who fear God; let me tell you what He has done for me.
I cried out to Him with my mouth; His praise was on my tongue.
If I had cherished sin in my heart, the LORD woud not have listened and heard my voice in prayer.
Praise be to God, Who has not rejected my prayer or withheld His love from me!" Psalm 66:16-20
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Thursday, June 10, 2010

YIKES ! ! ! Major machine-quilting malfunction......

Oh my goodness............I'm so disappointed.  I
 finished Autumn Taylor's quilt-top,











made a back that I LOVED,

(I know....to my old quilting buddies in Oklahoma, it must just look like I took all the pieces I had left over and simply threw them together, rather than piece a design.  But I LIKE this look now.......simplicity, and yet quirkiness.)

I then basted the quilt on my dining room floor,
just to be SURE it was flat
 and I thought that everything was good.
  But I basted all vertically, the way I'm quilting,
 and none horizontally ............ I didn't think I needed to !
   Where was my head?  How long have I been a quilter? 
Granted, I haven't machine-quilted that much,
but I should have known better. 

What's the big deal, you say?
THIS.......
                                                                                 and THIS !  There's no dimension to these photos, so it just looks like the quilt is lying on something puffy, but it's FLAT, and the stripes DIP UP AND DOWN.
The back of the quilt, (and the front

 to a small extent), is "traveling" as I quilt. 
Now a GOOD walking foot should have prevented a lot of this, but
#1. this ain't a good walking foot !.....and
#2.  you still have to baste right !

So..........I guess I've got a lot of "unquilting" to do.  I don't want to, but what choice do I have?  That meandering is going to be FUN to take out, since some of it is loose stitches and some of it tight !   I hope it doesn't leave stitching marks.   

Ugh......I dread this.

4 comments:

  1. oh no...you poor thing. i dread having to undo any kind of project but it looks like you might have been all done already. bummer....i love that back

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  2. GIVE IT A BATH
    it will all be alright once it has had a bath

    take care leaving for the lake

    jo

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  3. Oh no! That's heartbreaking! Can you just take the straight stitches out? It looks like the meandering quilting isn't pulling, but the straight stitches did shift the material a little. I dunno. You're a WAY more experienced quilter than I am. I just feel awful for you. Well, maybe you can sit down and watch a good movie while you pull it out. If it leaves stitching marks, they'll go away in the wash. With all the mistakes I've made, I do have experience with that. :-)

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  4. I am so sorry that this happened to you! But the quilt itself looks awesome!

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