Round one -

 

 

Well - I made it through my first "round" - 

 

Of redoing the quilting on my Imperial Bargello - 

 

And took it off the frame -

 

While it's off and I'm "unsewing" the rest of the wonky bobbin rows -

 

I can experiment with other thread combos - 

 

I had a brand new cone of Grace - Finesse - thread in the top -

50 wt - 3 ply - polyester -

 

And it kept breaking just like my "old" Maxilock - 

50 wt - 3 ply - polyester -

 

It "should" work -

 

It's the recommended brand/type and "brand new" -

 

So maybe it's the bobbin thread - 

 

Right now it's a bobbin filled with "brand new" black Maxilock -

Maybe it needs to be a lighter weight - 

 

I have a couple of Decobob bobbins - 80 wt - that came with the sample pack - 

 

I can play with the cream/beige one - and if it "plays nicely" -

 

I can use the black one to finish off the rest of the redo - 

 

It's the only black lightweight that I have -

 

So I hope it works - ;))

 

 

 

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 

 

Quilting again -

 

 

I found some thread that Gracie likes -

 

50 wt - 3 ply - polyester -  

 

BOB told me to check the manual - 

 

And I should have listened to her sooner - LOL - 

 

It's the same type as the Maxilock Serger thread that I've been using - 

 

So my thread breaks could be due to the thread being OLD -  

 

Anyway -

 

I got some NEW thread - 

 

And chose a LIGHT TAN for the top thread - 

 

And BLACK for the bobbin - 

 

Then re-loaded my Imperial Bargello - 

 

And re-quilted some of the lines that I had previously "un-sewn" - 

 

The top tension is tight enough that the back side doesn't show light pokies -

I'm talking about the row in the middle of the photo - 

 

The row on the right is one of the ones that I'm trying to replace - 

I don't like seeing the yellow pokies on the back - 

But I can't take out all of those rows just yet -

I need some of them to hold the batting in place - 

While I redo the first round - 

 

On the top - 

The row on the left - in the red/gold section - has black pokies from the back -

But you can hardly see them - 

It's the one with the threads looped so you know which one I'm talking about - 

The next row to the right - in the white/gold section - shows the black pokies - 

But I'm hoping that those will come out in the wash -

 

Black pokies on the top should blend in more than light pokies on the back - 

 

I could always use the same color of thread on the top and the bottom - 

 

To hide all of the pokies - 

 

But sometimes that just doesn't work for me -

 

And I can deal with pokies - 

 

Far better than I can deal with thread breaks - ;))

 

 

 

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -