Playing -

 

 

With my new toy - 

 

I REALLY like the "clamp" style - 

 

And the "sit-down" part where the "machine" moves - 

 

And I don't have to push the quilt around -  

 

BOB saw that and thought - "Well, it's about TIME!!" - LOL - 

 

 

It fits the space nicely - 

And is easily accessible on all sides - 

 

I had to move my ironing board - 

Because the carriage bumped into it - 

 

But that's no biggie - 

I won't be pressing and quilting at the same time -

 

And both are movable -  

So I'll figure out something -

Today I wanted to scope out my "working space area" - 

 

So I stitched around the perimeter of my quilt -

 

Starting at the bottom left corner - clockwise -

 

 

Up the left side - 

 

Looked good until the leg of the machine hit the rail - 

 

And I had to "jog" to the right - 

 

Across the top - I bumped into the bungee clamps - 

 

Guess I have to watch out for them - 

 

Down the right side - 

 

I had to avoid the bungee clamps - 

 

And the right leg of the machine hitting the rail - 

 

And then back across the bottom - 

 

I ran into something - don't remember what - LOL - 

 

Anyway - 

 

I took out my "vintage" yard stick to measure the space - 

I say "vintage" because it's a four-footer - not three - 

 

And it came out to 35-1/2" from left to right - 

 

Then I measured the distance from the bottom to the top - 

 

And it came out to 11-1/2" - 

 

So - 35-1/2" x 11-1/2" "workable area" - 

 

Without bumping into something - 

 

It would have been nice if it was a full 44-46" wide - 

 

And at least 12" deep to quilt a 12" block - 

 

But  maybe someday they will design a 6 or 7 footer that will accommodate that - 

In the meantime - I'll be "re-hooping" my 60" x 80" tops and 36" x 44" panels - 

Next - I played some more -

 

I took a photo of the tension setting - 

For my own reference - 2-1/2 -

 

And then took a photo of the "under" side - 

 

The dark blue dots are the NAVY top thread - 

 

So tomorrow I'll check the manual and play with the tension - 

 

By the way - 

 

Barbara - ARTISTIC LIVING -  asked me what I was going to call my new machine - 

I replied -

I thought of naming it something with a "Q" - like "Quincy" - but it's a "her" - so then I thought of "Queenie".

But it's made by the "Grace Company" and the company name is right next to the words "Q'nique 15 Pro" -

So "Grace" seems more appropriate - 

What do you think?

She agreed - 

 I think it’s perfect, especially since it’s already monogrammed!

So Grace and I have a play date set for tomorrow - 

 

We're going to play with the tension - ;))

 

 

 

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -