Loose ends -

 

 

While I get myself organized - 

 

And tie up some loose ends - 

 

I also need to figure out why my machine seems to "drag" - 

 

When it gets to the right side of the frame - 

 

My curves get "straight-ish" as if I'm hitting some invisible barrier - 

 

Like in the top right WHITE square -

Going from top to bottom - 

The right side should be a curve - 

 

 

And the loop from the center of the GREEN triangle to the corner should curve -

I started in the top right corner - made an arc to the middle of the long side - 

Looped the left side to the corner -

But the right side of the loop got "straight" - 

When I headed back to the middle of the long side -

Then the arc to the bottom left corner was OK - 

 

Why was everything OK except the right side of the loop? -

Going up from the bottom right to top left -  

 

And the left side of this WHITE orange peel got "straight" - 

Going from bottom to top - 

But the top arc was OK - left to right -

Then the arc on the right side got "straight" again - top to bottom -

And the bottom arc was OK - right to left -

 

I listed the directions of the stitching to see if I could find a pattern - 

And I don't really - except that the "drag" seems to be more "vertical" - 

 

And I only notice it when I get to the right side of the frame - 

 

I've checked the cord and it doesn't seem to be hanging up - 

 

I've checked for loose fibers/threads on the wheels - none that I can find - 

I've checked the height of the rails on both sides -

Thinking that the quilt was closer to the bed of the machine on the right - 

But the markings on both sides match - 

 

What's funny is that - without a quilt on the frame -

The machine moves freely with no "hang-ups" - 

 

So I guess that I'll be playing with a practice sandwich tomorrow - 

 

To see if I can figure out what's going on - 

 

Or maybe it's just "operator error" -

 

In which case I need to practice my curves - ;))

 

EDIT UPDATE -

 

FIXED IT!!! -

I'll tell you about it tomorrow - ;))

 

 

 

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -