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 - 
 
3 comments:
Hopefully you will be moving right along with quilting now. I have never tried quilting with old thread on my domestic. So, I don't know if thread breaks would be a problem on a domestic.
I rarely ever use the same color thread on top and bottom. You could tighten your bobbin tension the tiniest little bit. A couple of the famous quilters said they would much rather have the pokies showing a tiny bit on top because the thread sinks into the middle of the quilt eventually. I'm not sure how that works.
I also rarely use the same color of thread top and bottom. Often I don't use the same thread top and bottom. I use Glide on top and DecoBob or Glide 60 on the bottom. Will stop using DecoBob even though I love it because it is made in China. Glide made in USA.
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