My Imperial Bargello was one of the quilts -
That I quilted when I was having tension issues -
And I thought that I had solved part of the problem -
By using YELLOW thread on both the top and in the bobbin -
But I really don't like the YELLOW thread on the back -
And - since I have solved the tension issues -
I have decided to REDO the quilting on this one -
One step at a time -
I rigged up a "zipper" attachment since it had already been quilted and trimmed -
And did a "test session" after un-sewing a few rows -
I used YELLOW thread on the top -
And BLACK in the bobbin -
And liked the results -
It's not perfect -
And I can still see little YELLOW "pokies"on the back -
But it is a WHOLE lot better than all of that YELLOW thread -
The plan is to un-sew every other row -
Then load the quilt and re-quilt those rows -
Unzip it and un-sew the remaining "other" rows -
Then re-quilt those -
"Every other row" should be enough to keep the batting in place -
Until I get it all re-quilted -
BOB thinks I'm nuts -
But I don't care -
This quilt is too pretty to "let it go" -
And "un-sewing" is relaxing to me -
In this case - the crappy tension actually helps me -
Since the bobbin thread is just "sitting there" -
And is easy to pull up and rip out -
The only thing that is taking me some time -
Is the fact that there are so many lines to un-stitch -
And that they are so dang long --
According to the "stitch count" on my machine -
My Imperial Bargello has 81098 stitches -
Now I wish I hadn't looked that up - LOL - ;))
Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -
2 comments:
Wow, I can understand why you are doing it, I am glad it is not me. Of all the sewing tasks, ripping out is my least desirable. I am sure it will be worth it.
I think this is a good thing to do. The quilt will stay quilted now.
I think those little pokies will probably disappear once it is washed. (I always wash functional quilts before anyone else gets them - preferably soon after I finish the quilt. )
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