Redo -

 

 

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 -