Horizontal pieced backs work better on longarm machines, because the seam thickness is distributed across the bar. If it’s vertical it gets a hump in the spot where the seam is as it rolls around the bar.
This is a response to Jane's question about the backing seam. I took a long arm class recently where we discussed this. When the seam is vertical, as you roll up the part of the quilt that has been done, that part of the quilt where the seam is becomes thicker than the rest and can make it harder for the machine to do the top of your repeat because it pushes against the take up bar. I think that's how it was explained.
Could never get even stitching quilting on a domestic for years! Saved up, got a longarm, still couldn't. Got regulators for longarm, problem solved! 😂
I’m new with quilting on a maga quilter. I been trying everything and my thread keeps breaking. I messed with the tension I oiled it, I even took my bobbin thread to Sewing Machine expert. He put the tension right. No matter what I do it keeps breaking I so for maybe a foot or more and it breaks every time. Anybody could give me any ideas? I’ve been quilting for years, but mostly most quilts on a little machine featherweight, a Brother. I’m at my wits.
1. Clip your thread at spool, pull waste thread out thru thread path. 2. Turn you thread spool upside down. 3. Back out your tension dial all the way out, then turn it back in to "normal" range. 4. Get out your manual, rethread the machine looking at the manual, paying attention to the thread tension disks, making sure you are between them, not outside of them. 5. Test using a different spool of thread? Is your thread old? Stored on a wall rack in a sunny room? Thread maybe rotten.
@@jilbertb thanks for your help. New thread. I’ve done the the tension discs. my backed all the way out and eased my way in. It still does it. I’ve changed the thread four times or more and it’s still breaks. I got new needles still breaks. I’ve read the manual back-and-forth hundred times still keeps breaking. I’m ready to throw it. But thank you.
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Thanks again for what you do . THese question and answers are great ! .
Thank you for answering my question. I will definitely try sewing in neighborhoods! Great tip!
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Horizontal pieced backs work better on longarm machines, because the seam thickness is distributed across the bar. If it’s vertical it gets a hump in the spot where the seam is as it rolls around the bar.
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This is a response to Jane's question about the backing seam. I took a long arm class recently where we discussed this. When the seam is vertical, as you roll up the part of the quilt that has been done, that part of the quilt where the seam is becomes thicker than the rest and can make it harder for the machine to do the top of your repeat because it pushes against the take up bar. I think that's how it was explained.
In the end, it will make the quilt crooked at the end.
A solution is to mount and quilt the quilt sideways.
Could never get even stitching quilting on a domestic for years! Saved up, got a longarm, still couldn't. Got regulators for longarm, problem solved! 😂
😅I never throw way the packaging for my Berninas either. Or sew over pins.
I just read where a quilter said she sews all of her quilts with the blocks being sewn vertically. Then she connects the rows.
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Valoria Simpson - Hello from Hillside, IL
My grandmother (born 1888) did the open thread needlework. I remember sitting and watching her do all also needlepoint a complete antique couch.
I can’t free motion quilt. And I have the stitch regulator. Sad
I’m new with quilting on a maga quilter. I been trying everything and my thread keeps breaking. I messed with the tension I oiled it, I even took my bobbin thread to Sewing Machine expert. He put the tension right. No matter what I do it keeps breaking I so for maybe a foot or more and it breaks every time. Anybody could give me any ideas? I’ve been quilting for years, but mostly most quilts on a little machine featherweight, a Brother. I’m at my wits.
1. Clip your thread at spool, pull waste thread out thru thread path.
2. Turn you thread spool upside down.
3. Back out your tension dial all the way out, then turn it back in to "normal" range.
4. Get out your manual, rethread the machine looking at the manual, paying attention to the thread tension disks, making sure you are between them, not outside of them.
5. Test using a different spool of thread? Is your thread old? Stored on a wall rack in a sunny room? Thread maybe rotten.
@@jilbertb thanks for your help.
New thread. I’ve done the the tension discs. my backed all the way out and eased my way in. It still does it. I’ve changed the thread four times or more and it’s still breaks. I got new needles still breaks. I’ve read the manual back-and-forth hundred times still keeps breaking. I’m ready to throw it. But thank you.