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Posted by Pat in Virginia on October 25, 2009, 7:00 pm
Greetings!
My QOV bee will be assembling two more tops this week. One is a star
sampler. I 'won' the blocks. We framed each block and today I trimmed that
to size. I noticed that the blue framing fabric is a nicer quality than the
green framing cloth. That one is okay, but might be a bit fussy. So, when we
join these units, what is the advice on how to feed the pieces to the
machine? Should the nicer fabric be on top or next to feed dogs?
Thanks in advance, Pat in Virginia
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Posted by Polly Esther on October 25, 2009, 7:31 pm
Pppaaaaaaaaaat! (That's you in 3 syllables)!
Aren't you our resident black-belt world class Pfaff person?
It really shouldn't make any difference. I would expect the Pfaff
to handle the combination perfectly either way.
However. If you just must be certain - cut a strip of each fabric to
the same length - 10" ought to be plenty. Feed them through both ways to
see if you need to push or pull or hold firmly on either.
My beloved Pfaff (may she rest in peace) was always perfect. I nearly
didn't have to stay in the room with her. Polly
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"Pat in Virginia" <wrote> Greetings!
> My QOV bee will be assembling two more tops this week. One is a star
> sampler. I 'won' the blocks. We framed each block and today I trimmed that
> to size. I noticed that the blue framing fabric is a nicer quality than
> the green framing cloth. That one is okay, but might be a bit fussy. So,
> when we join these units, what is the advice on how to feed the pieces to
> the machine? Should the nicer fabric be on top or next to feed dogs?
> Thanks in advance, Pat in Virginia
>
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Posted by Pat in Virginia on October 27, 2009, 6:02 pm
Well, I think this one may be pieced by other SM. The group of four always
works this way: two quilters stitch on their SM, while the other two do the
pinning and pressing. My friend will bring her Janome Gem ( a lovely
portable by the way) and I may just use my Featherweight, instead of lugging
Pfilomina Pfaff downstairs. So I wondered if there was a rule of thumb. I
used to know that but I guess my brain has deleted some info!! Good thing we
have this group to help out in such times. I see that the consensus seems to
be that the fuss budget fabric needs to be next to the dogs. Thank y'all for
your advice!
Take care. Pat in Virginia
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> Pppaaaaaaaaaat! (That's you in 3 syllables)!
> Aren't you our resident black-belt world class Pfaff person?
> It really shouldn't make any difference. I would expect the Pfaff
> to handle the combination perfectly either way.
> However. If you just must be certain - cut a strip of each fabric to
> the same length - 10" ought to be plenty. Feed them through both ways to
> see if you need to push or pull or hold firmly on either.
> My beloved Pfaff (may she rest in peace) was always perfect. I nearly
> didn't have to stay in the room with her. Polly
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Posted by Taria on October 25, 2009, 7:40 pm
Hey Pat! We miss you around here. Nice to have you
back. I always go with 'the bigger patch on the bottom'
theory. I would think the fussy piece might be a bit less
stable so I'd put that on the bottom. Assembling odd
blocks together can be a challenge. I bet you'll do a
great job though.
Taria
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> Greetings!
> My QOV bee will be assembling two more tops this week. One is a star
> sampler. I 'won' the blocks. We framed each block and today I trimmed that
> to size. I noticed that the blue framing fabric is a nicer quality than
> the green framing cloth. That one is okay, but might be a bit fussy. So,
> when we join these units, what is the advice on how to feed the pieces to
> the machine? Should the nicer fabric be on top or next to feed dogs?
> Thanks in advance, Pat in Virginia
>
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Posted by Sunny on October 25, 2009, 7:45 pm
Both of my machines have built in feed equalizers. The Pfaff is just
about perfect on single layers of fabric. I don't quilt on her ....
it's just loads easier on the Janome. But if I was worried, I'd give
each a little stretch and put the stretchier one on the bottom. I
think.
Sunny
always willing to take a guess for a friend
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> My QOV bee will be assembling two more tops this week. One is a star
> sampler. I 'won' the blocks. We framed each block and today I trimmed that
> to size. I noticed that the blue framing fabric is a nicer quality than
> the green framing cloth. That one is okay, but might be a bit fussy. So,
> when we join these units, what is the advice on how to feed the pieces to
> the machine? Should the nicer fabric be on top or next to feed dogs?
> Thanks in advance, Pat in Virginia
>