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Posted by Roberta Zollner on October 18, 2006, 9:03 am
OK, I'm machine quilting, everything going along just fine. Stippling along
the border, bobbin runs out. Put a new one in and keep sewing. Finished the
border and had a look at the back for bloopers. Aargh! All the bit with the
new bobbin, about 3/4 of the entire border, looked like loopy needle-punch
on a string. Obviously I either threaded the bobbin wrong, or there was a
bit of lint in there to muck up the tension. So as I was ripping out all
that work, I thought how great it would be if my machine had a warning
(flashing red light, loud siren?) whenever the back of the work looked like
crap. After all, it gives me a "low bobbin" icon. So would somebody please
invent one?
I am still amazed that the machine just kept stitching along with no protest
whatsoever, and the top side looked great!
--
Roberta in D
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Posted by KJ on October 18, 2006, 9:42 am
I'm dealing with this too Roberta. Maybe not as loopy as yours, but
certainly not nice to look at. I've been machine quilting on a baby quilt
for a gift. I checked tension on a practice piece, but I think my
machine/hand speed made the tension goofy. I NEED a BSR!!!!
KJ
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> OK, I'm machine quilting, everything going along just fine. Stippling
> along the border, bobbin runs out. Put a new one in and keep sewing.
> Finished the border and had a look at the back for bloopers. Aargh! All
> the bit with the new bobbin, about 3/4 of the entire border, looked like
> loopy needle-punch on a string. Obviously I either threaded the bobbin
> wrong, or there was a bit of lint in there to muck up the tension. So as I
> was ripping out all that work, I thought how great it would be if my
> machine had a warning (flashing red light, loud siren?) whenever the back
> of the work looked like crap. After all, it gives me a "low bobbin" icon.
> So would somebody please invent one?
> I am still amazed that the machine just kept stitching along with no
> protest whatsoever, and the top side looked great!
> --
> Roberta in D
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Posted by Patti on October 18, 2006, 10:46 am
I wouldn't dare invent one for an ugly back of my work (even if I
could). I would go mad from all the buzzing or flashing lights it would
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emit >g<
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>OK, I'm machine quilting, everything going along just fine. Stippling along
>the border, bobbin runs out. Put a new one in and keep sewing. Finished the
>border and had a look at the back for bloopers. Aargh! All the bit with the
>new bobbin, about 3/4 of the entire border, looked like loopy needle-punch
>on a string. Obviously I either threaded the bobbin wrong, or there was a
>bit of lint in there to muck up the tension. So as I was ripping out all
>that work, I thought how great it would be if my machine had a warning
>(flashing red light, loud siren?) whenever the back of the work looked like
>crap. After all, it gives me a "low bobbin" icon. So would somebody please
>invent one?
>I am still amazed that the machine just kept stitching along with no protest
>whatsoever, and the top side looked great!
--
Best Regards
pat on the hill
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Posted by polly esther on October 18, 2006, 12:45 pm
I probably watch the back of my stitching as much as I watch the top -
probably because they're usually for babies and very often, babies prefer
the backing. Plus - we wouldn't want any tiny fingers or wee little toes
getting caught in a loose, loopy stitch. BSR is calling to me too. Has
anyone given the new Pfaff with their own version of regulating stitch a
test drive? Polly
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>I wouldn't dare invent one for an ugly back of my work (even if I could).
>I would go mad from all the buzzing or flashing lights it would emit >g<
> .
>>OK, I'm machine quilting, everything going along just fine. Stippling
>>along
>>the border, bobbin runs out. Put a new one in and keep sewing. Finished
>>the
>>border and had a look at the back for bloopers. Aargh! All the bit with
>>the
>>new bobbin, about 3/4 of the entire border, looked like loopy needle-punch
>>on a string. Obviously I either threaded the bobbin wrong, or there was a
>>bit of lint in there to muck up the tension. So as I was ripping out all
>>that work, I thought how great it would be if my machine had a warning
>>(flashing red light, loud siren?) whenever the back of the work looked
>>like
>>crap. After all, it gives me a "low bobbin" icon. So would somebody please
>>invent one?
>>I am still amazed that the machine just kept stitching along with no
>>protest
>>whatsoever, and the top side looked great!
> --
> Best Regards
> pat on the hill
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Posted by Laurie G. on October 18, 2006, 1:14 pm
I have 3 friends who purchased the stitch regulator for the Pfaff. 2 have
returned it and the 3rd hasn't gotten hers yet. One of the 2 did buy the
Bernina (she is also keeping her Pfaff). It seems the Pfaff was a poor
imitation. I did try the Bernina and it wasn't bad. I wouldn't trade in my
Pfaff for it but if I was in the market for a new machine to use for
quilting, I would definitely give it serious consideration.
I would suggest trying them both on an actual quilt sandwich before
choosing.
Laurie G. in CA (who really likes to free-motion quilt without special
stuff!)
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>I probably watch the back of my stitching as much as I watch the top -
>probably because they're usually for babies and very often, babies prefer
>the backing. Plus - we wouldn't want any tiny fingers or wee little toes
>getting caught in a loose, loopy stitch. BSR is calling to me too. Has
>anyone given the new Pfaff with their own version of regulating stitch a
>test drive? Polly
>>I wouldn't dare invent one for an ugly back of my work (even if I could).
>>I would go mad from all the buzzing or flashing lights it would emit >g<
>> .
>>>OK, I'm machine quilting, everything going along just fine. Stippling
>>>along
>>>the border, bobbin runs out. Put a new one in and keep sewing. Finished
>>>the
>>>border and had a look at the back for bloopers. Aargh! All the bit with
>>>the
>>>new bobbin, about 3/4 of the entire border, looked like loopy
>>>needle-punch
>>>on a string. Obviously I either threaded the bobbin wrong, or there was a
>>>bit of lint in there to muck up the tension. So as I was ripping out all
>>>that work, I thought how great it would be if my machine had a warning
>>>(flashing red light, loud siren?) whenever the back of the work looked
>>>like
>>>crap. After all, it gives me a "low bobbin" icon. So would somebody
>>>please
>>>invent one?
>>>I am still amazed that the machine just kept stitching along with no
>>>protest
>>>whatsoever, and the top side looked great!
>> --
>> Best Regards
>> pat on the hill
>
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> along the border, bobbin runs out. Put a new one in and keep sewing.
> Finished the border and had a look at the back for bloopers. Aargh! All
> the bit with the new bobbin, about 3/4 of the entire border, looked like
> loopy needle-punch on a string. Obviously I either threaded the bobbin
> wrong, or there was a bit of lint in there to muck up the tension. So as I
> was ripping out all that work, I thought how great it would be if my
> machine had a warning (flashing red light, loud siren?) whenever the back
> of the work looked like crap. After all, it gives me a "low bobbin" icon.
> So would somebody please invent one?
> I am still amazed that the machine just kept stitching along with no
> protest whatsoever, and the top side looked great!
> --
> Roberta in D
>