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Posted by Alice in PA on October 13, 2009, 5:00 pm
Yes, but TWO lemons!! So sorry Musicmaker; hope they get things
straightened out ASAP.
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Alice in PA
http://community.webshots.com/user/twosonsatpsu
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> ack!!!!
> take no prisoners.
> this must be fixed at their expense.
> hell i'd be asking for them to have it delivered to your front door as
> soon
> as it is fixed too.
> if they cant fix it in a reasonable time they should replace it with a new
> one.
> sometimes a machine is just a lemon and must be replaced.
> TAKE NO PRISONERS!!!!!!!!!
> good luck,
> j.
> "Musicmaker" wrote ...
> I'm on my way to the quilt shop sith my new janome 1600p. Having done
> everything the Janome site suggested to get the machine to stop
> breaking thread, I finally took the machine off the frame and tried
> free motion quilting a sample sandwich and it breaks the top thread
> even sooner OFF the frame! I made it an inch. So now I have a 1 hour
> drive to the "L"QS.
> Musicmaker
>
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Posted by aardvarq on October 13, 2009, 9:03 pm
aardvarq had written this in response to
http://www.sewgirls.com/quilting/Re-wish-me-luck-140876-.htm :
Can someone point me toward a pattern or directions for making cloth
leaders for a machine quilting frame?
I just got my first frame, a Husqvarna Next Generation. I know it is the
older model, but it was new in the box and very inexpensive. In general,
I like it.
Problem is their super snazzy "fabri-fast" system lets the backing fabric
slip of the roller before I even finish getting all of it pressed into
place. All I can say is it is fast to drop the fabric.
Gracie sells cloth leader kits to add to the frame, but I am hesitant to
buy sight unseen.
Are there patterns, directions, or such out there?
Thanks in advance for any pointers.
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Posted by Sherry on October 13, 2009, 11:15 pm
On Oct 13, 8:03=A0pm, aardvarq05_at_gmail_dot_...@foo.com (aardvarq)
wrote:
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> aardvarq had written this in response tohttp://www.sewgirls.com/quilting/=
Re-wish-me-luck-140876-.htm=A0:
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> Can someone point me toward a pattern or directions for making cloth
> leaders for a machine quilting frame?
> I just got my first frame, a Husqvarna Next Generation. =A0I know it is t=
he
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> older model, but it was new in the box and very inexpensive. =A0In genera=
l,
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> I like it.
> Problem is their super snazzy "fabri-fast" system lets the backing fabric
> slip of the roller before I even finish getting all of it pressed into
> place. =A0All I can say is it is fast to drop the fabric.
> Gracie sells cloth leader kits to add to the frame, but I am hesitant to
> buy sight unseen.
> Are there patterns, directions, or such out there?
> Thanks in advance for any pointers.
I bought a Little Gracie HAND quilting frame, which came with
instructions to
make the leaders. Would that help you at all?
I was originally going to buy their leaders, because they're gridded,
and have
the velcro and all. But they were a hundred dollars. I gotta get on a
budget,
and $100 for a bit of muslin and velcro isn't on it.
Sherry
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Posted by Musicmaker on October 14, 2009, 8:02 am
Ok, I'm back home and the machine, on the frame, is working as it's
supposed to! Mr Stewart, an ancient man who owns the LQS and has been
in the sewing machine business since before I was born, sat down with
me and helped me to learn what to look for. It turns out that he's
the one who originally taught Wendy Butler Berns how to machine quilt!
Anyway, my needle, face plate, bobbin and case were all properly
threaded and working, no burrs etc. He said that 90% of the thread
breaking problems could be traced either to the way the machine is
threaded, or to the spool of thread itself. Both of the spools of
thread that I'd been using were spools I purchased on sale at a booth
at the Chicago Quilt festival back in April - and both had issues with
how they were wound on the spool. He showed me how to set up a spool
that had some issues and how to watch for any kind of 'catching' or
resistance from the spool as the thread plays out, and how to
determine, before I buy thread, if it's properly wound with the right
number of strands in it.
YYAAYYYY. TY for the prayers and wishes - I only had time for 10
minutes of quilting after all that, but it was flawless quilting!
Musicmaker, who doesn't mind the issue being user error as long as
there is a solution for the user!!
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Posted by Polly Esther on October 14, 2009, 8:46 am
Well, how wonderful. What a happy way to start my day (and yours). Just a
few times, I have changed spools of thread and my SM problems disappeared.
Happy, happy for you. Polly
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> Ok, I'm back home and the machine, on the frame, is working as it's
> supposed to! Mr Stewart, an ancient man who owns the LQS and has been
> in the sewing machine business since before I was born, sat down with
> me and helped me to learn what to look for. It turns out that he's
> the one who originally taught Wendy Butler Berns how to machine quilt!
> Anyway, my needle, face plate, bobbin and case were all properly
> threaded and working, no burrs etc. He said that 90% of the thread
> breaking problems could be traced either to the way the machine is
> threaded, or to the spool of thread itself. Both of the spools of
> thread that I'd been using were spools I purchased on sale at a booth
> at the Chicago Quilt festival back in April - and both had issues with
> how they were wound on the spool. He showed me how to set up a spool
> that had some issues and how to watch for any kind of 'catching' or
> resistance from the spool as the thread plays out, and how to
> determine, before I buy thread, if it's properly wound with the right
> number of strands in it.
> YYAAYYYY. TY for the prayers and wishes - I only had time for 10
> minutes of quilting after all that, but it was flawless quilting!
> Musicmaker, who doesn't mind the issue being user error as long as
> there is a solution for the user!!
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> take no prisoners.
> this must be fixed at their expense.
> hell i'd be asking for them to have it delivered to your front door as
> soon
> as it is fixed too.
> if they cant fix it in a reasonable time they should replace it with a new
> one.
> sometimes a machine is just a lemon and must be replaced.
> TAKE NO PRISONERS!!!!!!!!!
> good luck,
> j.
> "Musicmaker" wrote ...
> I'm on my way to the quilt shop sith my new janome 1600p. Having done
> everything the Janome site suggested to get the machine to stop
> breaking thread, I finally took the machine off the frame and tried
> free motion quilting a sample sandwich and it breaks the top thread
> even sooner OFF the frame! I made it an inch. So now I have a 1 hour
> drive to the "L"QS.
> Musicmaker
>