It only took us seven takes (neither one of us being familiar with Mr. Right Now [i.e. the camera that isn't (mine, that is)]). Wow. If I really tried, I wonder how many parentetical references I could fit within a single paranthetical reference!
Anyway! Our little masterpiece is about the "stopping" issue I asked about a couple of weeks ago. Some of you sent me links and detailed explanations, and I thank you, so very much for them - but as I tried to parse out the different techniques I remembered that when I first started quilting, I asked a young man named Adam, of Real Men Quilt (who does beautiful long arm quilting) how to stop. And he said "The same way you start". (The "duh" was implied.) :)
That didn't make sense to me at the time (not knowing how to properly start was part of the issue *laughs*) but as I read all of your answers, his came back to me. So I tried it. And it worked!
When making the video, we were worried about time constraints (for some reason, the screen of Mr. Right Now consistently went black at 1:50 seconds), so I wasn't as fullsome in my explanation as I would have liked to be. I double knot those threads when I tie them off so they're nice and secure, for instance. And I make the thread tails so long because I have arthritic fingers and have difficulty tying them off if they're shorter, so you may not need to pull the fabric forward so far or make your bobbin thread so long. And depending on the quilting motif, I try to start and stop in the same place. Stuff like that. :)
But the basics are there, and if you have any questions, I'd be happy to answer from the small store of knowledge I have. So feel free to ask.
Hope that helps those of you weren't as knowledgable as some of my readers! :)
And also, I've decided to join in another WIP challenge - this time I'm doing Finn's UFO Challenge . You simply pledge to finish whatever number of projects you want by New Year's Eve. I've decided to finish Love Drops, Spring Forward, my as yet unnamed Boy Blankie and one I haven't blogged about here yet called Bento Blues. Those are all queen sized quilts, so I'm going to be very busy if I want to keep up with making some new ones I have in my head.
It's going to be a productive fall, I think. :) Yay!
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You seem to be making hard work of that, Diva. You should be able to pull the bobbin thread up by just pulling on the top thread and then lifting the loop of bobbin thread with a needle. I'm also not sure that on it's own this would secure the threads if the start and finish were in different places.
ReplyDeleteThank you for spending the time making this video for us! I've never bothered to be neat with my ends on experimental pieces but I will need to know exactly this when I actually get around to the proper quilting part:-))
ReplyDeleteIts really lovely to be able to put a voice to the face:-)
I want to hear you but I'm at work so I can't! But your video is great! It makes sense now but I'm not sure I would have figured it out on my own. Thanks for figuring it out for us!
ReplyDeleteHi Diva, got your email and am adding you to the UFO Challenge with 4 quilts *VBS* Good to have you on board with us, stitching our way to the new year.
ReplyDeleteI did notice your blog is set to "no-reply" and I was unable to acknowledge your email. You could change that, if you desire, by clicking on the "view full profile" and adding the email feature. Happy Stitching, Finn
I've just dropped in on your delightful blog from Finn's to see what you're New Year's Eve project is. Looking forward to seeing the exciting works going on. Warmly, *karendianne.
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