It's taken me a long time but
I finally have some finishes!
This is a big basket of finished quilts
with a gratuitous chicken thrown in!
The first top up, is the Sea Glass quilt.
My big machine went out for a service and
an upgrade so this is the first time
I've set up the BSR, (a stitch regulator), after the service.
Ready to jump into quilting, I had my pattern chosen,
machine threaded and the stitch regulator wouldn't work!
I tried all the troubleshooting steps provided in the manual,
took it off and put it on a number of times,
and finally resorted to texting my service guru,
to see if the upgrades would cause the BSR to cease working.
Online rumors indicate that the BSR and
this model Bernina are not always compatible.
It did work before the service however.
As a last resort I took it off,
looked at it for a while,
and my practical brain finally kicked in.
Two things are essential for free motion quilting.
Dropping the feed dogs, to let the fabric move freely
and probably not having an even feed foot down!
I finally saw clearly, moved it up and
have been quilting on happily.
The pattern for this top is a water ripple,
appropriate for a water themed quilt.
After some practice on a sample,
I moved on to the top itself.
It took me awhile to get the feel of moving
the large quilt sandwich under the needle.
As always happens for me,
by the time the top is done I'm an expert!
The learning for this endeavor:
~choose a pattern that can be broken
into sections a little bit easier
~relax.
The green binding sets off the
watery colours quite nicely.
not only match the front perfectly
but also used up a bit of yardage!
Next up will be the Thousand pyramids top, Stay tuned!
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