I think it was a problem with the thread moreso than the bobbin. Usually when I have bobbin troubles, the bobbin thread gets all bunched up IN the machine. This was more like the metallic thread was becoming 'feathery' or 'eyelashing' on the bottom of the quilt (I used metallic on top and then regular black thread on the bottom). That's usually some kind of tensioning issue. Normally I can work it out by adjusting my machine, but it seemed no matter what I did it kept wanting to screw up. When I switched to using the walking foot (so called because it pulls the fabric from both the top AND the bottom of the fabric, and helps it 'walk' along) it was much better and didn't seem to feather as much. I'm thinking that maybe the metallic thread is just picky, and when using the darning foot I couldn't keep my stitches as evenly spaced apart... which might have attributed to the feathering.
Or I could be totally wrong! :)
I think this is only my third legitimate quilt. Cora's quilt was my second, and I made a quilt two years ago as a kotatsu blanket (a kotatsu is a table that is low to the ground with a heating element underneath. You throw a large blanket over the top to keep the heat trapped). I need to go back and re-stitch that one, however, since it wasn't done very well. I've also done a quilted tea-cozy, but I don't think that counts!
I'm much like you, though -- if it all stays together, then I'm happy with it. Maybe as I become more experienced I'll try some more fancy things, but I'm pretty happy with things as they are! :)
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Date: 2011-03-19 03:06 am (UTC)Or I could be totally wrong! :)
I think this is only my third legitimate quilt. Cora's quilt was my second, and I made a quilt two years ago as a kotatsu blanket (a kotatsu is a table that is low to the ground with a heating element underneath. You throw a large blanket over the top to keep the heat trapped). I need to go back and re-stitch that one, however, since it wasn't done very well. I've also done a quilted tea-cozy, but I don't think that counts!
I'm much like you, though -- if it all stays together, then I'm happy with it. Maybe as I become more experienced I'll try some more fancy things, but I'm pretty happy with things as they are! :)