Ok, I haven't binded/bound it yet, but here are the pics (laid on a King size bed, but the quilt is Queen):
Puckering below (if you can see it) and some stitches ripped out :(
Binding below. And a kitty that likes to play with it :)
1. Trying to baste (spray) on a design wall that is not suited for a quilt of this size.
2. Not spraying it thoroughly because of the size and the design wall limitations.
3. Not checking underneath while free motion quilting to make sure there were no problems (especially since I was breaking thread between every loopy flower design).
4. The quilt was so big and my sewing table so small, there was a ton of adjusting and a ton of overhang causing the baste to lose its hold.
5. Quit trying to rush things and looking for instant gratification.
I could go on and on I am sure. But, I think next time I will just be extra careful to check the back more often. I might even pin some of the outer areas (this is where most of the problems occurred). A nice solution would be to just buy a long arm :) Would probably make a Queen much easier to deal with! I know I was flattening and spreading, but I just did not feel the puckers with my gloves on! And, it happened in about 15 places!!!!!
Anyway, thought I would share. My mind is fluttering with tons of other ideas for fixing or for what went wrong, but feel free to share your thoughts!
I'm linking up at Freshly Pieced WIP Wednesdays!
I also wanted to mention that I have linked up at the "new bloggers" link party. If I reach 50 followers, I'm having a giveaway!
Until next time,
Mike.
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I feel your pain. I had the bright idea to buy a Little Gracie frame to put my Janome 6600 on. Fortunately, the quilt shop owner talked me out of it and into her demo model of an HQ16. I am so happy she did.
I really like your quilt and I am sorry about the puckers.
My sewing machine is awesome, but I just really need more space. Hard to come by in the northeast (where I live). It comes at a premium. I'm lucky to have a large sewing room. I'm hoping to make it more spacious and to tailor it to a more efficient and useful space. Thanks for stopping by!
On my last quilt I was checking the back every foot or so and repinning it if needed...and I still got big puckers! I'm always astonished by how flat the quilts I see at shows are, I don't know how they are able to quilt them so perfect and flat.
Oh Dear Mike! I don't see the puckers :) okay, I did not use magnifying glasses :) you should wash and dry the quilt and see it after, you might not even notice it because the whole quilt will pucker!:) when you baste you should baste on the floor if you have enough room and stretch out the backing really tight. I usually use the beige color masking tape. After spray basting i pin baste just to make sure it won't become a "mother pucker" quilt :) I like your quilt a lot, hope your Mom will like it too! oh, and the kitty is adorable! Where are you in the Northeast?
P.S. that table on the right should be on the left of the sewing machine to support the weight of the quilt. Someone was blogging about machine quilting yesterday how you have to start in the bottom right corner and devide the quilt in quarters. When finishing the bottom right turn it a quarterand go from there this way most the quilt will be to the left of the needle. Hope it helped. Ifyou think you should check out Leah Day's machine quilting tips at the free mtion quilting project quilt along.
So true! I think it will get better with time! Thanks for stopping by!
I work in NYC and live in NJ (around the city so no good quilting stores :( ) Anyway, the pics I took were not the best pictures of puckers. I didn't take pics of the worst ones cuz I took them out before I thought of it :) I don't have room on the floor :( I could use my driveway, but I am worried about keeping it clean, although it would help with all the fumes :)
The table on the right is just for the printer (on the computer). I put the ironing board on the left (at the same level) to help hold it up, but it is just not enough. I already follow Leah, she got me started on the whole FMQ thing. I just wish I had a big table extender to the left and the back!!! Thanks for following! I already follow you, so thanks for all your sharing!
I've never used the basting spray so I don't have any advice - but just writing to say I feel your pain and look forward to hearing your solutions.
Well, I've only spray basted and I've had good luck with it, but this large quilt has made spray basting difficult. I was surprised to find out that it was either not basted properly, or not holding together well. The spray is very sticky :) I think it was human error. I'm working on another Queen soon, so I will update. Thanks for stopping by!!!
I always start in the centre because that is how I Was taught but would be totally open to trying a new way. Do you have the addy of the blog Kati?
I pebble quilted my sister-in-laws quilt and was horrified at the back but then I washed it and it ended up being ok.
We have a 700 sq ft place and I mop up the floor and move the furniture and a queen just fits on my living room floor. My greatest spray basting tool is my soldier husband who did a lot of map tacking back in the day and does an amazing job getting things super flat. I totally reccomend farming it out to the miliary if you can :)
I have yet to quilt a queen quilt on my machine though. I am a bit terrified of messing up the beautiful top and I think my machine may have less harp space than yours and I definitley don't have the space for support tables! Gah! What am I going to do with the queen quilts that need quilting!?
Anyway I think the quilt looks great and your mom is going to love it!
I might consider the living room floor next time (it's hardwood)- thanks for the idea. Yeah, I figured washing it would hide the puckering, but I just needed it to be right in my mind ;) I bet you can fit a queen in your harp space. I just bunch it in, it works fine. I guess it depends on how thick your batting is. I used quilters dream (low loft I think) and it wasn't too bad. Anyway, thanks for the advice!
More important than sharing ideas about puckering...I think it's a GREAT quilt!!! The colors are fun and it's a great design. If I was a recipient of this wonderful quilt...I KNOW I wouldn't "notice" ANY puckers. Sometimes, it isn't about the perfection of the completed project...it's more about the loving time put into it...and the journey for the maker. =)
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I LOVE your quilt! Have you checked Leah out? She is full of ideas and might be able to help. I'm an amateur myself. http://www.freemotionquilting.blogspot.com/
Thank you! I love Leah. She taught me A LOT!!!!
I've been following blogs from the Linky Party and saw you were doing the same thing! I've done some machine quilting usually just meandering. I use a ton of safety pins to baste the darn thing. Some people have told me I use too many but I rarely get puckers. Not sure if that helps. I think it happens to everyone. I'm glad I found your blog and hope you enjoy mine too!
You have a new follower :) !!!! Yeah, I'm thinking of pinning and spraying. I hate stopping to take the pins out and the spray is usually very good. That's why I think I missed some places with the spray.
I'm sorry about the puckers in your quilt--although they really don't show up in the photos. I spray basted for a while but don't like the off-gassing. I've pin basted very close together (no more than a fist's distance apart), but it takes a long time to close hundreds of pins. A year or so ago, I went back to thread basting after watching two of Sharon Schamber's thread basting videos on you-tube. Her method keeps the quilt and back pucker-free and takes less time than pinning. (When I baste large quilts, I do it in our church fellowship hall because I can do it on 6 ft. tables set end to end, so the job is more comfortable than crawling around on the floor.)
As for feeling the lumps while quilting, I don't wear gloves. I just put down two slightly smaller than hand-size rectangles of that rubberized shelf-liner stuff. (My hands stay cooler and are more mobile, and I can feel the quilt better.)
Glad I found your blog.
Although I'm no expert,I have watched many episodes of Sewing with Nancy(!), I would have to say that maybe the old-fashioned way of using pins - or as Dora mentioned, thread basting. That sounds a lot easier and just as efficient as the pins. Good luck fixing it. I think it still looks nice though!!
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