Re: sewing machine woes

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. wrote:
Anne, I hate to say this, but it sounds like operator error.

Maybe it's something like you are sewing one way on your sample (possibly paying very strict attention to all the 'rules'), the machine stitches well, you relax and think "whew, it's working great", and then when you relax on the actual quilt you revert back to whatever it is that makes the machine skip? Are you sewing the same speed with the machine and moving your hands in the same manner and speed as with the sample? The quilt- being larger and heavier than a sample- isn't hanging up on anything or the weight isn't pulling on it in any way?

Nor meant to criticize, just grabbing at straws cuz it sounds like you are doing everything else very right.


Honestly, I really can't see a problem, I'm starting off the same speed, the hands in the same position etc. from time to time I do get the error on the sample. For ages last night when I was lowering the needle to pull up the bobbin thread, it wasn't coming up, regardless of whether I was working on a sample, or what, that isn't operator error. There were also some wierd clunks coming from it at one point, but they seemed to smooth out over time (I did some piecing afterwards). Btw, the "real" bit I was working on is actually a border (for quilt as you go), so it's 10inches wide and really long, all nicely in a pile behind the machine so no catching or anything. When I was in the shop 2 weeks ago, they had me work on a big quilt so they could see what I was doing I could confirm I had no issues moving the quilt. Although the error seems fairly random and seems to occur more commonly when I'm working on something big, last night it was occurring on the samples numerous times too.

Whilst I'm not a supremely skilled quilter, this isn't new for me either, it's a new machine and I know I could do this on my old machine, but the shape of the harp means I get a sore wrist very fast.

Cheers
Anne
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