tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816121512164080677.post8993160699077838357..comments2024-03-29T08:09:16.551-04:00Comments on Rebecca Grace Quilting: Cindy Needham's June 2012 FMQ Challenge Tutorial: Divide And Conquer!Rebecca Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14801489818836195754noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816121512164080677.post-78710661106343527492013-08-26T08:53:25.711-04:002013-08-26T08:53:25.711-04:00Great!Great!Holliehttp://besttreadmillforhomes.us/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816121512164080677.post-75806686923044790082013-07-24T09:53:30.586-04:002013-07-24T09:53:30.586-04:00Thanks, Marjorie! I don't think it's that...Thanks, Marjorie! I don't think it's that my machine refuses to play nicely with the heavier thread, though. Jenny's comment intrigued me, about how she has used King Tut thread successfully with a beefier wool batt and Radiance cotton/silk fabric. I wish I could see something like that. It occurred to me that I was using a very thin cotton batting with this piece, quilting fairly densely, and I probably just didn't choose the best thread for my fabric/batting or for quilting so densely. Also, Bernina has come out with a new part for the 7 Series machines that improves stitching in the bobbin area, and my dealer hasn't gotten that part in yet. It's possible that I'll have better luck with this thread once my machine gets its "fix" and is sewing up to Bernina standards.<br /><br />If you have done well with FMQ using Aurifil, you should try #100 silk next. You can pair it with 60/2 cotton embroidery thread in the bobbin. Your FMQ will look even more fantastic, and backtracking will be virtually invisible! :-)Rebecca Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14801489818836195754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816121512164080677.post-86415561570724780212013-07-24T07:41:31.815-04:002013-07-24T07:41:31.815-04:00I really love what you did with this. You conquere...I really love what you did with this. You conquered beautifully. And the applique is the piece de resistance. I have a hard time on FMQ with anything except Aurifil 50/2 as a top thread. Although I do like Masterpiece as a second choice for the top. I have decided every machine has it's own thread preference and in the end you have to cater to the machine.Marjoriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05805157633368980646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816121512164080677.post-30675347601756865482013-07-21T09:10:43.084-04:002013-07-21T09:10:43.084-04:00Gorgeous!! I really like this! Yeah, Tut can be tr...Gorgeous!! I really like this! Yeah, Tut can be tricky cause it's so thick. I have had success with it using wool batt on Radiance fabric-mushy+mushy+Tut worked. But anything with backtracking can be troublesome unless it's evenly distributed back tracking.I love the Tut on the black background with that fun letter fabric-bravo!Jenny K. Lyonhttp://quiltskipper.comnoreply@blogger.com