I’m still re-visiting summer days in the dead of winter; we have wind chill advisories in many areas. Here is a photo I took late last summer… one of personal favorites. I was on my way home from teaching in Big Fork, MT, hoping to get across the mountains before dark to avoid as many deer as possible. Oh my, …
Very Important: With threads, the bigger the number (weight), the SMALLER the thread is. With needles, the bigger the number, the BIGGER a needle is. Once you get those two concepts in your mind, you can really begin to understand what will work for you in your machine, with the process or product you have. It’s all about the basics! …
BOBBIN PLAY Hints & Tips— the following information is copy and pasted from a handout I give to all my students in the classes I teach on free motion and more… a continuation of tips in a previous blog post on 12/15/10 on Bobbin Quilting. From “Frost on the Zinnias” by Leslie Ann McNeil — Use a loosened bobbin case …