Little Genie Magic Bobbin Washers

Some time ago while participating in the Free motion quilt along with Leah Day I had a post, where I had some trouble using the Little Genie Magic Bobbin Washers, you can read all about it here.

During QAL #17 -get wired with circuit board I tried them out and clearly my machine did not agree with using them, so I never thought of trying to use it again.

Broke 2 needles moments after each
other using the bobbin washers

But then I thought, instead of putting the bobbin washer inside the bobbin casing I placed the washer inside the bobbin housing.  Now I'm certain its not the way they intended one on using it, but I just had to try it.  And I've had (so far) wonderful results.

Purple Diamond Quilt

I quilted my Purple Diamond Quilt with not one single thread break, or even a needle that broke like before.  I am glad that I could finally use them and that the bobbin washers made such a big difference.

No more frustration here, happy day :-)


Happy quilting

Purple Diamond

I named this quilt Pers Diamant translating Purple Diamond.  

I had so much fun making this quilt.  It measures 55½ by 77½ inches.

I started out by making a few mistakes with the fabric placement, you can read up on it here.  At first I tried random colour fabrics to make the block, but it just looked too busy, and it had no real structure, so I went back and changed it to the way it should have been, which turned out much better and much prettier, this post clearly shows the difference.

So instead of placing the blocks exactly alike next to each other, I rotated them, and it made the green diamonds look different from each other.

This is my personal best at piecing, my corners matched up close to perfect.  Clearly using a ¼ inch foot makes the world of difference when piecing your quilt.

I made my own stencil to quilt the inside blocks, using transparency paper.  I drew out the design with a marker, and used my husbands soldering iron and lightly touched the paper to burn out the design.  It worked out great.  

  

Here is a useful link that I've posted a few days ago to hand baste your quilt, the same method I used the baste his quilt.  And I'm happy to say I have not one single pleat or pucker at the back of my quilt.

Take care.

Happy quilting.

Hand basting your quilt

I've had a few e-mails asking me how/why I had my quilt rolled up on a piece of board.  So I decided to share Susan Schamber's videos on how to hand baste your quilt, easily and without putting any strain on your body.

It was the 1st time I've tried this method, and by far the most comfortable and effective way to baste your quilt.  I have not been quilting for a very long time yet, and basting my quilts was the one part of preparing my quilts that I never looked forward to, but after trying it, I will always (unless there's even an easier way) use this method.

I have finished quilting today and I'm busy hand stitching the binding, and I'm happy to say that there's not one pucker at the back of my quilt.  Cant wait to share the finished result.

This is a 2 part video, and I'm so glad to have found them.  

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Happy quilting.

Diamond block, -the way its intended UPDATE

If you go back to my previous post "Diamond block -the way its intended" you'll see what a mess I've made of a block which should be so simple.  I completely went at it all wrong, and I'm so glad I went back to change it.

Here is a sneak peak of my quilt.  I've finished basting it this afternoon, and I will start quilting tomorrow.

Happy quilting