I am having a great time with my new Bernina machine. I went to the second class last night and learned all about the decorative and specialty stitches. I also had one of those incredibly valuable learning experiences before I went and was able to talk with the instructor about it.
I had reluctantly agreed to repair some lingerie (I hate do not like working with that slinky fabric at all!). Well, sure enough, the machine ate the fabric. My fix, after I took the machine apart and retrieved the fabric that had been stuffed down into the needle plate (that was learning experience #1 – taking the machine apart for the first time outside of the classroom), was to change the presser foot pressure. Well, it turns out that I didn’t actually do that - I had inadvertently changed the tension instead. Then I forgot to change it back when I returned to piecing on cotton (learning experience #2 – put a post-it note or something by the tension wheel so you’ll remember to change it back). Of course, I only noticed this after making 6 or 7 blocks. The bobbin stitching on the cotton was acceptable – I didn’t have to rip it out – but it needed to be returned to the proper setting to be perfect.
So to make this long story short, I was telling the instructor about my adventure and she reminded me that not only didn’t I need to change the presser foot pressure, that I didn’t even have the ability to change it on this machine. That’s when I found out it was the tension I had changed. Live and learn. So now it’s back to the piecing I love (on COTTON – the Fabric of Life – I’m very susceptible to advertising …LOL).
Here’s what else I finished up on Tuesday:
I also added the last row of my Quilt of Valor (maybe I should have ironed it!) and will take it to next month’s meeting for someone else to quilt on a longarm:
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