I should have done this earlier this week, I have been away for the weekend, and come back thinking, I better have a go or the next one will be going and I am running behind trying to catch up all the time.
So I fitted the correct foot on. i adjusted the presser foot tension. I pushed the button. And it wouldn't play. Aaaargh. Why no play today?? Silly thing. I took it all off, and tried again. Still not playing. I could sew but not with my foot.
Eventually, havin searched the manual front to back and back to front- I think There has to be something on the internet?? How stupid can I get. The flashing symbol on the machine tells me exactly why it isn't playing. FGor this foot it insists on putting the feed dogs down, and I hadn't!
The machine is cleverer than I am ( not that that says much) and It knows what I am doing wrong. It just can't shout loud enough to get me to understand.Whew. So feed dogs down and we are off.
Want to see the hopeless result? Unfortunately i forgot to put a strong contrast on to let me see detail of my mess but, I will show you.
This is the back, Grotty picture, but some loops are visible. And the front?
Unfortunately I have some excellent patches of excess fabric bunching in between the loops. I shall have to have another go, with more contrast, but first go at this pattern, so I am getting somewhere.I have learnt, I cope better travelling Left to Right. I cope better looping down from the top, rather than up from the bottom. I need lots more practice. And I am dead mean over the fabric I am prepared to use. Anything I like, even if I have no use for it, I don't want to 'waste' on practice. even tough I need the practice and know it is not a waste. Attitude adjustment please.
Now go look at everyone else at fluffy sheep and see what they have done, 'cos they are all much better than my effort.
5 comments:
Good Job! I'm not sure why your fabric bunched up, but you could spray baste it if it continues to be a problem.
I'm really loving looking at everyone's samples and I can't wait to see how fast we all improve!
Did you pin the sandwich together at all? If not I would guess that's why your fabric bunched in the middle. I agree with Pat, spray basting would work too. I totally hear you on not wanting to use your beloved fabric for practice! I have like 5 yards of this orange sateen stuff I got on super super sale so I'm using that, lol.
drops of death hahahahahaha! The shapes look really good. I agree that it looks like basting is the problem. I don't actually baste mine because they're only small squares but I have to really pull it tight. I'm definitely going to try spray basting because there's no way I would fmq a quilt with pins in it!!
Your machine is clearly VERY intelligent - a tad annoying though!! I don't like it when machines have all the power it's way too Terminator 2 for my liking!!
Baste somehow, Sarah! Your shapes look good it is just that the layers seem to have slipped. I definitely find it easier to go in one direction rather than another and sometimes find it easier unpside down !
Keep going we will all get there!
OH MY that title is a RIOT! Hmmm, I don't know why it bunched but all the suggestions above are lovely ideas. I too am really very mean about my own fabric choices...I don't want to use my lovelies on something that is almost guaranteed to turn out ugly!!! Hahahaha!!!
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