Sorry for the dark picture. This was taken at 8am, natural light, but this time of year the days get so short here. It'll be dark again by 4pm. Our long summer days make up for it, but sometimes I miss the more regular daylight cycles that I grew up with in Louisiana.
I got some quilting done yesterday, hope to do more today, and hope to finish it by Friday!
This is also the first big quilt I've made with my new Janome MC 6600 sewing machine, and all doubts about the decision to sell my Pfaff are now erased. My new Janome quilts like a dream! I'm using readily available Coats and Clark thread, and haven't skipped a stitch, broken a thread, or had any problems whatsoever! It also sails right over all of the thick seams like they aren't even there. I'm so happy!!!
I'm not quite as fond of the quilting foot on the Janome as I was with the Pfaff, and I still miss the empty bobbin alarm, but may fish out my old foot from my New Home machine and see if it is better. The inch less of throat space is barely noticeable. One other feature that I didn't realize would make a difference is that with the manual tension disks on the Janome, I don't have to reset anything when I turn off and on my machine. With the Pfaff, I had to program in the tension settings when I was quilting each time I turned the machine on. Ugh! It's nice to have them set up and stay! It's also nice to be able to use all of my thread again, and not have to wait for an on-line order of special thread to get delivered to me.
It's Wednesday, so I'm linking up with Lee's WIP Wed. Come join us!
It is looking fantastic! Changing machines always takes some time to adjust, doesn't it?
ReplyDeleteTip from another "short day"quilter...when you upload the pictures onto your computer, click Edit, and you can lighten them by changing the "exposure" setting.
Your quilt is very pretty!! Hope the quilting is coming along as you planned!
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