Comments on: The Landscape Quilt Is Finished

By: sewie

sewie — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 00:43:54 +0000

That quilt is absolutely stunning. I’m amazed you did it all by hand!

Hope you’re keeping well

By: Barbara

Barbara — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 01:40:15 +0000

Hey, Susan, you found me!

Thanks!

By: Susan Holmes

Susan Holmes — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 00:39:28 +0000

Great Pictures==you do super work

By: Barbara

Barbara — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:48:03 +0000

The threads breaking can have to do with several things, sherrie–it could be that you need to adjust the tension–probably your upper thread tension. Always start out with a new needle for quilting–sometimes a dull needle can cause thread breakage. The other possibility is that you are using different weights of thread in the bobbin and the top thread–some machines really don’t like you to do that unless you adjust the tension accordingly.

If you are using all purpose thread in your machine for quilting, depending on the batting and fabric, it may not be strong enough for quilting. I always use quilting thread in my quilts–well almost always–and I tend to use YLI or the Coats and Clarks heavy cotton quilting thread that comes on large cones. I also use Mettler–which is more expensive, but it never breaks in my machine, no matter what I am doing with it.

Also, if you are using monofilament “invisible thread” for your quilting–it can break easily. I personally never use the stuff because of that, though I know plenty of quilters who prefer it. I can’t stand the stuff myself, and won’t use it.

Those are the most common causes of thread breakage in machine quilting–check all of those and see if that helps.

By: sherrie

sherrie — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:49:02 +0000

love your quilt, do you have any suggestions for the machine quiltting, i keep having trouble with threads breaking i have tried everything, one quilt will work fine, and then the next i will have to fight with for 3 days and then end up with a problem on the next quilt, getting really frustrated, do you have any ideas looks like you have been doing this much longer than i have.