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| Long skipped stitch while going backwards |
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| Skipped stitches in almost the identical spot on the next time around the flower. |
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| The closed toe foot is the standard foot that comes with the machine. The open toe is optional. |
Color Me Quilty!
Pat
Showing posts with label presser foot. Show all posts
Showing posts with label presser foot. Show all posts
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Detecting Foot Problems.
To those who regularly read my this blog know that I have had a love/hate relationship with my Pfaff Quilters Expression 4.0. It likes to break and shred thread when I FMQ. It has been driving me crazy. So I have taken it to the shop and have the exact same machine on loan. The first night I got the loaner machine I played around on a scrap quilt sandwich and nary a skipped stitch. Hope was springing that they could find and fix the problem with my machine. Last night I decided to do a sample quilt sandwich for my Elephant quilt.
What did I change from the previous night??? The FOOT!
The first night I had left on the standard closed toe foot. Last night, I wanted to be more precise in my stitches, I put on the open toe. That's when the problems started.
While the closed toe foot is better, because it doesn't seem to skip stitches, the visibility with foot is not great.
The open toe offers great visibility, but skipped stitches. I can't seem to win! When I purchased this machine, the closed toe was a deal breaker. Then they told me about the open toe, I was sold. I think this may be a piece of POOR German engineering. Maybe there is a fix. I would sure love it if there was.
I did have a little fun FMQ last night.
Color Me Quilty!
Pat
Color Me Quilty!
Pat
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
High Shank! Low Shank! Am I making progress?
Summer is always such a busy time when you live on the lake. You would think it would be peaceful and fun, but with the picnics and drop-in guests it quickly turns chaotic. Sew the question is, can I make any progress on my quilty projects?
The answer is "it depends". I started working on my super-secret project last night. I needed to put a zipper foot on my machine. I own two Babylocks, one is the Ellegante and the other is the Esanta (see picture below). My mom told me (I recently inherited these beautiful machines), that the presser feet were interchangeable. Well, almost true (I forgive you mom!). The Ellegante is a low shank machine and the Esante is a high shank machine that has an adapter to accommodate some low shank feet. I tried the zipper foot I wanted to use (see pictures 1 and 2 below). A nice narrow foot, that doesn't go low enough to hold the material.
Sew, I had to go with the option 2 zipper foot, not nearly as nice!
The best part I have the next few days off (to host MORE picnics) and I WILL get some sewing done!
Sew, go have some fun!
Pat
The answer is "it depends". I started working on my super-secret project last night. I needed to put a zipper foot on my machine. I own two Babylocks, one is the Ellegante and the other is the Esanta (see picture below). My mom told me (I recently inherited these beautiful machines), that the presser feet were interchangeable. Well, almost true (I forgive you mom!). The Ellegante is a low shank machine and the Esante is a high shank machine that has an adapter to accommodate some low shank feet. I tried the zipper foot I wanted to use (see pictures 1 and 2 below). A nice narrow foot, that doesn't go low enough to hold the material.
Sew, I had to go with the option 2 zipper foot, not nearly as nice!
But it did get the job done! Zipper is ready and...
The handles are ready.
The best part I have the next few days off (to host MORE picnics) and I WILL get some sewing done!
Sew, go have some fun!
Pat
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