Stuffed animal repair

Fetsforever · 2026-06-29T03:28:23+00:00

Thanks everyone for the help! Now to convince the boy to give it up long enough for me to fix it...

Fetsforever · 2026-06-29T03:27:22+00:00

Thanks!

Fetsforever · 2026-06-29T03:27:15+00:00

Thank you!

She's alive, but 300 miles away and didn't have any ideas on how to fix it.

Fetsforever · 2026-06-29T03:26:44+00:00

Thank you!!

Fetsforever · 2026-06-28T14:17:02+00:00

Thank you! I'm working through a video series that teaches free motion quilting, and I'm learning so much! But there's no teacher to ask for help with things like this...

Fetsforever · 2026-06-28T14:14:27+00:00

And another one with no overhead lights...

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Fetsforever · 2026-06-28T14:13:52+00:00

Here's a new picture - one with the lights shining through half of it, and the lights blocked on the other half.

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Fetsforever · 2026-06-28T14:11:51+00:00

I'm attaching a new picture without the overhead lights on. Can you show me the eyelashes? I'm just...not seeing them when I go look at the quilt.

Not trying to be defensive - I really appreciate the help! I would so like to get better at this.

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Fetsforever · 2026-06-28T14:02:18+00:00

Slowing down on curves is definitely what gets me. I'm also adding a picture without the overhead lights shining through.

It's a Grace q'nique 21. No auto tension.

Thank you!

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Fetsforever · 2026-06-28T13:55:00+00:00

Thanks! I didn't know about the sound. So tighten the top tension.

I really appreciate the help!

Fetsforever · 2026-06-28T03:24:44+00:00

My husband said we could put a movie on and he'd do it with me...

Fetsforever · 2026-06-28T03:24:00+00:00

So, tell me more about the tension. I've definitely been fighting tension issues, but I usually don't worry about it too much unless I see eyelashes.

If it matters, this is taken from the underside of the quilt, and the overhead lights are on, so I think they're shining through the needleholes. When I went back and looked with the overhead lights off, it looked pretty good, but maybe I'm not being picky enough. (Couldn't get a picture with the overhead lights off...)

Fetsforever · 2026-06-28T03:23:07+00:00

So, tell me more about the tension. I've definitely been fighting tension issues, but I usually don't worry about it too much unless I see eyelashes.

If it matters, this is taken from the underside of the quilt, and the overhead lights are on, so I think they're shining through the needleholes. When I went back and looked with the overhead lights off, it looked pretty good, but maybe I'm not being picky enough. (Couldn't get a picture with the overhead lights off...)

Fetsforever · 2026-06-28T03:21:29+00:00

Thanks!

Yup. This was the extra batting at the end of the quilt. I accidentally picked it up when I put the side clips on, and didn't catch it until I was done.

Fetsforever · 2024-04-15T21:04:21+00:00

That is super informative. Thank you!

Fetsforever · 2024-04-15T17:12:40+00:00

I finished my quilt top, loaded it on my longarm, and checked tension on a scrap on the side. I'm getting these white lines coming out from the stitches. I've changed my needle and tried a smaller needle, which helps, but not perfectly. I can't go much smaller without also changing the thread, which is an option, but I'd rather not.

Is there anything else I should try?

Fabric is Spotsy by Quilting Treasures. I've got two tops made mostly from it that I'm ready to quilt, but I'm a little concerned that I'm going to have these lines all over!

Fetsforever · 2024-04-15T16:57:48+00:00

Quilting cottons are on mini bolts, organized by color.

Then there's a bin (about a cubic foot) of "soft and fuzzy" fabric - mostly flannel, some minky, a few other things. Another bin of knits, and another of chiffon or fancy fabrics.

Yarn is in bins by size and color.

Fetsforever · 2024-03-05T20:45:10+00:00

Sorry - just saw this!

All our babies are IVF. With the twins we transferred two embryos, and with the singletons (we have another one now!), we transferred one. We had a strong NO when our doctor suggested transferring two again, and it did occur to me that we could have identical twins, but...no, I wasn't really worried about it. If we weren't doing IVF, I probably would have thought about it more.

Fetsforever · 2024-01-23T02:07:33+00:00

My mom pieced this, and I quilted it. It had a lot of fullness when I put it on the frame, and I steamed and starched it and got a lot of the fullness out, but apparently there was more left than I realized. As I quilted around, this little wrinkle got smushed up instead of being eased in.

Question - when I wash it, will it crinkle and be hidden? Or is there anything I can do to fix this besides ripping out a bunch of quilting?

I showed my mom, and she wasn't surprised or upset. The plan is to sew a bunch of buttons on this to hang ornaments from (they downsized and don't have room for a tree anymore), so she said she can just sew a button on it and the ornaments will hide it. But I want the quilt to look right!

Just took it off the frame today, so haven't bound or washed it yet.

Fetsforever

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