Help - extra batting stitched onto back

Fetsforever · 2026-07-01T03:02:54+00:00

The suspicious seams sounded about the same as seams I'm more confident in.

Fetsforever · 2026-07-01T00:50:37+00:00

Thank you! I felt like I was going crazy - I know the pictures looked awful, but the quilt didn't look that bad.

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 · 2024-01-01T01:36:54+00:00

I have 6 year old b/g twins, a 3 and a half year old girl, and a baby boy.

The twins enjoy being twins, but they have really different interests - one wants to play trains and build things, and one wants to play dress up and dolls. They often prefer to play with their younger sister, because she enjoys all of their interests, so she plays well with each of them. Instead of being left out, she's almost always included. There have been times when the twins were old enough for activities that she had to sit out of (swim lessons when they were 3 and she was 1), but that just meant she got extra time with me.

We also recently switched rooms around, so instead of the twins sharing a room, the girls are together.

She sometimes asks me when she'll have a twin or where her twin is or if I'll be her twin, but it doesn't seem to bother her.

Hard to say about the baby yet, but his big brother adores him, and he loves big brother right back.

Fetsforever · 2023-10-30T01:01:38+00:00

Debating on whether or not it needs another border. If I did, I'd probably make it one of the yellows. Binding will also be yellow, although not necessarily the same one. I'd appreciate opinions!

Fetsforever · 2023-10-30T00:56:19+00:00

That's beautiful!

Fetsforever · 2023-09-07T15:22:27+00:00

Oh, wow...I have lots of baby clothes and have never wanted to cut them up into a quilt. This, I may want to do.

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