Clematis Flower Pattern and Kits |
The Keys to successful Renegade Thread Play are to have a
few of the right tools and follow your cut fused piece on each petal. All the
work you did of cutting out those little strips and wedges or vines in the
petals are your hit lines for how to curve your thread when quilting.
1. Do not go fast. Medium fast is great.
2. Having something on you hand is a must for better control. Aka, Gloves. It really makes for better stitches.
4. Heat is your friend when sewing through Steam-A-Seam 2. Warm up the area that you are about to quilt
with your hot DRY iron. Steam will make your quilt wet. You can't quilt through a wet quilt. The heat melts and softens the fusible web. This makes its easy to sew through.
This only works with Steam A Seam 2. That is why I use it. You can iron it over and over. Not all fusible can take over ironing.
5. Lower your top thread tension. I wish I could give you a magical number, but every sewing machine has its own number, and that number can change from day to day. Depending on how moody your machine is. The manufactures number for regular domestic sewing is around 4, 5. But when doing free motion quilting you are pulling and tugging on the fabric under the needle which means you need the tension to be looser than normal. You need to have the tension at a lower number like 3, 2, or 1. I move the number down a little at a time, always looking at the front and back of my stitches, to see if I have equal tension on both sides.
6. I am using Rayon thread to do Renegade Thread Play. I love this thread because of it shine and comes in vibrant colors. Rayon is very delicate and can break or fray very easily if you do not know how to handle it. I coat every spool of rayon thread before I thread my machine and after I wind my bobbin with Sewers Aid. Its a lubricate that keeps the thread from being nicked or frayed while moving through the sewing machine and needle. I squeeze 3 to 4 lines of sewers aid a crossed the spool, length wise and squish it in.
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