Prewound bobbins .

Prewound bobbins .

After reading up on prewound bobbins from different companies , i thought i would give them ago.
Ordered them online at the week end , Ten arrived this morning , with 150 meters of Maderia bobbin thread in white .

They are tight fit , you can remove the cardboard from both sides .  they work well in both my Singer and Frister Rossmann quilting machine . .


The thread that Im using  mostly in my projects now are 
Marathon Rayon thread.
YLI Ultrasheen ,
Anchor Alcazar viscose Rayon  .

I find working with all these threads while using the prewound bobbins have given
me the finish that ive been looking for ,  they also help eliminate thread build up when Hyperquilting  or free motion quilting , no more breaks or hang ups with the tension either.

So if you havent givent these little beauties a try and you find that you are having a few lower thread tension
problem , try out them out and see how you go .

Happy Quilting

Julie

Quilted Table Runner .

Quilted Table Runner . 

 Ive picked out this fabric , its one that i dyed the other week , ive used some polydown polyester
batting for the sandwich with a plain lavender fabric backing . using 505 spray to keep the whole sandwich together .

 Used some paper stuck together to make the 48inch strip , so that i can draw out my design .

then cutting out the outline , so that i can get a rough idea for placement on  the fabric, then filling in
the separate feather details with a fine chalk pencil .

so far i have used a teal coloured thread for the outline .

updates later .

Happy Quilting .

Julie

Wall Hanging Hyperquilting update pictures .

Wall Hanging 

Hyperquilting Update. 

I'm very pleased this one is finished , used colours to match the fabric .

Here you will find a number of pictures showing you the finished item .

As you will notice i have used some of the fabric that i tie dyed the other week . this final border was quilted using a variegated sulky rayon thread , and a corresponding colour in the bobbin in polyester . both by Gutermann machine Threads .











All the guide lines of the stems were drawn out first , then i did my best to match the feather designs as
i went along .


Here is the center filler designs .

Enjoying myself so much , its knowing when to stop . ....

 The outer filler quilting i  used a pebble design .

The finished corner designs .

Happy Quilting

Julie

Thread tidy ideas....

Thread tidy bands. 

Like many of us out there, keeping your threads neat and tidy can become a bit of a problem.

Whether you keep your spools of thread in boxes , or on display , stopping those threads

from unwinding and getting tangled with others can become problem , not to mention how untidy they look.

So off  I went to  purchase some small children's head bands, these became the answer to a tidy thread collection.

As you can see I have more than enough of these, it's handy having many different colours.
The next time you are working on a project and selecting your threads  , instead of looking like this ......

 they can look like this ..... you have to agree so much better ..

No more tangled threads .. 

Happy Quilting.

Julie