The long-awaited Spider-Man/Marvel quilt finally got its turn in the quilt queue - especially since Mom helped come up w/perfect backing...Cobalt BLUE minky, a fav of the intended!
It had been long enough since yours truly finished up this top, forgot just how coool the fabrics are:
The back - w/Cobalt BLUE minky!
Spider-Man Fast Facts:
- Finished size: 62" x 80"
- Needle thread: 'Glow-in-the-Dark' Moonlight machine quilting thread
- Bobbin thread: Glide Royal Blue
- e2e quilting design: Bam, Zap, Wham! from UrbanElementz.com https://www.urbanelementz.com/bam-zap-wham.html
- Backing: Cobalt BLUE minky
- Batting: Quilter's Dream GREEN
- Loading/Quilting time: 6 hours
- Quilted to: Charlie Brown's Christmas - 'original' version
As a final caveat, was really struggling w/bobbin backlash/tension issues/looping, etc., utilizing this thread combo. Out of desperation to get that perfect stitch, resorted to using a 'pigtail' bobbin case recommended quite awhile ago by Mike, owner of The Machine Shop in western Illinois.
At the time, I pooh-poohed this idea, since HQ does not endorse this bobbin case for their longarm machines. But, they 'also' don't recommend using the Teflon washers many of us use - including yours truly in the past, to try and reduce bobbin backlash. (This time the backlash was soooo bad, when I would remove my bobbin after a thread break, the bobbin thread was unwound/loose in several layers, despite being firmly wound prior to loading! I've NEVER in ALL my years had such a development with a bobbin, and I wound several using different bobbins, they ALL continued to do this...quite frustrating.)
Well, Mike knew what he was talkin' about, because once I started using this pigtail bobbin case w/Glide thread in my bobbin, my thread issues w/looping/tension, etc., magically vanished...OMG! Perfect stitches front & back.
And the next baby quilt I quilted w/leftover backing...just gorgeous stitches!
I'm currently a Big Believer in this pigtail bobbin case. I will continue to use it on the next few baby quilts I quilt, since ALL of them will have minky backing w/Glide in the bobbin and possibly in the needle...Thanks, Mike for saving my Quilting Bacon ;-)
Later,
~Deb
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