Margo wrote: This quilt you've lead us to is lovely. I love how she quilted it, as well. Margo thanks for the link.

I have been doing pineapple blocks ever since I got my pineapple tool shortly after the episode with Gylean. But it took me until today to find this Pineapple discussion on the Forum. You'll all soon get to know that Lois has trouble finding lots of things on this cite. LOL I love, love, love the discusion. And I have a quilt top nearly ready to quilt. Have to make decisions about the boarders. I took a picture of it as it is right now. Excuse the quality. Photoman would not approve. It's laying on the floor. On the other hand, the Quilt Police would be happy. It's not hanging on the design wall until I get all those bias edges stabilized with a floating boarder. Then it will go back on the wall to audition more boarders. It's now 64'' sq. and I want it to be about 86" sq.

Renata wrote:
And I'm glad that the quilting is going better now!!

Nancy

Reetzbobeetz wrote: So nice that you are happy with your treasure --I am really looking forward to seeing it! I need some inspiration to try one...

And it really does feel like you are creating a treasure! I am quilting mine at the moment and it is such a lovely joyous quilt I am very happy with it. I will post a photo when I am done.

You will really enjoy it and use up those scraps! Karen

Am ordering my T to T ruler tomorrow!!!

Thanks for that Renata. One of my machines has a bobbin like that so it's useful to know anyway. The one I am using has a top-loading bobbin so it's completely different. The machine is a Pfaff Expression 02.

Good morning, Rita!
Glad things worked out for you with Rainbow thread. Before I read the posts this morning, I found another possible solution if this happens again. I have not tried it but it makes sense to me. I found it on the Bernina website.

I don't know what kind of machine you have so I don't know whether this is relevant to you. My Bernina 380 bobbin case has a finger protruding. If you thread the bobbin thread through that finger, often that will compensate for the differences in thread weights between your upper thread (Rainbow 40 wt) and lower thread (Bottom Line 60 wt).
Renata

tannes wrote:
toni-anne, for tips on using the TQS forum (including signatures and posting photos) check here: [url]forum/forum-questions-and-suggestions/4275-tips-for-using-the-tqs-forum[/url]

hi its toni again, The rabbits name is mixy which we adopted several years a go and my full name it toni-anne , I am really glad the all worked out well. Now i am asking how do i get my signature on screen Thanks toni-anne

WHOO-HOO!! So glad you got that figured out!

Ladies, and Toni the Rabbit , I think that without this forum and all your very valuable help I would have given up this hobby at least 6 months ago. I cannot tell you just how wonderful it is to have this kind of information available at my fingertips. My local dealer is 3 hours away by car so he's not much help really.

Dawn, I wasn't using a cone of thread and the thread was not caught on the spool pin. Fi, I will remember that bit of advice about putting a thread net on with a cone. Pam, I had dropped the feed dogs and released the IDT so that wasn't the problem. And Margo, I did watch Bob's video but that didn't help either. Toni, I did stop and went to bed. Got up this morning re-threaded everything, checked my tension, changed to another 90/14 needle in case it was the needle and still no joy. So I had a break went back and tried Renata's suggestion of a Schmetz universal 80/12 needle. THE SCHMETZ UNIVERSAL 80/12 NEEDLE WORKED!Thanks for all of your suggestions I really appreciate them. I am now going back to wobble my way through this quilting design with less dread in my stomach. Rita.

Reetzbobeetz wrote:
hi its toni. when having a problem with thread . Stop have a coffee and a pill and lie down. rethread the machine,clean machine change needle, Put tention back to normal and try again, I hope that helps a little.
good luck toni

I just finished quilting a quilt using Superior Highlights thread with my HQ 16, and had the thread start breaking after quilting two rows with no problem. I've done whole quilts with Rainbows and Highlights without the thread breaking, so I know it works. Changed the needle,checked tension, watched Bob's video, still no luck. Then I remembered "thread net" (I was using a cone). Put one on and no problems after that.
Fi