I took my Modern Fans I quilt off the machine the other day, trimmed it up and then....
I turned it over and noticed the horror on the back.
I hadn't checked the last bobbin's tension and I paid the price.
Actually, it was a partial bobbin I had put in. I had wound two bobbins for this quilt, figuring that would be enough. I had just one half row left in the pantograph when the last bobbin expired. So, I figured I could use a partial bobbin of the same color left over from a previous project. [Always nice to use use up the excess thread and free up a bobbin.] I assumed [I know, never assume] that the tension would be fine since I had used it on some other project - so I didn't check the tension. I just wanted to get it done. And I did and I removed it from the machine and cut the excess off and squared it up before I noticed the tension problem.
So, I've been stewing about it for the last several days. I was fretting about how to add fabric back to it so I could pin it back on the machine. Then there was the worry about getting the pantograph lined up correctly. It all sounded like too much. Several times I had just decided to heck with it - I'd leave it as is. Then I'd think, no! You can't leave it like that!
I made the binding and was about to put it on the other day when I decided that I had to fix it. So, this morning, while on our morning walk, I came up with idea to re-quilt it on my new Bernina (with my new walking foot).
I picked out the bad stuff. That went really fast - it was very loose on the back.
Using the holes left from the previous quilting, I was able to easily re-quilt it. They were all straight lines, so the walking foot worked perfectly.
With that done, I put the binding on, sewing it down with the Bernina on the back and then onto the front.
So, now it is done. And I feel good about it.
