Sew, I need your help......Esther and others that Sew (pics added)

[Ky Kim]

I didn't have this problem when I made two other quilts.  My thread is fraying out at the needle and breaking  .  Thought maybe it was the needle, and changed that  .  That didn't help.  I'm about to  , and chuck the whole thing.  You think maybe the thread could be bad?  The stitches look fine, top and bottom.  I'm just getting aggravated at it. 

I didn't think of it until now, to change thread and mess around on some scrap material .  Maybe it just helped to get away and type this and it made me think.  I will be upset if it is the thread.  I've gotten alot done, although I've had to re-thread the needle on each cat that I have done.

Kim

[livetogarden]

Kim,
  My guesses are bad thread or the tensions on your machine. I have had this happen at times and it was usually from either a dull needle or bad spool of thread. I did find one time that there was some tiny peices of thread around my bobbin case which made the thread be goofy but that only happened once. Hope you figure it out.
Cath

[EagleEye]

I have 5 quilts that were hand stitched. sometime I'll have to post a pic. My aunt used to teach quilting and when she died, she gave me one that she had finished. I only use it for a short time each summer. She also made one for my son when he was born.
My neighbor lady makes quilts and have 3 of hers. (Actually now that I think on it, they are sewn with a machine.)
Very old fashioned but beautiful. One on each of our beds.

All I can say is that you have a lot more patience than I ever will.
I always appreciate quality

Steve

[GAJen]

Out of my league.......me no sew.

[Ky Kim]

Just a look of more of the squares laid out.  Still haven't decided to just do a block/checkerboard, or something creative in between.  I haven't even bought the material for the strips/squares yet.  I'll lay it back out in the floor tomorrow and mess with it a bit and try to make up my mind.  I only have 5 more cats to do.   Personally I would rather it be softer colors MIL likes bright...

   Kim

[emm]

That is going to be a really pretty quilt Kim.  The cats are very cute.  Hope you've sorted out your thread problem by now.  Any thoughts I may have had on the subject have already been suggested.  I find that cheap thread breaks continually in my machine but if it worked fine at the beginning that shouldn't be the problem.  I once had a spool that had a tiny, tiny little nick on it that kept catching the thread and breaking it.  It was extremely frustrating until I noticed what the problem was.  emm

[Esther]

My eyes say to use the blue of the heart for your connecting pieces. By the way, thread must not be stored in the light, especially in the sun. So stuff it in the drawers. Obviously the sun weakens the thread. At times there can be a snag inside the bobbin area that catches the thread and pulls it or makes it not always sew correctly  in the tension area. If you are experiencing this stuff, your machine may need cleaning or repair.

[cindy]

I love the kitty quilt.

My thread kept breaking and I thought it was my machine - again.  When I went to pull the thread off, it broke in my hands and it was a name brand, new spool.

[Ky Kim]

I'm on a different part of it, and using a different thread and I'm not having any more problems.  I went ahead and bought some more of the blue in a smaller spool that was the same color.  I was afraid to buy another just like what I had, thinking it might have came off the same line that day.  I haven't tried it yet, but so far so good with the apriocot.

Kim

[cindy]

Kim, since Walmart is dropping their fabric section, where are you getting your fabric?  The closet one for me now is the fabric store at Indian Trail.

[Ky Kim]

I go to Hancocks Fabrics alot here lately, but I do go to Walmart in Valley alot.

I just looked I didn't realize you were from here, or are you the one out by Mt. Washington???  Or something like that.  (I had forgot, sorry  ).......that's cool. 

We might have to be like the others and meet someday for lunch.....

Kim

[livetogarden]

Are all Wal-Marts dropping their fabric dep. or just the one by you gals?
Cath

[Ky Kim]

Oh, I hope not Cath....I would be lost without that section.  The one by our house is always busy.

Kim