tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816121512164080677.post3981265150181888800..comments2024-03-27T20:05:01.726-04:00Comments on Rebecca Grace Quilting: Stencils for Long Arm Quilting, Part Three: None of the Magic Tricks Are WorkingRebecca Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14801489818836195754noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816121512164080677.post-29050520960484134102020-05-22T21:06:32.044-04:002020-05-22T21:06:32.044-04:00Dorie Hruska of Forever Quilting, uses an APQS lon...Dorie Hruska of Forever Quilting, uses an APQS longarm and speaks of using the Miracle Chalk with stencils. The work I have seen is with commercial stencils rather than homemade needle hole type. I wonder if she could be of any help.K Yeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02147748314553951506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816121512164080677.post-42321675547121477842020-05-22T11:27:41.343-04:002020-05-22T11:27:41.343-04:00When the next person needs information about how t...When the next person needs information about how to mark quilts, by, you will have encyclopedic (well maybe dictionary) knowledge! When you figure this all out it will be encyclopedic. Your quilting is getting better and better. Keep moving forward. SJSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16370080233134944653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816121512164080677.post-37774525075098214312020-05-21T19:45:43.124-04:002020-05-21T19:45:43.124-04:00It's funny... I've had one of those pouncy...It's funny... I've had one of those pouncy things to use with the chalk and could never get it to work. I was told to "pounce" it for about 5 minutes to load it with the chalk. I probably pounced it for an hour over several sessions and finally gave up on it. You are probably right that the starch is keeping the chalk from adhering to your fabric. It's looking good!Ramonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08372490691404713146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816121512164080677.post-38439027857380472482020-05-21T15:41:48.369-04:002020-05-21T15:41:48.369-04:00I've taken a couple of classes with Jamie Wall...I've taken a couple of classes with Jamie Wallen. He's great. One of his suggestions was to very lightly mist your chalk lines with cheap hairspray. He used aquanet, I think. Not soak the quilt in it, not spray back and forth; just one "chhhht" over your lines. Haven't tried it myself, but am going to because I'm having some of the same issues with the chalk bouncing off. Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08808152874411068234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816121512164080677.post-55454409867206091472020-05-21T13:19:12.009-04:002020-05-21T13:19:12.009-04:00I bought my used Millie from a woman the quilts fo...I bought my used Millie from a woman the quilts for a living and uses pounce marked stencils to mark her top off the frame with good success. I suspect you are on to something with the starch being the culprit, but if you wanted to try one more product, she uses an "iron off pounce" that I can't readily remember the name of, I just have those words in my notes from the day I picked up the machine.Quilty Chaoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13403495024143427242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816121512164080677.post-25363944446013748152020-05-21T11:18:39.382-04:002020-05-21T11:18:39.382-04:00You are learning a lot doing this. I am sure as I ...You are learning a lot doing this. I am sure as I can be the starch is not helping you with the marking. It does sit on top of the fibers and some starch backs heavily to help them move when quilting on a sit down machine. I love my zippers. It is so fast to put something on and a dream to check tension. I did get another set of leaders so I could have the other if I needed it....doubt I ever will! I even like it for table runners,etc as it is so fast. I have heard of some sort of camera that people have rigged to see the underside of the quilt, not sure I’ll ever do that but I can see it would be a help. Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11621591443896350515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816121512164080677.post-35562219800904821552020-05-21T11:13:15.512-04:002020-05-21T11:13:15.512-04:00I would want to rip the bad tension area out too b...I would want to rip the bad tension area out too because if you are using the quilt on a bed or whatever you would still see them from time to time and they don't look good and like you say - you wash and dry the quilt and who knows what would happen to them - I'm surprised some said to leave them in. Once I had someone give me a machine quilted baby quilt to pass on to a charity I was collecting for and saw one big area of this on the back of the quilt - I couldn't in good conscious pass it on - I marked the design with my blue wash out pen and ripped the whole area out and restitched it before continuing it to the donation - the person that made it hadn't to have seen it as it was near the binding area that she stitched by hand but still hadn't fixed the bad tension area.Karen - Quilts...etc.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07293429657903986492noreply@blogger.com