If you’re going to press your HSTs open you may want to use a very short stitch at the ends and extend it past the cloth a stitch or two. I made an ironing board cover from ironing board fabric found

How I press the seams depends on the pattern. I usually try to press to one side. Sometimes it's impossible and you end up with a lot of bulk in one place, then I try to press open or fan them. Cas

I forgot what the original poster wanted to use a double needle in embroidery for? It seems there is so much thread to deal with already. Cas

RE18 should already show up on the second page of your available hoops I think, just click the down arrow. I bought it but don’t think the size is much different than SQ14 as far as saving on stabiliz

It takes forever to get parts to the dealer. Jim explained why before. I think he said they wait till they have a full order for a shipment from Japan, then it goes to the east coast, then to the deal

I bet a magic eraser would work.

Thanks for that information Vikki. That’s another reason I tried the Carol Doak papers. The June Taylor papers have to be fed through my printer one at a time and I have to pull out the drawer each ti

Using the Accufeed foot is a good idea too Jan, thanks! I tried taking the paper out of the center before I stitched but then I got a wavy seam, even when I used a short stitch. That’s why I tried thi

I went to the Straight stitch plate and A foot, and it went over the bulk ok. I changed from June Taylor to Carol Doak papers too. The Doak ones are thinner, basically newsprint with no print on them.

Yes, I used the HP foot with the HP plate. I just went back to the F foot with the straight stitch plate yesterday. I haven’t joined my halves yet so I haven’t been able to report the difference. Cas

Remember I mentioned my 15000 seemed to have no energy since I upgraded? My dealer told me it’s because I’ve been using the HP foot to do patchwork and paper piecing. He said it is intended for heavy

Swweeeeeeeeeeeeettttt! And congrats on more than 48 years. The font is cool too. J Cas

Thanks Jim, I always liked the moderation. I liked when your text was red too. Is that still possible? Cas

I quilted a fairly heavy purse before I updated. Sometimes going through 8 seams. It worked fine until I couldn't fit the purse under the body of the machine. Then I had to get my older Janome out so

The only thing I've noticed is it seems the machine can no longer handle bulk at all. I quilt and it has a hard time going over seams. It just sews in place. I kind of have to push the fabric to get i

That’s what I meant, the stuff on the motherboard. LOL. I didn’t mean the piece of plastic the parts were connected to would wear out. Motherboards can be replaced if damaged, obviously. I wonder how

I worry about them becoming obsolete too. I remember telling myself it’s ok to spend a small fortune since the machine would be all I’d ever need. I never thought about the motherboard wearing out. Ca

Hoopsisters has entire embroidered quilts. They are really dense designs though. I started one and wondered why I bought so much pretty fabric since it was covered up. I ended up cutting half the embe

I transfer wirelessly from my Win10 PC. I have my sewing machine settings turned to WiFi on and use the find feature just as you did within HL. Sometimes it takes a couple of tries. Cas

Thanks Roberta, I saw it in an article about purses on Craftsy, and remembered this conversation. Cas Hi Cas, The Pellon product is a stabilizer for things like collars and cuffs. It is definitely not