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acufill hoops w/magnets
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Claire Schutz
I would suggest to anyone interested in
the batting discussion, check out the one from
anembroideredaffair.com She carries one everyone is raving
about. I did purchase it but have not used it as yet. This brand
is about 94" wide. You have to belong to the group, Claire s.
On 9/6/2014 2:50 AM, laucke2011@... [janome12000] wrote:
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laucke2011@...
I use Matilda's own wool/cotton batting because I like the warmth you get from it Naomi
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Pam Schwarz <schwarzpam60@...>
From: "schwarzpam60@... [janome12000]"
To: janome12000@... Sent: Friday, September 5, 2014 7:39 PM Subject: [janome12000] Re: acufill hoops w/magnets May I ask what batting you are using. I find this interesting. I am getting ready to do a quilt Jacobean Journey but am not fond with doing the bias binding on the back and don't really care if it is reversible. Love all the ideas and thoughts that are posted on here. Thank you. Pam
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J Fraker
Warm and Natural is fantastic. I also use Polyfil polyester batting, both high loft and low loft, and Hobbs 80/20. I actually like the Polyfil a lot. I started using it because it is relatively easy to find without having to order it or make a trip to a quilt shop (there aren't any really close to me). Although it is polyester, I toss it and any other batting I'm using in the dryer with a damp towel for awhile before using because that takes out the wrinkles and any shrinkage there might be. From: "schwarzpam60@... [janome12000]"
To: janome12000@... Sent: Friday, September 5, 2014 7:39 PM Subject: [janome12000] Re: acufill hoops w/magnets May I ask what batting you are using. I find this interesting. I am getting ready to do a quilt Jacobean Journey but am not fond with doing the bias binding on the back and don't really care if it is reversible. Love all the ideas and thoughts that are posted on here. Thank you. Pam
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Virginia
I always use a layer of no show mesh and then my batting under the quilt designbefore I add the backing.
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Virginia -----Original Message----- From: Benny Malone bkm4562@... [janome12000] To: janome12000 Sent: Fri, Sep 5, 2014 7:30 pm Subject: Re: [janome12000] Re: acufill hoops w/magnets I also use a single layer of light weight stabilizer--NOT fusible, under the batting. Gives great embroidery and neat back of quilt.
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schwarzpam60@...
May I ask what batting you are using. I find this interesting. I am getting ready to do a quilt Jacobean Journey but am not fond with doing the bias binding on the back and don't really care if it is reversible. Love all the ideas and thoughts that are posted on here. Thank you. Pam
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laucke2011@...
I bought another set of magnets off ebay and put on top of the existing ones which have made them stronger and I haven't had a plastic clamp pop off since. I have magnetic hoops for my brother pr600 which has much stronger magnets and it has not affected that machine if anyone is worrying about magnets. Naomi
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Benny Malone
I also use a single layer of light weight stabilizer--NOT fusible, under the batting. Gives great embroidery and neat back of quilt. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 5, 2014, at 7:59 AM, "J Fraker frakersfunnyfarm@... [janome12000]" <janome12000@...> wrote:
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janetpiekarski
There really isn't anything for the batting to get caught on-the feed teeth are down and if you don't have the embroidery unit attached, that plug thing should be protected by the cover (that you should put back on when the unit isn't there, so I guess I just don't understand the worry.
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JoAnn Novak
How did you solve the problem with the
magnets??
Wondering users want to know. JoAnn Life's biggest decision is what you do
with Jesus.
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J Fraker
I haven't had any problem with the batting getting caught. If you use a good quality batting, I think that would help. If you are worried, you could always slide a piece of lightweight stabilizer underneath. I do it that way because embroideries don't always look perfect on the back and because it reduces the bulk I have to deal with. To each his own, everyone has a different way of doing things. From: "laucke2011@... [janome12000]"
To: janome12000@... Sent: Thursday, September 4, 2014 11:15 PM Subject: [janome12000] Re: acufill hoops w/magnets Yes I would have thought that batting would get caught and to me I wanted to do it all at once, and I have since sorted my problem with magnets popping off. Naomi
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laucke2011@...
Yes I would have thought that batting would get caught and to me I wanted to do it all at once, and I have since sorted my problem with magnets popping off. Naomi
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schwarzpam60@...
Hello, I just joined this group tonight. I have the 15000 and love it. I am curious about this not putting the backing on when using the acufill. Do you not have any problems with the batting getting caught? I also teach the use of the Janome machines and have not had any of my students have any problems with the magnets coming off. When you put the magnets on are you putting them on from the inside out, kinda like rolling them on? The fabric can't be pulled too tight, as well as someone already stated the weight of the quilt has to be supported.
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Benny Malone
This sounds like a great idea! It becomes a two step quilting process--parts, then the whole. The complicated quilting is done by the embroidery function of the machine and then switch to the machine's ordinary sewing function to structurally complete the quilt. No free-motion! After several classes and shoulder-aching aftermaths, I've decided that free-motioning quilting isn't for me. But I love the look, and myJanome 15000! Thanks for sharing this technique. Sent from my iPad On Aug 30, 2014, at 7:13 AM, "J Fraker frakersfunnyfarm@... [janome12000]" <janome12000@...> wrote:
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joyofsew@...
From: J Fraker frakersfunnyfarm@... [janome12000] ; To: ; Subject: Re: [janome12000] Re: acufill hoops w/magnets Sent: Sat, Aug 30, 2014 12:13:29 PM
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J Fraker
Yes, the whole quilt top is done. The batting is cut slightly larger than the quilt top. Then the top and batting are quilted. I start somewhere in the middle of the quilt and work my way outward all the way around. I can roll up the quilt top and find that I don't even have to do any pinning this way. I just quilt a small space, then smooth the batting outward and quilt another space, kind of working in circles outward from the center until the whole top is quilted. The backing is cut slightly larger than the now quilted top and batting. The backing is then layered with the already quilted top and batting and I just stitch in the ditch around some of the blocks using a walking foot. It isn't necessary for the backing to be densely
quilted, just the top and batting. This eliminates a lot of bulk when doing the actual quilting. It is kind of an extra step, but the time and effort it saves in not having to wrestle a huge quilt in the hoop more than makes up for it. From: "quiltless@... [janome12000]" To: janome12000@... Sent: Friday, August 29, 2014 8:07 PM Subject: Re: [janome12000] Re: acufill hoops w/magnets I didn't understand J Fraker's response, but it sounds like a very interesting quilting method .
So you don't make the whole top before quilting? Is the batting cut to the same size as the quilt block? How do you join the blocks? ---In janome12000@..., wrote : When I am quilting with the embroidery machine, I hoop only the top and batting. Then the backing can be added by just doing some stitching in the ditch around blocks.
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Mary Ann
Please tell us what the jumbo clips are and where to obtain them. thanks
From: janome12000@... [mailto:janome12000@...]
Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2014 8:20 AM To: janome12000@... Subject: Re: [janome12000] acufill hoops w/magnets
One can also use the jumbo clips. I find those work quite well, however, they too also bear watching.
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J Fraker
When I am quilting with the embroidery machine, I hoop only the top and batting. Then the backing can be added by just doing some stitching in the ditch around blocks. Sometimes embroidery doesn't look great on the back anyway, and this eliminates any of it showing. It also makes it much easier to quilt by reducing the bulk. The extra time needed to add the backing is offset by the fact that the quilting is much easier. From: "capaul@... [janome12000]"
To: janome12000@... Sent: Friday, August 29, 2014 3:54 AM Subject: Re: [janome12000] Re: acufill hoops w/magnets I used the ASQ22 hoop for the whole baby quilt that I made for my grandson - some magnets popped off every single hooping - but I persevered and the quilt is quilted. I have several sets of the magnets as I kept some from my 11000 that I gave to my daughter (in case she ever came with the machine to sew here and forgot hers at home). I didn't matter - I know that this quilt was just to thick for this project - I will probably never use the combination of fabrics again to quilt this way. I believe it was over-kill to use a nice cotton top, a quilt batting AND then minky for the backing - but we have cold winters here. Then again what kid has ever kept blankets on when they sleep! I was very pleased with the quilt when it was all finished and I only had one mishap and that was easily fixed - only about 500 stitches to remove and it was the very last block, so I was lucky. What I did learn was that the little
magnets when they popped off they would move into the sewing area whereas the big ones just fell right beside where they were. That did create some stress - as I wouldn't have wanted the needle to catch one of those. Another thing was that the design took only about 5 minutes to sew out and not a full speed either, so it wasn't a long wait until the next hooping. I just have to comment on the use of this hoop - my understanding is that Acufill is meant to be able to do large quilts - why would Janome have developed a program to do multiple hooping for any other reason. I did not ever let this quilt drag so that was not the problem - the thickness was, but once I had started it needed to be finished, and I managed to live through it. Cheryl - Saskatoon
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Cheryl Paul
I used the ASQ22 hoop for the whole baby quilt that I made for my grandson - some magnets popped off every single hooping - but I persevered and the quilt is quilted. I have several sets of the magnets as I kept some from my 11000 that I gave to my daughter (in case she ever came with the machine to sew here and forgot hers at home). I didn't matter - I know that this quilt was just to thick for this project - I will probably never use the combination of fabrics again to quilt this way. I believe it was over-kill to use a nice cotton top, a quilt batting AND then minky for the backing - but we have cold winters here. Then again what kid has ever kept blankets on when they sleep! I was very pleased with the quilt when it was all finished and I only had one mishap and that was easily fixed - only about 500 stitches to remove and it was the very last block, so I was lucky. What I did learn was that the little magnets when they popped off they would move into the sewing area whereas the big ones just fell right beside where they were. That did create some stress - as I wouldn't have wanted the needle to catch one of those. Another thing was that the design took only about 5 minutes to sew out and not a full speed either, so it wasn't a long wait until the next hooping.
I just have to comment on the use of this hoop - my understanding is that Acufill is meant to be able to do large quilts - why would Janome have developed a program to do multiple hooping for any other reason. I did not ever let this quilt drag so that was not the problem - the thickness was, but once I had started it needed to be finished, and I managed to live through it. Cheryl - Saskatoon |
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HEATHER COWAN
I have had no trouble with my magnets holding heavy fabrics. Sometimes I don't even bother using them all as the hoop works well with four or six. Could your magnets be damaged .. Plastic can get stretched. Can you try someone else's magnets or borrow some from a shop to try. Not everything comes from the factory perfect. I once had trouble with stitch quality on a machine ... Drove me nuts (short drive) and I spent many hours trying to find a resolution. Turned out I had a package of plastic bobbins which were all warped. Good luck with a solution. Love the in the hoop quilting Hugs heather Sent from my iPad On Aug 28, 2014, at 5:22 AM, "Gail Berkler gberkler@... [janome12000]" <janome12000@...> wrote:
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