My Longarm Learning

Shredding Thread, Skipped Stitches and Stitch Formation - Explained by Liz Holpin, Pinhole Quilting There is nothing more frustrating than when you're quilting along and you find your thread is skipping stitches, the thread is shredding or breaking. It can really affect your quilting mojo!  You check you thread and your needle and can't find out what is wrong. So, let's look at what the components are of skipping, shredding and the longarm needle. We'll also consider some aspects of the thread and what might be happening there.  We'll also cover Timing, Needles and in particular the High Speed or MR Needles. We hope that with this knowledge you will be able to analyse what is happening with your machine and fix your skipped stitches with less frustration so that you can get on and quilt! This information is for Handi Quilter machines. Much of this content is taken from the Technical Guidance notes written by Glen Salter at Handi Quilter Technical Support and is copy

Quilts for Care Leavers Charity Quiltathon 20th to 21st October 2021 This week the Pinhole Quilting Showroom was transformed into a quilt mass production line for Quilts for Care Leavers. On the weeks before we had been receiving quilts from around the country from quilters who had been making quilts on monthly "block drives". You can read more about Quilts for Care Leavers on the their Facebook page.  Here are images from the event..When they are finished they are called "hugs" because so often many of the children leaving care may not have had the number of hugs that you, I or your children or grandchildren take for granted.  We hope that our quilts go some way to helping with a hug every time they wrap their own quilt around them. They get to pick their own quilt from the quilts available. This is also so important. It is their choice. In their lives many of the choices may have been made for them.  Preparation Day 1 Day 2 The amazing thing was the amount of quil