Chatterbox Quilts’ Blog
Helping Quilters Learn and Improve
When having issues like this, it's best to start from scratch and use a new bobbin and a new needle. Unthread your machine, clean out the bobbin area, insert a new needle, wind up a new bobbin, and then rethread your machine and see how it goes.
I know you have them: those tried and true tools that you use all the time in your studio. They might not be fancy or expensive - the don’t have to be, they just have to work!
Martelli Palm Quilting Paddle Set
I have tools that I love to use in the Chatterbox Quilts’ studio and I recently shared them with my YouTube audience. If you’re wondering what I like to use and can recommend will work well for you, check out my video below. #affiliatelink
For more information on all of these items, be sure to check in the Description below the video.
If you would like to see more of my favourite tools and books visit here.
Creatively,
P.S. Do you strive to improve your quilting skills? Do you want to have fun doing it? Do you want to meet other quilters in a supportive, safe environment? If you answered “yes” to these questions, you need to join The Quilter’s Way. The Quilter’s Way is the only quilting membership site that includes both training and an active, supportive online community. It’s not your grandmother’s quilting circle! Don’t wait another day! Join now.
P.S. I am an Amazon affiliate and, if you purchase items by clicking through the links in this post, I will receive a small amount of commission. This doesn’t cost you any more $$$, but helps me to continue creating free content for you. Thanks!
When I watch a quilting video, the teacher always seems so calm. Everything runs smoothly and any little hiccup is met with a small chuckle and an amusing comment. We all know that is not what real quilting is about.
If you’re like me, you shudder when you hear the words, “Quilt as desired” in the pattern instructions. This is so not helpful for someone who has never quilted a quilt before. How could you be expected to know what you should quilt on your first project? You would think that the pattern design would have some idea about what would look good on their design. So not fair!
Stop thinking about your quilting in terms of how much money you spend on quilting – a cost - but rather how happy it makes you – an investment in your well-being. This means being cost effective but not stingy. Invest rather than spend and be frugal rather than a penny pincher. Invest your time, your money, and yourself wisely: assess your investments by their value rather than solely by their cost/price.
