Today was long arm day. I was looking forward to finishing my Noteworthy quilt and starting to use it. Well, it’s going to be a while before I have a finished product.
I won’t go into all of the boring details for you, but the punchline is that I didn’t come home with finished quilt because the bobbin tension on the 2nd bobbin was off and I didn’t realize it until I took the quilt off the frame. DOH! That meant ripping out the quilting. A lot of ripping. We’re talking like 1/2 of the quilt. Three of us ripped for quite a while, and I got to bring it home to rip out the rest. I don’t know when I’ll be up to finishing ripping. No fun!
Here it is still loaded on the frame when I was blissfully unaware of the problem…
I may not get back to this until February or March, and honestly, I’m OK with that!
Wanna-Be-Quilter 
😦 How frustrating! It will be worth it when you finish it. It is lovely!
It was VERY frustrating. I’m still sad about it. I think I just need to fold it up and put it away for a while, then come back to it in a couple of months.
Sorry to hear. It’ll be fab once finished.
Thanks, Vera!
Oh no! Bobbins are so annoying! I hate ripping longarm machine quilting stitches because they’re so tiny. Did the top thread loop on the bottom? Mine does that when the top tension is too loose. Fortunately, I can usually only remove the bobbin thread and then the top comes right out. Good luck! I feel for you!
She said my bobbin thread tail got stuck in the lever when I loaded the bobbin and that’s what caused it. The middle section was easy to rip out, now I’m on the bottom section, where there are no problems, but it all has to go…and those stitches are a real EXPLETIVE to rip out! 😉
I agree that it sucks that you have to rip it out! However, you are going to have a beautiful quilt when you finish it for the 2nd time. Consider it a learning experience…you won’t let it happen again.
Like a character building experience? 😉
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