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After pin basting quilt, I seal the edges with a line of stitching. I may use walking foot or stitch it free-motion for practice. After that, I’m able to trim away the excess batting, and not worry about it creeping back under the quilt.
Quick tips from Cindy Needham’s workshop yesterday: Best tool for cleaning your machne is a big fuzzy pipe cleaner. You can buy them at craft stores. Bend them, and use the bent end to pick up the lint and debris in your machine. NEVER USE CANNED AIR TO CLEAN YOUR MACHINE.
Also from the workshop, I was able to confirm that the Topstitch needles and Metallica needles are the same. I’d suspected that for a long tiime, but was never able to find anyone with expertise to confirm that. These are the workhorse needles for most machine quilters. They work well for high speed quilting.
www.cindyneedham. com for great information and extraordinary quilts
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Thanks for sharing all those tips! I was clueless about the needles, very interesting.
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