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Craft Tip of the Week
Solution to Needling Problems
Ever have little white dots pop through your fabric when machine quilting? Has you sewing machine skipped a stitch or two? You may be using a dull needle.
Those white dots are called bearding which occurs when batting comes through your fabric during quilting. A needle too large, dull or one that has a burr or nick in it could be the problem.
If your sewing machine begins to make a popping sound each time the fabric is pierced, you needle is probably dull or damaged.
A dull needle can also cause skipped stitches. If your needle is too small the front groove of the needle may be too shallow to protect the thread which can also cause stitches to skip.
Shredded thread? The eye of the needle may be too small for the thread. Always use metallic needles for metallic thread. They have a larger eye which reduces the friction and heat caused by the speed of the machine needle piercing the fabric.
Rule of thumb: Change your needle at the beginning of a large project and again after 8 hours of sewing.
Those white dots are called bearding which occurs when batting comes through your fabric during quilting. A needle too large, dull or one that has a burr or nick in it could be the problem.
If your sewing machine begins to make a popping sound each time the fabric is pierced, you needle is probably dull or damaged.
A dull needle can also cause skipped stitches. If your needle is too small the front groove of the needle may be too shallow to protect the thread which can also cause stitches to skip.
Shredded thread? The eye of the needle may be too small for the thread. Always use metallic needles for metallic thread. They have a larger eye which reduces the friction and heat caused by the speed of the machine needle piercing the fabric.
Rule of thumb: Change your needle at the beginning of a large project and again after 8 hours of sewing.
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Meet this week's Featured CrafterTrinity Joyce Chapin Princess Ballerina Butterfly
Trinity and her twin brothers Sonny and Skyler have lived with me (Grandma Cat) since they were born (there Daddy lives here too). Trinity became a 'crafter' at an early age by following me around the house, watching whatever I was doing and asking...oh...about a zillion questions. Just to show you how far gone this 5 year old is, over the past week she has been coloring pages in every coloring book she can find and gently tearing them out of the books. She tells everyone that her Daddy is going to build her a booth that she is going to set up in our front yard so that she can have a Boutique to sell her beautiful pictures. Oh, and they are only going to cost one dollar each, except the one with the rainbow. That one will be two dollars.
Click here for a peek into Trinity's world.Click Here for more information on becoming or recommending someone for a Featured Crafter.
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Enter to Win!Our blog readers are entitled to enter to win special free giveaway prizes. How would you like to be a winner?
Check out our 3 active giveaways...
Breast Cancer Awareness Month Embroidered Canvas Tote Bag (left)
In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month, we are giving away a canvas tote bag custom embroidered with your choice of two Breast Cancer Awareness designs. The pink cancer tree, or the "Save Our Hooters" owl.
250 Free Stickers/Labels from UPrinting.com (middle)
Want to add a personal touch to products you ship? Need product labels? Want to design something jut for the fun of it? Couldn't you use free personalized stickers? UPrinting has offered up some stickers/labels to one of our readers and a set to us too! Isn't it exciting?
Warm and Safe Batting (right)
The prize for this contest is one Warm and Safe Crib Size Batting from the Warm Company for your next baby quilt. This batting is eco-friendly, naturally fire retardant, non-toxic, non-allergic, chemical free, produced in a green facility from trees that are plantation grown. In other words, Safe for Baby and Safe for the Environment. Oh, and it will not bunch or beard, and does not contain glue or resins...making quilting a dream.
Are you a winner? Last week's prize winners were purango, who won the Microwave Steam Bag Kit and EmmysBoosAndRawrs who won the 250 Business Cards. Check out all our winners & information on purchasing giveaway items you didn't win on our winner page here.We launch a new giveaway every Sunday, and may toss in on extra one here and there for fun. Don't miss out, enter today!
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Countdown to Christmas
It's coming, and will be here sooner than you think. Are you ready?
Thank you for your time, we hope you enjoyed our newsletter as much as we enjoyed writing it.
Happy Crafting,
De'Anna and Cathy
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