VERY beautiful. Lemme say that again: very, very lovely.
re: bending -- I have a couple of thoughts, 'cause I've done this. (1) do you stab-stitch? That might help. (2) are you using short-enough needles? When I moved to shorter needles, my stitches got shorter, smaller, neater and my needle didn't bend -- there wasn't enough to do so, if you know what I mean.
I cannot use a shorter one. I am using piecemakers no 12 quilting needle. I use running stitches, since they are much neater than my stab stitching, which i use over the seams, so the stitches stay the same size. It seems like some areas of the quilt are much more difficult than others. I am using hobbs 80/20 batting, and it seems like sometimes the needle is really difficult to get through and others really easy Tania
Bending the needle happens to me with every needle I use for too long. It happens from rocking the stitches as I work and applying countering forces with the fabric and fingers. I've got leather needles that can practically sew in a circle. If I stab stitch they don't bend which keeps them in shape longer but I do seem to bend them up anyway. Of course I've heard you're supposed to use fresh needles after so many hours of stitching to keep them sharp as you work so perhaps my needles just expect me to actually abandon them rather than working until they break. :)
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re: bending -- I have a couple of thoughts, 'cause I've done this. (1) do you stab-stitch? That might help. (2) are you using short-enough needles? When I moved to shorter needles, my stitches got shorter, smaller, neater and my needle didn't bend -- there wasn't enough to do so, if you know what I mean.
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It seems like some areas of the quilt are much more difficult than others. I am using hobbs 80/20 batting, and it seems like sometimes the needle is really difficult to get through and others really easy
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Bending the needle happens to me with every needle I use for too long. It happens from rocking the stitches as I work and applying countering forces with the fabric and fingers. I've got leather needles that can practically sew in a circle. If I stab stitch they don't bend which keeps them in shape longer but I do seem to bend them up anyway. Of course I've heard you're supposed to use fresh needles after so many hours of stitching to keep them sharp as you work so perhaps my needles just expect me to actually abandon them rather than working until they break. :)
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