Yes Joan, 12 wt thread is thick. I think it may even be thicker than Jean Stitch (you know the gold thread that jeans are top stitched with?) I started out trying to use a size 20 needle, but kept getting skips... Me being too lazy to retime my machine, so I switched back to my normal 18. Worked great! I stitched really, really slow for most of my designs. This helped with accuracy.... with that thick of thread I knew every bobble would show!
Ethne.... yes you can achieve this. It just takes practice. You have to remember that I have 11 going on 12 years of practice. One thing I do everyday is draw.... Doodle.... and draw some more. I draw on every little piece of scrap paper that comes my way. This is what helps me learn new designs and to put them into my memory. When I first started machine quilting and someone would tell me to draw, I thought that was silly. I could way better than draw.... Now I draw every single day! I draw feathers everyday.... feathers don't come easy for me, but with drawing them I can stitch them with ease :-)
Thanks for all the nice comments!!!!
Thanks for your comments Kim - they are appreciated. I dont think I will tackle that size thread - but I surly love what you have done!!
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