George has moved in with me!

DH has helped me with this. And no, he is not jealous........... ;O)

I don't know about you, but I always happen to have a pile of "not there yet quilts" lying around - some of these has been with me for a number of years, I just haven't got around to quilt them yet......... The blue one is still only a quilt top, the other ones has been sandwiched.

Enter George - now I really have no excuse!!!

George is a 'mid-range' quilting machine, for motion-free quilting only, with no stitch regulator (so it is still my skill that makes the stitch length) and it has the biggest "throat" or "harp" on the market. Off cause this is not only for previous work, but for all future quilting. Jubiiiiiiiii.

I have bought George from Angela & John Pickering who did the delivery last Thursday. Luckily they stayed on the island for a few days, because I had a few problems with the tension. George prefers polyester threads, but I like cotton and silk - so we have compromised - I now use polyester in the bobbin, I can live with that ;O)

Then after they had left, I had further problems: George keept skipping stitches big time. I tried all the tricks in the book: Changing the needle, clearing lint/fluff, changing thread, using a thinner thread in the bobbin, using "sewers aid' etc. 

In came my big hero DH, who had a good look at the mechanics of a sewing machine (he can take a car or computer apart and put them back together again, he cooks too, no I won't trade him ;O) ) - he made some mechanical adjustments, and now George works like a dream................