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It's been a while again since my last post but I have had some trouble with the new frame. Once I got used to it a bit I noticed that I had a 'bump' in the middle. Ever so slightly but it meant that the machine would just veer off to the right...very noticeable when quilting along. On top of that my rails were not tightened  properly in the middle which meant that they had wedged once I started quilting. Not a huge deal, but important if I wanted to sell the frame. The dealer has been out ...

Well, where are we at?

I tried one of the new pantographs on there that arrived just before Christmas. It's a new design from Hermione Agee from Lorien Quilting called Airy Clouds. Very cute for little baby quilts.

While still a bit wobbly here and there I am definitely feeling that I am getting the hang of this.

Well, Christmas has come and gone and in the blink of an eye we are in 2026!

I did continue practising on the studio frame. After I had somewhat successfully managed to quilt an entire practice piece with a pantograph, I then went onto one of the charity quilts. Still using the Daisy Dotz#2 design (available through Urban Elementz) I made it through this floral charity quilt.

Suited it really well and sunk right in so any irregularities are really not noticeable which was a bonus. When I was quilting it row by row I was almost at the ...

We spent another few days on levelling the frame...at some point the carriage had a slight tipping motion, so then we had to re-adjust the carriage and tracks and so it went on. But I think we now have got it right and the machine stitches without any major problems.

It's been a hectic few weeks. The frame arrived 2 weeks ago and has now been all set up. There were a few delays, ie. my ruler kit only arrived last Thursday and the last day of my workshop also fell in between. Must say I did not expect that much 'mucking' around. It took about a day to set it up in the spare room. Then came an extraordinary protracted trial of trying to find a comfortable height. So I had it a bit higher initially, then decided that I might want it one hole lower and then ...