Since my last post (scroll down) about the problems quilting my teal quilt, there have been some developments. I have unpicked all the bad quilting so the top, back, and batting are ready to start over.
Regarding quilting my quilt, my Pennsylvania friend Cherie has offered to quilt it for me on her long arm. Also, my local friend Carla has offered to let me quilt it on her long arm in her home. I'll talk to Carla in January, and Cherie will be visiting me here in AZ in February, so I'm sure one of these options will work out.
PCQ's Long Arm Committee , aware of my difficulties and that I partially blame the thread, is planning to do some thread testing and they've asked me to bring the problem teal thread and participate in their tests. This is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon. I'm anxious to see what and how they test and learn the results.
Also because of my difficulties, they have refined the materials and procedures for troubleshooting. They have added laminated pages to the long arm user guide with detailed instructions for all the things that should be checked to see what's causing the problem. They've also instituted a test swatch, a FQ size sandwich of fabric and batting, for testing the stitch quality before starting to quilt.
I'm confident my quilt will get quilted sooner or later, and I'm gratified that the Committee took my issues seriously and is doing something to help prevent future occurrences.
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