Five brilliant threads and skills every quilter should know - Watch & Learn Quilting Show Episode 1

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This week on the HQ Watch & Learn Quilting Show - Do you have thread dread? Do metallics make you mad? Are you scared of silks? HQ educators Kelly and Johnny show you how easy it is to use advanced threads and techniques on your longarm machine (these tips will help with your domestic machine too!)
In this video, Kelly shows Johnny how to:
1. Properly tensioning metallic threads
2. Think about thread delivery with different thread types
3. Embrace Monofilament threads
4. Use two threads through a single needle
5. Tie-off tips and other advanced thread techniques
The HQ Amara was the longarm quilting machine used in this video.
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5 сен 2020

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@DD-ek8qc 8 месяцев назад

Fantastic lesson! I love metallic threads. Master lesson on how to handle them on our quilts.

@WhiTor1 2 года назад

I love watching the master at work! Soooo much to learn! Thank you so much! You do such beautiful job of teaching and clearly a gorgeous job of quilting!

@michelleparkes9280 Год назад

this is a great video very informative . just recieved my Amara Prostitcher and I want to play now with thread.

@laurag8641 2 месяца назад

great video saving this one

@robertajehn9721 2 года назад

I just watched your RU-vid video on threads. I learned a lot. Thank you for sharing. I also have trouble threading the needle.

@donnastjules8157 Год назад

Kelly can you show us how to make a pillow on the longarm and play with some fun threads. It seems like the perfect size project to learnsome new techniques, play with thread and then have something useful afterwards. I think it would be a great watch and learn

@janerose1945 3 года назад

The pace and manner of demonstrating is excellent.

@HandiQuilter 3 года назад

Thank you Jane. :)

@TheThicketof 3 года назад

Love that background quilt!

@rhodawilliams5577 Год назад

Learned a lot thanks.

@susanmazzanti5643 3 года назад

In the mid 1960s, I did some thread embrodery using my streight stitch machine. I was playing and had no one to help me. Most of the thread I used was the thread I used for sewing. I have more threads available and a modern machine so I may try it again even on quilts this time.

@happytraveller8953 3 года назад

do metallic threads hold up in quilts that are tossed in the washing machine???

@elsieoakes2933 3 года назад

Good information on threads. Thank You!

@inthekitchenwithbubby7724 3 года назад

I love you guys! I’ve learned more from your videos on many subjects beyond long arming that I can’t find enough of your videos! Think the Amara is what I’m going to chose!

@HandiQuilter 3 года назад

Awesome! Thank you!

@marydevlin9559 3 года назад

Beautiful quilt Kelly! Thank you. Great information. I bought the Moxie, am so excited to get a long arm.

@HandiQuilter 3 года назад

Thank you! We can't wait to see what you create with your Moxie. :)

@sueoferrell7673 Год назад

This was very informative! I've only been quilting on my domestic for about a year and just recently tried Monopoly. So thank you for showing how the different threads work. Off the topic, I'm a long ways from ever having a long arm, but I would love to know how you learn to switch from moving the fabric around to moving the needle around, that just seems so foreign to me.

@HandiQuilter Год назад

I would suggest that you visit your local Handi Quilter retailer and take a "test drive". For some people that have been quilting on a domestic machines, they like the feel and prefer our stationary machine where you still move the fabric. Some people transition very nicely into moving the machine. Definitely try both ways before purchasing a machine!!

@little1942 Год назад

I know this is a few months old but I thought I’d give you my opinion on your question anyway since I’ve only had my long arm just over a year. I’m also handicapped with back issues. I found transitioning to the long arm much easier than I expected! It’s actually easier to move the machine than wrestling with a quilt. I’ve completed 6 quilts to date and each one shows a marked improvement. In fact, I had to learn to pace myself because the machine was so easy to move it can get away from quickly! Lol. I have my system set up so that I can sit while I quilt and it hasn’t caused me any problems with my back. I just make sure to get up and move around every 20-30 min and take frequent rest breaks. It really is much easier to quilt moving the machine rather than the quilt itself. I hope this helps! 😊

@eleanorwittering3126 2 года назад

Very "knowledgeable." Way above my level! But it's good to know this is here if I ever advance this far! Good instructors.

@krisrieger8797 3 года назад

Great information. I've had my machine for almost a year but haven't used it too much yet. We camp a lot during the Summer so I'll be getting back in the sewing room more in the next month or so. Looking forward to trying some different kinds of threads. Thank you for this video

@HandiQuilter 3 года назад

Hi Kris. Sounds like a fun summer. Thanks for watching.

@bookbeing 11 месяцев назад

Great video! Older eyes can really make sewing harder for some of us. I wonder if a built in needle threader could be added to these sorts of machines.

@carolynkuntz7765 3 года назад

This was a very helpful and informative video - thank you!

@HandiQuilter 3 года назад

Glad it was helpful!

@tonyablunck3949 3 года назад

Thank you, this was very helpful!!

@HandiQuilter 3 года назад

You're so welcome!

@katywuste9054 3 года назад

Really interesting and informative, great working relationship between the two of you

@HandiQuilter 3 года назад

Thanks so much! We're glad you enjoyed it.

@charliechips100 3 года назад

Without the lights on the machine i could not see any of the stitching🙄 there was so much good information.

@HandiQuilter 3 года назад

Hey Charlie. We'll do better next time.

@maureentaphouse5206 3 года назад

Good tip on checking metallic threads but that introduction!!! No wonder Kelly gave him a look

@HandiQuilter 3 года назад

She is still scolding me Maureen. - jb.

@maureentaphouse5206 3 года назад

@@HandiQuilter good on you for being able to respond with humour. You've gone up in my estimation!

@anniegirl2823 3 года назад

You make me want to go to my machine and have some FUN too.

@HandiQuilter 3 года назад

DO IT! Just play a bit.

@donnastjules8157 Год назад

I learn so much from you Kelly. Thank you. I wonder if you have one or two go to colours for bottom line thread in your bobbin. I'd like something that I can use on a lot of quilts.

@sunflowerbaby1853 3 года назад

Nice video. Maybe next time choose a lighter color fabric to quilt on. I could barely see any stitches on the black fabric.

@HandiQuilter 3 года назад

Thank you. We'll do better next time.

@sueoferrell7673 Год назад

I thought the problem was the Handy Quilter symbols all over the fabric. It was hard to see the stitching where those prints were.

@terrymast3371 3 года назад

Great info. Thank you! I think if you turn machine lights down you should be able to use them with video camera.

@HandiQuilter 3 года назад

Thank you Terry. We'll do better next time.

@nancyg1786 3 года назад

Thank you for showing what I consider some difficult threads, especially the monopoly. I would have loved to see the back side although that would make the video twice as long which would be fine with me. I would have liked to see how you adjust the tension if the top thread is fine but the bobbin thread is either too loose or showing on the top of the quilt.

@HandiQuilter 3 года назад

Thank you Nancy. We'll do better next time.

@idabelcrowell5992 3 года назад

Where can I find that cute Witch pattern

@grace-v2d Год назад

Hi. Wonderful video. Are all of these tips the same on a domestic and a sit down midarm machine?

@HandiQuilter Год назад

Yes they are!

@grace-v2d Год назад

Awesome. Thank you. I am starting to try to do more quilting (other than stipling). I am trying to learn quilt as you go methods for now because I am on my small domestic machine.

@cactusqltr 3 года назад

Lots of good info! I have missed Bob’s Thread Theory lecture the last few years at Festival. Thanks! What does your tshirt say! Can’t read the little words......eyes not as sharp as they used to be!

@HandiQuilter 3 года назад

Bob is such a treasure, right? Our aprons say: I like big bobbins and I cannot lie. Everyone likes big bobbins, right?

@villafriesen7334 2 года назад

What kind of bobbin thread do you use with metallic top threads?

@sextonlaura 3 года назад

I would love a picture of the magic tie-off button. There’s no reference to it in the manual. I have a Forte. Thank you!

@susanmei9980 Год назад

It looks like a pretzel 🥨! 😂

@cabindiana55 Год назад

Can I please have some of the handi quilter fabric, OR where can I purchase it?

@HandiQuilter Год назад

The HQ fabric is only sold to retailers. You can contact your local retailer and see if they will sell you some.

@inthekitchenwithbubby7724 3 года назад

How do you decide when to adjust the upper tension and when to adjust the bobbin tension!

@augustaquilts 3 года назад

A few “handi” tips!

@katelyn3997 3 года назад

After watching this I’m thinking of trading in my Simply Sixteen for an Amara. Will an Amara fit on the Little Foot frame?

@HandiQuilter 3 года назад

Hi Kate! You can put the Amara on the little foot frame.

@WestAustralianadventures 3 года назад

I like to have mirrors on the under table area so I can see the quilting under the stitching.

@HandiQuilter 3 года назад

Great idea!

@barbarakempen2482 3 года назад

Okay so with the metallic threads what are you using in the bobbin?and you kept the stitch length at nine for the first two threads that you showed.

@barbarakempen2482 3 года назад

And okay you answered my question use the bobbin thread that mattress your quilt

@barbarakempen2482 3 года назад

Matches your quilt

@geralynlima9152 3 года назад

What thread are you using in the bobbin?

@HandiQuilter 3 года назад

The bobbin has Bottom Line thread.

@QuiltQueenSylvia 3 года назад

the stitching is hard to see on the black background

@HandiQuilter 3 года назад

Sorry Sylvia. We'll do better next time.

@elro9846 2 года назад

How can you tell if the thread is quality thread? Just about they all advertise they are the best.

@carlahooker3492 3 года назад

Can't see on the black

@HandiQuilter 3 года назад

Thank you Carla. We'll do better next time.

@gwennmurphy9283 3 года назад

I love how you agree to be a genius 😂😂😂

@kathystegora3775 3 года назад

Do you use the same thread in the bottom?

@kathystegora3775 3 года назад

I meant bobbin not bottom!

@kathystegora3775 3 года назад

Got the answer further in the video. Wonderful video. Very informative at all levels.

@nalayat2050 3 года назад

mono poly IS polyester. not nylon.

@HandiQuilter 3 года назад

Thank you! We've learned that (the hard way). - jb.

@ajohnson2842 3 года назад

Why do you never say what numbers you are using in stitch regulation..

@linakool1904 3 года назад

What type of thread do you use in the bobbin?

@linakool1904 3 года назад

Got the answer in the video. Thanks