{"id":1965,"date":"2015-02-03T14:20:57","date_gmt":"2015-02-03T22:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/?p=1965"},"modified":"2015-02-04T12:28:44","modified_gmt":"2015-02-04T20:28:44","slug":"back-to-it-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2015\/02\/03\/back-to-it-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Back to it"},"content":{"rendered":"

In my last post, I showed you my new Bernina 780\u00a0\u2014\u00a0new to me, that is, though it was a demo model and so had\u00a0been used a little. I’ve spent the weekend “playing” with this amazing machine, though I’ve yet to try the embroidery module and its functions. I’ve been exploring the settings (Bernina calls these newer machines “sewing computers” for good reason!),\u00a0as well as\u00a0the stitch quality and tension, etc.<\/p>\n

While I don’t yet have the acrylic insert that will allow me to set the machine down flush into my cabinet, I’ve been able to adjust everything so that the slide-on table gives me more surface area than the free-arm would have done alone. Still, it’s not perfectly flat (the extension table is curved), so I’m anxious for that insert to arrive.<\/p>\n

\"IMG_0319\"<\/a>In the meantime, I’ve decided to go ahead and get back to quilting the Drunkard’s Path that I’d had to put on hold during the busy holiday season. Having the extra inches under the arm of the machine is bliss! Since the part of the quilt that I’m working on now is more or less in the center, it really makes a huge<\/em> difference. And\u00a0\u2014\u00a0like my 630 before this\u00a0\u2014\u00a0the 780 purrs like a kitten as I go along. The photo shows the feathers I’m putting into some larger open spaces; they tie into the feathers in the circular sections of the blocks. I’m using a matching Aurifil 50 wt. cotton thread on this batik; Aurifil\u00a0is one of my favorites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In my last post, I showed you my new Bernina 780\u00a0\u2014\u00a0new to me, that is, though it was a demo model and so had\u00a0been used a little. I’ve spent the weekend “playing” with this amazing machine, though I’ve yet to try the embroidery module and its functions. 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