Not wanting to destroy my Horizon trying this out, I loaded the loosely-set Janome bobbin into Fiona (Penny's trusty sidekick). Fiona is the 12 stitch Kenmore. She looks like an ogre but can be a real princess. : )
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| lock & load - here we go! |
That's right! Sparkly blue yarn in the bobbin case. It's loosely set and marked with green nail polish to remind me that is the 'fun' one that I can set myself. I sewed along and flipped over my work to see what happened.
EUREEKA! Are you as surprised as me?
Or barley. It looks like blue pot barley in home made soup. : ) Isn't that cool!? So I did lots of other things. I loaded crochet cotton and embroidery floss too. Wow, this is fun. Linking up to The Needle and Thread Network. It's not so much 'work in progress', but more 'play in progress'.
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24 comments:
I love the finish and it's a real surprise package as you can't see what you've done until you are finished! Great thinking!
Brilliant! I spin my own yarn, so the thought of loading up a bobbin and stitching away is just SO exciting.
Very Cool! What stitch pattern did you use?
That is really amazing work and I can imagine a million ways to use that stitch!
Tina xo
I love the sparkly blue! I've been playing with the bobbin lately too and it is addictive!
It's a good thing you got stuck in the house!
I'd also like to know what stitch you used. The texture does look a bit like French knots.
Wow, this is great! I am inspired now to do what you did. I too have been ambivalent to loading my bobbins with the thick threads. I've got a book that describes how to do this. Now I am psyched to do what you did.
Ive read about using different threads in the bobbin but have actually never been tempted to try it out... Your experiment looks like just the discovering of it, would be the fun part... I'll think on it. i do like the way the stitches came out on your machine tho...
How cool, Monika! Way to think outside of the box! It does look like french knots.
Brave girl!! All I'd be thinking about would be fluffies buried somewhere I can't get them out! It did turn out pretty though.
How brave you are...I would never think of fooling around with the tension on my bobbin...eeek...but it did turn rather cool.
So cute! I was in a class onece where the instructor put silk ribbon in her bobbin. It wouldn't work in the old machine I had at the time, but wow, what an effect!!
What an amazing effect! Who would have thought of that? Only a trapped lady with no thread! Love to see how the others turned out..
I love this! I just bought some razzle dazzle from wonderfil at the Lancaster quilt show but a bit intimidated about doing bobbin work!
Really cool Monika , I have to buy myself an extra bobbin case to give this a try .
wow that is really neat!
How come your try looks so much better than mine? ;-)
It does! look like french knots! Have you tried it in yellow yet? could be a real time saver!
Wow! you are one brave lady!
Thanks for sharing your techniques with us - I am excited to take your class on April 17!
Very cool!
you're so brave!
Interesting! It looks like some fancy trim. Do you have to adjust the screw on the bobbin case? Is that why you have a"fun" one?
Holy cow! Monika, I am constantly blown away by the things you come up with...
Oh, how cool is this? I really need to try some odd threads in my bobbin and give this a go!
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