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Sue Nickels and Pat Holly
www.Sue. Nickels.com
Winners of the Best of Show award at the 1998 American Quilter's Society Show.
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Tips & Techniques
Prize-Winning Tips for Machine Quilting
Batting
Everyone interviewed prefers cotton or cotton blend batting. They mentioned a wide variety of brand names.
Needles and Threads
First choose the thread you want to quilt with and then the needle that will accommodate the thread.
Diane
For 50-weight cotton thread, I use a Microtex 80/12 needle.
Sue
I use a Jeans 80/12 needle for cotton threads and Metallica for metallic thread.
Carolee
I use a 90/14 quilting needle with 40-weight rayon thread. I'm not fussy about needles--if I have trouble with one, I just try another kind.
Ricky
I quilt with very fine thread that allows me to stitch over the same line 2 or 3 times with no obvious build-up. With nylon monofilament or 100-weight silk in the top and 60-weight, 2-ply cotton embroidery thread in the bobbin, I use a 60 Microtex Sharp needle.
Diane
If a decorative metallic thread gives me grief, I wind it onto a bobbin and quilt from the back of the sandwich using cotton or rayon in the top.
Ricky
I change my needle frequently-about every 2 hours of quilting.
Barbara
Not all machines will accept just any needle or thread. You'll need to experiment and read your manual.
Sandra
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