tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174444508960495416.post6631908607886285247..comments2023-07-15T05:21:21.140-06:00Comments on Claddaghs, Quilts & Stars: January progress, February's beginningRachellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10124087896605983602noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174444508960495416.post-48602399708696389842017-05-05T07:55:24.537-06:002017-05-05T07:55:24.537-06:00I know how you feel. I deal with fatigue and depre...I know how you feel. I deal with fatigue and depression from the drugs I take to calm the tremors in my body. I have essential tremors I inherited from my dad. I too have done some free motion quilting and it's quite a challenge not to get agitated and upset with the process of shoving the quilt through the little space on the sewing machine. I tried long arm quilting. They have a machine at a library not too far from me. Using the long arm is a bit easier because you don't fight with the quilt and the stitching looks better because of the stitch regulator but they have drawbacks of their own. You still can become fatigued because now you're standing the whole time. Plus they can be quite temperamental. More than once the machine's tension was off even though everything was threaded correctly. I was told by my guild mates who own these machines that you have to walk away and come back later to try again. That doesn't help when you drove almost 30 minutes to get there and you only have three and half hours to work. I'm not what the solution is because sending quilts to a long arm quilter can get expensive. Janicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02012674999786463133noreply@blogger.com