Eyelashes!

[GrammaJudy]

I just finished FMQ a Christmas table runner and it looks great on top but I turned it over and it is full of eyelashes! How disappointing! Read on line that my hands are going faster than my foot. Anyone else have this happen. It was going to be a gift but I guess it will be mine instead and I will try it again for the gift. At least it turned out cute on top and I can use it and not feel like I should just chuck it.

[buckeyequilter]

That's been happening to me lately. I guess I just need to slow my hands down.

[GrammaJudy]

Well I am sorry it is happening to you but it does make me feel better to know I am not alone!

[Sandy Navas]

Eyelashes are very easy to rip out, Barb. Try it before giving up, practice with your speed a bit, change everything out - thread, bobbin, needle, clean, and practice again and then you will do your 'gift' perfectly.

59th St. Bridge Song", by artists Simon and Garfunkel

Slow down, you move too fast. You got to make the morning last. Just kicking down the cobble stones. Looking for fun and feelin' groovy. Hello lamppost, What cha knowing? I've come to watch your flowers growing. Ain't cha got no rhymes for me? Doot-in' doo-doo, Feelin' groovy. Got no deeds to do, No promises to keep. I'm dappled and drowsy and ready to sleep. Let the morning time drop all its petals on me. Life, I love you, All is groovy.

[nyscpa2be]

I had eyelashes when attempting to adjust the top tension on my Juki - I went to the positive side of the dial and ended up with beautiful eyelashes longer than mine - at least it was on a practice sandwich. Maybe its just a tension issue? Along with trying all that Sandy said.

[brook]

When I first started I made eyelashes too. I adjusted my tension to a little higher number, but that didn't really do it. Once I slowed down and worked the hand/foot speed together it made a big difference. It probably shows up most on the curves. As Sandy said, it is usually pretty easy to rip out if you want to still use it as a gift. : )

[Kgrammiecaz]

I ripped out a lot of eyelashes. I had to slow down my hands around curves especially. I have not had them again lately since I have been doing more fmq. So. I think practice and doing more of it helps too

[lynnl55]

I hesitate to ask....what are eyelashes ?

[Carol336]

I hesitate to ask....what are eyelashes ?

Ditto Lynn!!!

[lourixe]

I hesitate to ask....what are eyelashes ?

These are three samplers I used to fractice FMQ. See the one in the middle, at the bottom? In the curves, the top thread was going tighter than the bobbin thread, so it pulled it and the result was these stitches that really look like eyelashes.
In my case, I decided to bind the samplers anyway as potholders for DH barbecue.