Saturday, July 24, 2010

Good intentions and all...

Posted by Strlady at 8:21 AM
My Friday Night Sew-In was a bit of a flop. I had the best of intentions... Here is how it went:


Since my 'big' machine is setup for machine quilting a baby quilt I'm working on I pulled out my Featherweight which had been in it's box since I brought it home from it's yearly cleaning expedition. I wound a bobbin with my thread and I layed out my fabric. I still have some blocks to finish for my Short Story quilt so I was looking forward to something nice, easy and with some quick results.

When I was setting my 1/4 inch seam I noticed there was a problem. The machine ran but the stitches were not connecting. The bobbin thread was not being pulled to the top so.. no stitches.

After about half an hour of fidgeting with the thing I had gotten myself so upset I had to walk away. Do you think some universal force is out to stop me from piecing anything?


 Anyway, this morning I'm off to take my baby to the doctors... I'm just happy that this happened at home and not at a class or worse.. a Retreat! I would have been REALLY upset if that happened.

It was not all lost. Although no sewing was done, I did stay away from work and watched the last few episodes of a series I had started to watch over a year ago.


I had been turned off when I heard about the ending but the show was so good and so out there I always knew I would want to finish watching it. I am happy I did. It was really a great series. I'm curious what the BBC version (the original) would look like.

So that was me. How did your Sew-In day go? Hopefully better than mine.

2 comments on "Good intentions and all..."

Darlene on July 24, 2010 at 8:28 AM said...

Well, dagnabbit - you were so ready, too. Hopefully, it'll be a quick fix and you'll take your baby home to sew a stitch or two.

Marie on July 25, 2010 at 9:20 PM said...

oh good grief i think i have the same problem ... i bought mine off ebay and not book .... well, just bought a book and it has yet to arrive....so ....can't wait to try it out !!!

 

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