I don't know why I make a decision to work on a particular project as I
seem to work much better when I choose one on the spur of the moment. I
had decided to get a few more donated tops quilted before the next
shipment of quilts leaves here. I loaded a top on the machine and it immediately locked up. The needle was down and I couldn't move the machine at all. Luckily my handy DH, took the machine apart and found a stray piece of broken needle had lodged in the bobbin case.
In the meantime I stitched some more Split Nine Patch blocks from my bin of 2.5 " squares. Then I was running out of light coloured squares so I decided to make some with my 4" squares as it will make another nice donation quilt and they go together quickly.
Luckily for me, I was able to get my quilting machine working again and there was time to quilt two tops and bind them. I plan to make some more Split Nine Patch blocks this evening and hope to get another top finished soon.
I know I keep planning to work on my projects but it's a good thing to get more donated quilts finished so the needy will receive a nice gift for Christmas. Many thanks to everyone who made and donated QAYG blocks and quilt tops. They will all be finished and donated on your behalf. Hopefully I can quilt more tops tomorrow now that my machine is playing nicely again.
Hugs, Jan Mac
2 comments:
Ha! You're lucky. When Ken pulled my old Singer apart to find why it had jammed, we found a broken needle okay, but he couldn't put the machine together again! After a quote of $100 to fix it, I decided to buy a new one, and it was the best decision I made all year!
Oh dear Gina that's not good. We really needed to fix it as no one locally does repairs on them. All good now thank goodness.
Hugs, jan
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