Are yous getting silly going roughly in addition to roughly Semper Fi? I wishing dizziness was the exclusively affair asset me dorsum from this finish. There was a lot on the to-do listing yesterday, in addition to and thence I didn't larn into the quilting room until afterward lunch. Now I'm on the in conclusion edge alongside 3 sides left.
One whole side is done, in addition to I was only getting started on side ii when I quit for the day. Really, I needed to walk away from it because I was violent my pilus out alongside frustration from thread breakages. (And, honestly, I can't afford to lose whatever to a greater extent than hair.)
So I wanted to blame this half-empty spool of thread.
But, really...it is exclusively virtually one-half empty, in addition to it doesn't appear equally if the motorcar should hold upwards that picky virtually thread spools. And this is expensive Aurifil thread! Nevertheless, I'd tried everything else. I'd cleaned out the bobbin casing, rethreaded the bobbin, oiled the machine, rethreaded the transcend thread, changed to a larger needle, changed dorsum to the master needle. Finally, I tried changing out the thread spool for a novel one. It seemed to railroad train the problem, but exclusively temporarily. Maybe it was exclusively fixed because I did walk away from it for a while. When I returned, the work was back. Smitty was completely purrplexed.
Now, I'm thinking I mightiness hold upwards yanking a petty also difficult on the quilt equally I alter directions on the stylized stars. The same affair was happening on the before friendship star motif, which my friend Cathy has cleverly identified equally "twirly star thingies." I dearest a proficient technical quilting term, don't you?
Terminology aside, it's natural to intermission for an instant equally I alter direction, in addition to here's my theory: As I pause, the needle in all likelihood makes 1 or ii extra ups in addition to downs inwards that spot, which makes a tiny knot on the dorsum of the quilt. Then, equally I receive got off inwards the contrary direction, the knot makes only plenty resistance to campaign the thread to break. And here's my proposed solution...slow downward only a tad at those changes of direction. As I was taking off on the instant side of the border, I slowed downward at those spots, in addition to possibly...just possibly...I receive got identified in addition to solved the problem. If yous don't listen from me over again it's because the work continued, in addition to I decided to slit my ain pharynx alongside my sewing scissors. Not that I'm overly-dramatic or anything, but plenty is enough. I'll honour myself quoting Popeye when I say, "That's all I tin stands, I can't stands no more!" But yous actually desire to see him tell it, don't you?
It must hold upwards quondam television receiver present week, hither at the Three Cats Ranch. Please tell me you're quondam plenty to shout out back Popeye.
In other sewing, Smitty was my helper truthful cat yesterday. We're on a skeleton crew hither equally nosotros air current downward for our wintertime trip. Only 1 kitty helper per day.
With his assistance, I finished the 4th Tiny Tree block. This 1 was a uncomplicated four-patch...or "fur-pawtch," if you're speaking Catonese.
These are the 4 blocks I receive got in addition to thence far.
Also, I traced out the side past times side 3 Snowmen for "I Believe inwards Snowmen." This one...
And this one...
And this one.
The get-go is hooped upwards in addition to waiting for me downstairs. They are small, in addition to and thence they stitch upwards pretty quickly.
So that's where I'm headed next. I'm hoping to destination the quilting on Semper Fi today...unless I receive got the Popeye escape, mentioned earlier. If I tin larn the quilting finished. I'll larn to move sewing the binding strips together. If there's whatever patience left inwards me, I'll larn that binding sewn on past times machine. It'll hold upwards our in conclusion wrestling match, in addition to I'm determined to pivot it. (See how good wrestling in addition to sewing fit together?)